MERCURY BASKETBALL IS BACK.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
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— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) April 13, 2021
The Phoenix Mercury announced their full 2021 WNBA season schedule on Tuesday.
The team is set to play 32 games in 128 days from May 14 to Sept. 19, with a 34-day break from July 11 to Aug. 14 for the Summer Olympics.
Mercury legend Diana Taurasi and guard Skylar Diggins-Smith are prepping to make the trip to Tokyo after both were at Team USA’s training camp in San Antonio earlier this month.
While center Brittney Griner wasn’t among the 16 players invited, she remains on the 32-woman list of eligible players to represent her country this summer.
Phoenix will begin the season on a three-game road trip against the Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics.
The Mercury then return to the Valley for their home opener against the Sun on May 21 at Phoenix Suns Arena.
The team also intends on hosting fans at all home games, according to a press release, which will “mimic” the Phoenix Suns’ current plan of allowing “approximately 5,000 distanced, masked patrons at NBA games.”
“Our fans have not been able to see their team in person since September 2019, more than 19 months ago,” Mercury chief operating officer Vince Kozar said in the release.
“Following the direction of health and wellness experts from the state, county and NBA/WNBA, and following the lead of the Suns who have been safely hosting fans since February, we are excited to welcome the X-Factor to our transformed home in downtown Phoenix. We will host all of our PayPal X-Factor season ticket members and all remaining ticket inventory will go on sale on a per-game basis in the coming weeks.”
However, an exact date for single-game ticket sales is still to be determined.
The 2021 WNBA season marks the 25th campaign for both the league and Mercury:
MAY
May 14 at Minnesota Lynx
May 16 at Connecticut Sun
May 18 at Washington Mystics
May 21 vs. Connecticut Sun
May 26 vs. Las Vegas Aces
May 29 at Dallas Wings
JUNE
June 1 at Chicago Sky
June 3 vs. Chicago Sky
June 9 vs. Dallas Wings
June 11 vs. Dallas Wings
June 13 vs. New York Liberty
June 16 at Los Angeles Sparks
June 18 at Los Angeles Sparks
June 26 vs. Los Angeles Sparks
June 30 vs. Minnesota Lynx
JULY
July 2 vs. Minnesota Lynx
July 7 at Las Vegas Aces
July 9 vs. Seattle Storm
July 11 at Seattle Storm
AUGUST
Aug. 15 vs. Atlanta Dream
Aug. 17 vs. Indiana Fever
Aug. 19 vs. Washington Mystics
Aug. 21 at Atlanta Dream
Aug. 25 at New York Liberty
Aug. 27 at New York Liberty
Aug. 31 vs. Chicago Sky
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 4 at Indiana Fever
Sept. 6 at Indiana Fever
Sept. 8 at Atlanta Dream
Sept. 11 vs. Connecticut Sun
Sept. 17 at Seattle Storm
Sept. 19 vs. Las Vegas Aces
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