Phoenix Mercury release 36-game schedule for 2022 regular season
Dec 9, 2021, 8:09 PM
Diana Taurasi #3, Brianna Turner #21, Sophie Cunningham #9, Brittney Griner #42 and Skylar Diggins-Smith #4 of the Phoenix Mercury in Game Two of the 2021 WNBA Finals at Footprint Center on October 13, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Mercury defeated the Sky 91-86 in overtime. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Phoenix Mercury announced their full 2022 WNBA season schedule on Thursday.
— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) December 9, 2021
For the first time in league history, 36 regular season games will be played in 100 days. In 2021, the WNBA played a 32-game season in 128 days that featured a 34-day break for the Summer Olympics.
The Mercury are looking for another stellar season after falling just two wins short of a WNBA championship in 2021. However, they will be doing so with a different coach after Sandy Brondello and the team mutually agreed to part ways on Monday.
With the being said, Phoenix is still returning its fire power, as all-time WNBA leading scorer Diana Taurasi is back for another go around.
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Along with Taurasi, two-time scoring champ Brittney Griner and All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith are back as the trio looks to take the Mercury to a fourth title, which would tie the WNBA franchise record with three other franchises.
The Mercury kick off the 2022 campaign on May 6 against the Las Vegas Aces in a rematch of a five-game series that punched Phoenix’s ticket to the WNBA Championship.
In four games, the Mercury lost in the WNBA Finals to the Chicago Sky and the two teams meet each other in a rematch on May 31 in Chicago.
The Mercury’s schedule becomes more friendly toward the end of the season, as they will be the host in 11 of their final 17 games. The early slate for Phoenix is much different, as six of the first nine games of the 2022 season are on the road.
The 2022 WNBA season marks the 26th campaign for both the league and Mercury:
MAY
May 6 vs. Las Vegas Aces
May 11 vs. Seattle Storm
May 14 at Seattle Storm
May 17 at Las Vegas Aces
May 19 vs. Dallas Wings
May 21 at Las Vegas Aces
May 25 at Los Angeles Sparks
May 29 at Atlanta Dream
May 31 at Chicago Sky
JUNE
June 3 vs. Connecticut Sun
June 5 vs. Los Angeles Sparks
June 10 vs. Atlanta Dream
June 12 at Washington Mystics
June 14 at Washington Mystics
June 15 at Indiana Fever
June 17 at Dallas Wings
June 21 vs. Minnesota Lynx
June 23 at Minnesota Lynx
June 25 at Dallas Wings
June 27 vs. Indiana Fever
June 29 vs. Indiana Fever
JULY
July 2 at Chicago Sky
July 4 at Los Angeles Sparks
July 7 vs. New York Liberty
July 12 at Minnesota Lynx
July 14 vs. Washington Mystics
July 17 vs. Atlanta Dream
July 22 vs. Seattle Storm
July 28 vs. Los Angeles Sparks
July 31 at New York Liberty
AUGUST
Aug. 2 at Connecticut Sun
Aug. 4 at Connecticut Sun
Aug. 6 vs. New York Liberty
Aug. 10 vs. Minnesota Lynx
Aug. 12 vs. Dallas Wings
Aug. 14 vs. Chicago Sky
