The Phoenix Mercury were 16-12 in 1997. They finished 2nd in the Western Conference. They lost in the Semifinals against the New York Liberty, 1 game to 0.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

1997 Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Comets Comets
18
10
.643
2
Mercury Mercury
16
12
.571
2.0
3
Sparks Sparks
14
14
.500
4.0
4
Monarchs Monarchs
10
18
.357
8.0
5
Starzz Starzz
7
21
.250
11.0

1997 Stats

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GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF
Team
28
195.5
69.1
32.7
15.6
12.2
2.8
23.5
63.1
37.3
4.8
15.5
30.8
17.3
22.6
76.3
47.3
11.4
21.3
20.3
Team Rank
8th
4th
4th
5th
1st
6th
8th
3rd
8th
2nd
2nd
4th
1st
1st
1st
7th
3rd
6th
5th
Opponent
28
195.5
65.4
32.9
14.6
8.7
4.0
24.0
58.0
41.4
3.2
11.1
28.5
14.2
21.0
67.4
48.6
9.8
23.1
21.3
Opponent Rank
8th
1st
6th
3rd
2nd
6th
2nd
1st
5th
1st
2nd
2nd
4th
5th
1st
4th
1st
7th
2nd
Net
+3.8
-0.3
+1.0
+3.5
-1.2
-0.5
+5.1
-4.1
+1.6
+4.4
+2.3
+3.1
+1.6
+8.9
-1.3
+1.6
-1.9
-1.0
Net Rank
2nd
5th
4th
1st
6th
6th
1st
7th
2nd
2nd
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
6th
1st
7th
2nd

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WNBA 2025 Division Standings

undefined W L PCT GB
Lynx Lynx
20
4
.833
Mercury Mercury
15
7
.682
4.0
Storm Storm
14
9
.609
5.5
Aces Aces
11
11
.500
8.0
Valkyries Valkyries
10
12
.455
9.0
Sparks Sparks
8
14
.364
11.0
Wings Wings
6
17
.261
13.5
undefined W L PCT GB
Liberty Liberty
15
6
.714
Dream Dream
13
9
.591
2.5
Fever Fever
12
11
.522
4.0
Mystics Mystics
11
11
.500
4.5
Sky Sky
7
15
.318
8.5
Sun Sun
3
19
.136
12.5

WNBA undefined Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/12
SEA SEA
@
LAS LAS
68-78
Thu
5/15
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
90-94
Thu
5/15
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
99-84
Thu
5/15
LAS LAS
@
GSV GSV
84-67
Fri
5/16
LVA LVA
@
NYL NYL
78-92

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
7/22
LAS LAS
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Tue
7/22
IND IND
@
NYL NYL
8:00 PM
Tue
7/22
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Tue
7/22
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Tue
7/22
ATL ATL
@
LVA LVA
10:00 PM