The 2017 WNBA season for the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was ...

of the

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 in 2026). The WNBA is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The WNBA w ...

is scheduled to begin May 13, 2017. The Mystics got off to a strong start, posting a 10–5 record in May and June. After a 4–4 July, the Mystics struggled to finish out the season. A 4–6 finish saw them place third in the Eastern Conference, and earn the 6th overall seed in the playoffs. Strong performances from star players allowed the Mystics to win in the First Round over the

Dallas Wings The Dallas Wings are an American professional basketball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Wings compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team is owned by a group ...

and in the Second Round over the

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Confer ...

. In the Semifinals, the Mystics were swept by the

Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team won the WNBA ...

0–3. The Mystics became the first Washington-based professional sports team to reach the semifinal stage of playoffs since they themselves did so in

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

. They and the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

reaching the Finals in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

were the only instances of a Washington-based team reaching the semifinals since the Redskins' 1991 Super Bowl.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades

Elena Delle Donne Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player for 10 seasons as a member of the Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky. Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 to ...

is acquired from the

Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Sky compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The franchise was founded prior to the 2006 season. Th ...

in exchange for

Stefanie Dolson Stefanie Dolson (born January 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted sixth overall in the 2014 WNBA draft. Dolson played center f ...

Kahleah Copper Kahleah Copper ( ; born August 28, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the seventh overall pick by the Washington Mystics in 2016 ...

and Washington’s first-round pick (second overall) in the 2017 WNBA draft. *

Bria Hartley Bria Nicole Hartley (born September 30, 1992) is a French-American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA and Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League. She was drafted seventh overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2014 ...

and Kia Vaughn were traded to the

. * The 2nd round draft pick (15th overall) was traded to the

Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Gi ...

Roster

Game log

Preseason

, - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 1 , , May 2 , ,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

,
W 87-67
, ,

Taylor Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to: People * Taylor (surname) ** List of people with surname Taylor * Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah * Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron * Justice Taylor (disambiguation) ...

(13) , , Hawkins (7) , , ''Tied'' (3) , , Indiana Farmers Coliseum
4,336 , , 1-0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , , May 8 , ,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

,
L 59-75
, , Hawkins (14) , , Hawkins (7) , , Latta (4) , , Verizon Center
1,426 , , 1-1

Regular season

, - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 1 , May 14 ,

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

W 89-74
, Dell Donne (24) , Ruffin-Pratt (9) , Meesseman (8) , Verizon Center
6,126 , 1-0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 19 ,

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

L 89-99
, Dell Donne (27) , ''Tied'' (4) ,

Cloud In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles, suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may ...

(8) ,

Staples Center Crypto.com Arena (originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along F ...

12,127 , 1-1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , May 21 ,

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

L 71-81
, Dell Donne (14) , Ruffin-Pratt (8) , Toliver (3) ,

KeyArena Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located north of downtown Seattle in the entertainment complex known as the Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, for which it wa ...

6,088 , 1-2 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 4 , May 24 ,

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

W 82-67
, Dell Donne (21) , Ruffin-Pratt (10) , Toliver (5) ,

Allstate Arena Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, northwest of Chicago, located at the corner of Mannheim Road and Lunt Avenue, just north of Mannheim Road's interchange with the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway ( I-90) ...

6,714 , 2-2 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 5 , May 26 ,

W 88-79
, Dell Donne (20) ,

Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(10) , ''Tied'' (5) , Verizon Center
6,438 , 3-2 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 6 , May 31 ,

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

W 78-76
,

Hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

(18) , Dell Donne (12) ,

(8) , Verizon Center
5,393 , 4-2 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 7 , June 4 ,

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

W 78-72
, Dell Donne (23) , Dell Donne (15) , ''Tied'' (4) , Verizon Center
5,320 , 5-2 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 8 , June 6 ,

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

W 101-89
, Dell Donne (23) , ''Tied'' (8) ,

(6) ,

College Park Center College Park Center (CPC) is an indoor, multi-purpose arena on the University of Texas at Arlington campus in Arlington, Texas, United States. It seats up to 7,000 spectators. Its primary tenant is the Mavericks athletic department including t ...

2,805 , 6-2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 9 , June 9 ,

L 73-98
,

(20) ,

(7) , ''Tied'' (2) , Verizon Center
6,518 , 6-3 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 10 , June 11 ,

W 88-70
, Dell Donne (25) ,

(14) , Toliver (4) , Verizon Center
6,194 , 7-3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 11 , June 18 ,

L 83-87
,

(21) , Hawkins (7) , ''Tied'' (4) , Verizon Center
7,285 , 7-4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 12 , June 23 ,

L 76-93
,

(21) , Dell Donne (8) , ''Tied'' (1) ,

Xcel Energy Center Xcel Energy Center is a multipurpose arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Completed in 2000 and often called "The X" by fans, it is named for its locally based corporate sponsor Xcel Energy. With an official capacity of 17,954, the arena ...

