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2020 Washington Mystics season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaOriginally: St. Elizabeths East Arena
Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance0 per game
Results
Record9–13 (.409)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish8th Seed, Lost in First Round to Phoenix Mercury
Team Leaders
PointsMyisha Hines-Allen – 17.0 ppg
ReboundsMyisha Hines-Allen – 8.9 rpg
AssistsLeilani Mitchell – 5.4 apg

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]

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.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

See also: 2020 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 24 Jaylyn Agnew  United States Creighton
3 36 Sug Sutton  United States Texas

Trades and roster changes

Date Details
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]

Roster

Template:WNBA roster header current |- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Atkins, Ariel | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5' 8" (1.73m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 167 lb (76kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 07-30-1996 | | | style="text-align:left; | Texas | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 31 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Charles, Tina | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 192 lb (87kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 12-05-1988 | | | style="text-align:left; | Connecticut | style="text-align:center;" | 10 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 81 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Coates, Alaina | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 225 lb (102kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 04-07-1995 | | | style="text-align:left; | South Carolina | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G/F | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Delle Donne, Elena | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 5" (1.96m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 187 lb (85kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 09-05-1989 | | | style="text-align:left; | Delaware | style="text-align:center;" | 7 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 88 | style="text-align:center;" | Greece | style="text-align:left;" | Gemelos, Jacki | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 0" (1.83m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 165 lb (75kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 11-22-1988 | | | style="text-align:left; | USC | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Hawkins, Tianna | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 3" (1.91m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 186 lb (84kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 03-02-1991 | | | style="text-align:left; | Maryland | style="text-align:center;" | 6 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Hines-Allen, Myisha | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 1" (1.85m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 200 lb (91kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 05-30-1996 | | | style="text-align:left; | Louisville | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Johnson, Stella | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5' 10" (1.78m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 158 lb (72kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 07-11-1998 | | | style="text-align:left; | Rider | style="text-align:center;" | R |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Leslie, Kiara | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 0" (1.83m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 175 lb (79kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 12-06-1995 | | | style="text-align:left; | NC State | style="text-align:center;" | R |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 33 | style="text-align:center;" | Belgium | style="text-align:left;" | Meesseman, Emma | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 191 lb (87kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 05-13-1993 | | | style="text-align:left; | Belgium | style="text-align:center;" | 6 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | Australia | style="text-align:left;" | Mitchell, Leilani | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5' 5" (1.65m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 138 lb (63kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 06-15-1985 | | | style="text-align:left; | Utah | style="text-align:center;" | 11 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 23 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Powers, Aerial | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5' 9" (1.75m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 159 lb (72kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 07-17-1994 | | | style="text-align:left; | Michigan State | style="text-align:center;" | 4 |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | United States | style="text-align:left;" | Sutton, Sug | | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5' 8" (1.73m) | | style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 140 lb (64kg) | | | style="text-align:center;" | 12-17-1998 | | | style="text-align:left; | Texas | style="text-align:center;" | R |-

Template:WNBA roster footer current

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log
Total: 9–13
July
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 July 25 Indiana Fever W 101–76 Hines-Allen (27) Hines-Allen (10) Mitchell (4) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		1–0
2 July 28 Connecticut Sun W 94–89 Powers (27) Hines-Allen (8) Meesseman (8) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		2–0
3 July 30 Seattle Storm W 89–71 Atkins (22) Powers (8) Mitchell (6) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–0
August
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 August 1 Chicago Sky L 86–88 Atkins (24) Hines-Allen (10) Meesseman (6) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–1
5 August 5 Las Vegas Aces L 77–83 Meesseman (24) Meesseman (13) Mitchell (4) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–2
6 August 7 New York Liberty L 66–74 Powers (20) Hines-Allen (8) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–3
7 August 9 Indiana Fever L 84–91 Meesseman (19) Hawkins (10) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–4
8 August 11 Minnesota Lynx L 48–68 Hines-Allen (12) 3 tied (6) 3 tied (3) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–5
9 August 13 Los Angeles Sparks L 64–81 Atkins (20) Meesseman (11) Tied (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–6
10 August 15 Las Vegas Aces L 73–88 Atkins (17) Meesseman (9) Tied (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		3–7
11 August 19 Atlanta Dream W 98–91 Johnson (25) Meesseman (6) Meesseman (10) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–7
12 August 21 Dallas Wings L 92–101 (OT) Hines-Allen (35) Hines-Allen (12) Mitchell (4) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–8
13 August 23 Phoenix Mercury L 87–88 Hawkins (19) Hines-Allen (13) Hines-Allen (8) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–9
14 August 28 Phoenix Mercury L 72–94 Mitchell (17) Tied (6) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–10
15 August 30 Connecticut Sun L 63–76 Tied (14) Hines-Allen (13) Hines-Allen (6) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–11
September
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 September 2 Seattle Storm L 64–71 Meesseman (17) Hines-Allen (6) Mitchell (5) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		4–12
17 September 4 Chicago Sky W 79–69 Mitchell (20) Hines-Allen (10) Mitchell (12) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		5–12
18 September 6 Dallas Wings L 94–101 (OT) Atkins (22) Hines-Allen (13) Mitchell (9) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		5–13
19 September 8 Minnesota Lynx W 89–86 Hines-Allen (26) Hines-Allen (9) Mitchell (10) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		6–13
20 September 10 Los Angeles Sparks W 80–72 Hines-Allen (30) Hines-Allen (8) Mitchell (9) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		7–13
21 September 12 New York Liberty W 75–58 Hines-Allen (25) Hines-Allen (11) Meesseman (7) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		8–13
22 September 13 Atlanta Dream W 85–78 Atkins (26) Hines-Allen (10) Tied (7) IMG Academy
No In-Person Attendance 		9–13
2020 season schedule

Playoffs

2020 playoff game log
Total: 0–1
First Round
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 15 Phoenix Mercury L 84–85 Mitchell (25) Hines-Allen (9) 4 tied (4) IMG Academy 0–1
2020 playoff schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf.
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

x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.
Updated to include results from September 13, 2020
Source


Playoffs

Template:2020 WNBA Playoffs

Statistics

Legend
  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

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
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]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Washington Mystics Schedule". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ^ "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. ^ "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. ^ "MYSTICS RE-SIGN REIGNING MVP ELENA DELLE DONNE". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "LEILANI MITCHELL RETURNS TO MYSTICS". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "MYSTICS RE-SIGN 2019 FINALS MVP EMMA MEESSEMAN". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "CLOUD, SANDERS TO OPT OUT OF 2020 SEASON". wnba.com. WNBA. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Mystics Sign Veteran Essence Carson". wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "MYSTICS SIGN ALAINA COATES AND SHEY PEDDY". wnba.com. WNBA. June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  13. ^ "Stewart, Hines-Allen Earn First Players Of The Week Honors Of The Season". wnba.com. WNBA. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  14. ^ "Hines-Allen, Wilson Earn Player Of The Week Honors For Week 7". wnba.com. WNBA. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "WNBA Announces Players Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Two Atlanta Dream Players And Seattle Storm's Alysha Clark Headline 2020 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "A'ja Wilson And Candace Parker Unanimously Selected To 2020 All-WNBA First Team". wnba.com. WNBA. October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
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