{"id":489545,"date":"2026-02-25T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:59:07","slug":"how-the-mercury-outplayed-the-mystics-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489545\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Mercury Outplayed The Mystics In 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phoenix Mercury <\/a>finished the 2017 season with a record of 18-16. It was a good year, and they continued to add playoff appearances to their legacy. <\/p>\n

\"Diana<\/p>\n

Mercury’s Brittany Griner (42) high-fives Diana Taurasi (3) as they head to the locker room at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz. on Aug. 19, 2018. <\/p>\n

865709002 \/ Patrick Breen\/The Republic<\/p>\n

The Mercury faced the Seattle Storm in the first round, and it was a single-elimination game. They beat the Storm, and they faced the Connecticut Sun<\/a> after that. The matchup between the Mercury and the Sun was also a single-elimination game, and Phoenix was victorious. <\/p>\n

Once those games were out of the way, the Mercury had a series against the Los Angeles Sparks, and the Sparks swept them. <\/p>\n

\"Briann<\/p>\n

Mercury’s Briann January (12) hits a three pointer against Liberty during the first half at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz. on Aug. 19, 2018. <\/p>\n

865709002 \/ Patrick Breen\/The Republic<\/p>\n

While the Mercury lost, they still had an impressive season.<\/a> They beat both Eastern and Western Conference teams, and that led to season series victories. <\/p>\n

One example is their season series against the Washington Mystics. They beat the Mystics 2-1, and they kicked off that series with a win. Phoenix beat Washington 88-80 in that game, and Brittney Griner had a big double-double. <\/p>\n

Griner had 30 points and 14 rebounds, and she contributed in other areas. She dished the ball to her teammates, and she blocked a few shots in the process. <\/p>\n

\"Brittney<\/p>\n

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) blocks Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington (21) on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 at Footprint Center in Phoenix. \/ Owen Ziliak\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

All of Phoenix’s starters played well in that game, as Camille Little had 14 points, Diana Taurasi had 12 and Stephanie Talbot had 11. <\/p>\n

Phoenix got off to a great start, and Washington responded in the next game. The Mystics beat the Mercury 85-80, and Taurasi was the leading scorer with 16 points. It was a quieter game from the Mercury, but they had three other players who scored in double figures. Yvonne Turner had 15 points, and Monique Currie and Angel Robinson both had 14. <\/p>\n

Kristi Toliver, who is currently the Mercury’s associate head coach, was the Mystics’ leading scorer with 20 points. She led her team to victory, and they tied the series. <\/p>\n

Once that game was over, the Mystics hosted the Mercury for the last one. Phoenix beat Washington 89-79, and Taurasi was the star. She had 25 points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal. Teammates like Little and Griner helped her secure the win, as they had 15 points and 13 points, respectively. <\/p>\n

Toliver had another impressive game, as she had 21 points. However, it was not enough, and Washington lost the game. <\/p>\n

Phoenix had a season series under its belt, and there would be more to come. <\/p>\n

Please follow us on X to read more about Phoenix’s 2017 season and how the team played against the Washington Mystics when you click right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Mercury finished the 2017 season with a record of 18-16. It was a good year, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-489545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}