9,723 , 7-5 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 13 , June 25 ,

W 97-63
,

(17) ,

(12) ,

(6) ,

5,344 , 8-5 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 14 , June 27 ,

W 100-70
, Dell Donne (25) , ''Tied'' (12) , ''Tied'' (4) , Verizon Center
7,337 , 9-5 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 15 , June 29 ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

W 67-54
, ''Tied'' (15) , Dell Donne (9) ,

(3) , Verizon Center
5,490 , 10-5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 16 , July 2 ,

L 69-76
, Dell Donne (22) ,

(7) ,

(3) ,

9,185 , 10-6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 17 , July 5 , Phoenix
L 80-88
, Dell Donne (15) ,

(10) , ''Tied'' (3) ,

Talking Stick Resort Arena The PHX Arena (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix Suns Arena and Footprint Center) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at ...

7,440 , 10-7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 18 , July 8 ,

L 92-96
, Dell Donne (28) , ''Tied'' (6) , Toliver (7) ,

Mohegan Sun Arena The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in the Uncasville, Connecticut, Uncasville area of Montville, Connecticut, Montville, Connecticut located inside the Mohegan Sun casino resort. The arena facility features of configurab ...

6,073 , 10-8 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 19 , July 14 ,

W 72-58
, Meesseman (15) , Ruffin-Pratt (11) , Meesseman (3) ,

Bankers Life Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

8,007 , 11-8 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 20 , July 16 ,

L 55-85
, Meesseman (19) ,

(10) , ''Tied'' (2) ,

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

10,204 , 11-9 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 21 , July 19 ,

W 100-96
, Toliver (29) ,

(17) ,

(8) , Verizon Center
15,597 , 12-9 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 22 , July 25 ,

W 85-76
, Dell Donne (29) ,

(13) , Toliver (10) ,

AT&T Center Frost Bank Center (formerly AT&T Center and SBC Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the east side of San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is the home of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The arena seat ...

9,244 , 13-9 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 23 , July 30 ,

W 77-70
, Meesseman (30) ,

(15) , ''Tied'' (3) ,

McCamish Pavilion Hank McCamish Pavilion, nicknamed The Thrillerdome and originally known as Alexander Memorial Coliseum, is an list of indoor arenas, indoor arena located on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. It is the ...

4,185 , 14-9 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 24 , August 4 ,

L 74-76
, Toliver (18) ,

(20) , ''Tied'' (6) ,

4,955 , 14-10 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 25 , August 6 , Phoenix
W 85-80
, Toliver (20) ,

(16) , ''Tied'' (3) , Verizon Center
7,414 , 15-10 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 26 , August 12 ,

W 100-80
,

(20) ,

(14) , Meesseman (7) ,

Capital One Arena Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. The arena was opened o ...

7,337 , 16-10 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 27 , August 16 ,

L 62-95
, Meesseman (20) , Meesseman (7) , ''Tied'' (3) ,

7,279 , 16-11 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 28 , August 18 , Phoenix
L 79-89
, Toliver (21) , ''Tied'' (8) , Toliver (4) ,

7,208 , 16-12 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 29 , August 20 ,

W 87-82
, ''Tied'' (18) ,

(11) , Ruffin-Pratt (4) ,

7,593 , 17-12 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 30 , August 25 ,

L 66-74
,

(17) ,

(9) , Dell Donne (4) ,

9,340 , 17-13 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 31 , August 26 ,

L 78-83
, Dell Donne (29) , Dell Donne (11) , Toliver (5) ,

8,656 , 17-14 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 32 , August 29 ,

L 76-86
, Dell Donne (24) , Dell Donne (16) , Toliver (6) ,

10,953 , 17-15 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 33 , September 1 ,

W 110-106
, Dell Donne (37) ,

(12) , Toliver (8) ,

11,567 , 18-15 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 34 , September 3 ,

L 72-86
, Toliver (20) ,

(14) , Toliver (3) ,

10,321 , 18-17

Playoffs

, - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 1 , September 6 ,

W 86–76
, Dell Donne (25) ,

(17) , Meesseman (5) ,

6,483 , 1–0 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 1 , September 10 ,

W 82–68
, Toliver (32) , Dell Donne (10) , ''Tied'' (4) ,

9,538 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , September 12 ,

, , Dell Donne (17) , Dell Donne (6) , Toliver (6) ,

Williams Arena Williams Arena is an indoor arena located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the home arena for the University of Minnesota's men's and women's basketball teams. It also housed the men's hockey team until 1993, when it moved into its own building ...

7,834 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , September 14 ,

, , ''Tied'' (25) ,

(7) , Toliver (6) ,

9,033 , 0–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , September 17 ,

, , Dell Donne (15) , Dell Donne (8) , Toliver (5) ,

7,950 , 0–3

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular Season

Awards and honors

References

External links

The Official Site of the Washington Mystics
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Washington Mystics Season Washington Mystics seasons

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...