The 2020 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off versus the Indiana Fever on July 25, 2020.[1]
2020 Washington Mystics season | |
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Coach | Mike Thibault |
Arena | Originally: St. Elizabeths East Arena Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida |
Attendance | 0 per game |
Results | |
Record | 9–13 (.409) |
Place | 3rd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | 8th Seed, Lost in First Round to Phoenix Mercury |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Myisha Hines-Allen – 17.0 ppg |
Rebounds | Myisha Hines-Allen – 8.9 rpg |
Assists | Leilani Mitchell – 5.4 apg |
This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]
The Mystics were without star Elena Delle Donne for the season, as she sat out due to COVID-19 concerns. Expectations were lowered when it was announced that the 2019 MVP would be out for the season. However, the Mystics defied those expectations in their first three games, winning all three. However, the season took a drastic turn for the worse after that, with the team going 1–11 in their August games. At 4–11 overall, the Mystics were on the outside looking in for the playoffs. The Mystics went 5–2 in September, including a four game win-streak to finish the season and secure the eight seed in the playoffs. As the eight seed, they lost in the first round to the Phoenix Mercury.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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2 | 24 | Jaylyn Agnew | United States | Creighton |
3 | 36 | Sug Sutton | United States | Texas |
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February 11, 2020 | Re-Signed F Elena Delle Donne[6] | |
February 13, 2020 | Signed G Leilani Mitchell[7] | |
February 17, 2020 | Re-signed G Emma Meesseman[8] | |
April 15, 2020 | Engaged in a three team trade where they acquired Tina Charles in exchange for their first-round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and their first, second, and third round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.[9] | |
June 22, 2020 | G Natasha Cloud and F/C LaToya Sanders announce they will opt out of the 2020 season.[10] | |
June 26, 2020 | Signed G/F Essence Carson.[11] | |
June 29, 2020 | Signed C Alaina Coates and G Shey Peddy.[12] |
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2020 season schedule |
2020 playoff game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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First Round
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2020 playoff schedule |
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. |
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1 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
2 | x – Seattle Storm | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
3 | x – Los Angeles Sparks | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3 | 5–5 |
4 | x – Minnesota Lynx | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4 | 4–6 |
5 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 9 | .591 | 5 | 4–6 |
6 | x – Chicago Sky | 12 | 10 | .545 | 6 | 6–4 |
7 | x – Connecticut Sun | 10 | 12 | .455 | 8 | 7–3 |
8 | x – Washington Mystics | 9 | 13 | .409 | 9 | 6–4 |
9 | e – Dallas Wings | 8 | 14 | .364 | 10 | 1–9 |
10 | e – Atlanta Dream | 7 | 15 | .318 | 11 | 5–5 |
11 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 16 | .273 | 12 | 4–6 |
12 | e – New York Liberty | 2 | 20 | .091 | 16 | 2–8 |
Notes
First round: Single elimination (September 15) | Second round: Single elimination (September 17) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (September 20–29) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (October 2–11) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Las Vegas Aces | 62 | 83 | 68 | 84 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota Lynx | 80 | 7 | Connecticut Sun | 87 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 63 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Phoenix Mercury | 85 | 5 | Phoenix Mercury | 79 | 1 | Las Vegas Aces | 80 | 91 | 59 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Washington Mystics | 84 | 2 | Seattle Storm | 93 | 104 | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Seattle Storm | 88 | 89 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Los Angeles Sparks | 59 | 4 | Minnesota Lynx | 86 | 79 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Chicago Sky | 81 | 7 | Connecticut Sun | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Connecticut Sun | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Myisha Hines-Allen | 22 | 22 | 30.0 | 51.0 | 42.6 | 82.8 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 17.0 |
Aerial Powers | 6 | 6 | 29.8 | 46.4 | 34.6 | 83.3 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 16.3 |
Ariel Atkins | 22 | 22 | 31.0 | 43.8 | 41.1 | 88.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.8 |
Emma Meesseman | 20 | 20 | 31.0 | 45.4 | 28.9 | 82.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
Leilani Mitchell | 22 | 22 | 30.6 | 40.8 | 30.5 | 87.2 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 9.5 |
Stella Johnson | 5 | 2 | 18.8 | 48.5 | 64.3 | 100 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 9.2 |
Tianna Hawkins | 17 | 5 | 19.4 | 40.8 | 29.8 | 84.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.5 |
Kiara Leslie | 19 | 10 | 21.8 | 35.2 | 36.2 | 92.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
Jacki Gemelos | 12 | 1 | 16.1 | 31.3 | 20.7 | 50.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
Sug Sutton | 12 | 0 | 9.4 | 36.4 | 29.4 | 71.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.8 |
Alaina Coates | 20 | 0 | 9.9 | 52.9 | 0 | 53.8 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Myisha Hines-Allen | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 3, 2020 | [13] |
September 14, 2020 | [14] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – September | September 15, 2020 | [15] | |
Ariel Atkins | 2nd Team All-Defense | September 29, 2020 | [16] |
Myisha Hines-Allen | All-WNBA Second Team | October 4, 2020 | [17] |