
FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, left, celebrates a score by guard Diana Taurasi (3) during the second half of the team's WNBA basketball game against the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Phoenix. Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster of 16 players announced Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, for a pair of November exhibition games and training camp in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
The Phoenix Mercury are set to kick off their 28th season on May 14. This year’s iteration of the three-time WNBA Champions features Brittney Griner, 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper, and the GOAT, Diana Taurasi.
Thirty-six of the Mercury’s games will be televised locally on either 3TV, Arizona’s Family Sports (AZFS), ABC, or Ion Television. All are available on basic cable or with an antenna.
Four games will be televised nationally on ESPN or ESPN2.
The team plays home games at Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix, and tickets can go for as low as $20, but prices vary depending on the game.
Check out the team’s full regular-season schedule below:
(Notable games in bold)
Tuesday, May 14 – @ Las Vegas Aces 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
– WNBA champions, season opener

The Las Vegas Aces celebrate with the trophy after Game 4 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series against the New York Liberty Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in New York. The Aces won 70-69. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Saturday, May 18 – vs Atlanta Dream 7 p.m. (3TV)
Tuesday, May 21 – @ Las Vegas Aces 7 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
– WNBA champions
Thursday, May 23 – vs Washington Mystics 7 p.m. (AZFS)
Saturday, May 25 – vs Dallas Wings 7 p.m. (3TV)
Tuesday, May 28 – @ Connecticut Sun 4 p.m. (AZFS, CBS)
Wednesday, May 29 – @ New York Liberty 4 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV, CBS)
Friday, May 31 – @ Minnesota Lynx 6:30 p.m. (ION)
Sunday, June 2 – vs Los Angeles Sparks 3 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Tuesday, June 4- @ Seattle Storm 7 p.m. (AZFS, CBS)
Friday, June 7 – vs Minnesota Lynx 7 p.m.(ION)
Sunday, June 9 – @ Dallas Wings 1 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Thursday, June 13 – vs Las Vegas Aces 7 p.m. (AZFS)
– WNBA champions
Sunday, June 16 – vs Seattle Storm 12 p.m. (ABC)
– Skylar Diggins-Smith’s return to Phoenix
Tuesday, June 18 – vs New York Liberty 7 p.m. (AZFS, CBS)
Saturday, June 22- @ Minnesota Lynx 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, June 28 – vs Los Angeles Sparks 7 p.m. (ION)
Sunday, June 30 – vs Indiana Fever 12 p.m. (ESPN)
– 2024 No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark’s Phoenix debut

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, left, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, right, after being selected first overall by the Indiana Fever during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Monday, July 1 – vs Connecticut Sun 7 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Wednesday, July 3 – @ Dallas Wings 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, July 7 – @ Los Angeles Sparks 4 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Wednesday, July 10 – vs Dallas Wings 12:30 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Friday, July 12 – @ Indiana Fever 4:30 p.m. (ION)
Sunday, July 14 – @ Connecticut Sun 10 a.m. (ABC)
Tuesday, July 16 – @ Washington Mystics 8:30 a.m. (AZFS)
-Last game before break for Olympics
Thursday, Aug. 15 – @ Chicago Sky 5 p.m. (AZFS)
-Return from Olympic break
Friday, Aug. 16 – @ Indiana Fever 4:30 p.m. (ION)
-vs 2024 No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark
Sunday, Aug. 18 – vs Chicago Sky 6 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Wednesday, Aug. 21 – @ Atlanta Dream 4:30 p.m. (AZFS)
Friday, Aug. 23 – @ Atlanta Dream 4:30 p.m. (ION)
Monday, Aug. 26 – vs New York Liberty 7 p.m. (AZFS)

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu shoots during a competition against Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry at the NBA basketball All-Star weekend, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Wednesday, Aug. 28 – vs Minnesota Lynx 7 p.m. (AZFS)
Sunday, Sept. 1 – vs Las Vegas Aces 1 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
-WNBA champions
Tuesday, Sept. 3- vs Atlanta Dream 7 p.m. (AZFS)
Thursday, Sept. 5 – vs Washington Mystics 7 p.m. (AZFS)
Saturday, Sept. 7 – @ Seattle Storm 6 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Friday, Sept. 13 – vs Connecticut Sun 7 p.m. (ION)
Sunday, Sept. 15 – @ Chicago Sky 3 p.m. (AZFS, 3TV)
Tuesday, Sept. 17 – @ Los Angeles Sparks 7:30 p.m. (AZFS, CBS)
Thursday, Sept. 19 – vs Seattle Storm 4 p.m. (AZFS)
-Regular season finale
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