2022 Washington Mystics season

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2022 Washington Mystics season
Coach Mike Thibault
Arena Entertainment and Sports Arena
Attendance3,983 per game
Results
Record2214 (.611)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish5th seed; Lost in 1st Round to the Seattle Storm
Team Leaders
Points Elena Delle Donne – 17.2 ppg
Rebounds Shakira Austin – 6.5 rpg
Assists Natasha Cloud – 7.0 apg

The 2022 Washington Mystics season is the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season will tip off versus the Indiana Fever on May 6, 2022. [1]

Contents

The Mystics won the Draft Lottery and received the 1st Overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft, despite only having the third best odds to win. This is the first time in franchise history that the Mystics had the #1 Overall pick. [2] The team traded the pick to Atlanta and moved down to the third overall pick in the Draft.

The Mystics started the season on a three game winning streak, before losing their first game. The continued on to win four of their next six games and finished the month of May 7–3. Their fortunes turned a little in June, with the team not being able to put together a streak of wins and they finished the month 6–6. The team improved in July, finishing 6–3 and winning five of six in the middle of the month. The Mystics finished August 3–2, losing two games in the middle but winning the final two games. Their overall record of 22–14 left them tied for fourth place with Seattle.

Seattle won the tiebreaker for the playoffs, by finishing the regular season 2–1 against the Mystics. The two teams would meet in the first round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs, with Seattle being the fourth seed and Washington being the fifth seed. The first two games of the series were in Seattle and those were the only two games that were needed out of the possible three game series. The Mystics lost the first game by three points and the second by thirteen to drop the series 0–2 and end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
13 Shakira Austin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ole Miss
214 Christyn Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States UConn

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 5, 2022Extended Qualifying Offers to Myisha Hines-Allen and Megan Gustafson [3]
January 6, 2022Signed Megan Gustafson to a Qualifying Offer [4]
January 27, 2022Hired Shelley Patterson as an assistant coach [5]
February 1, 2022Re-Signed Myisha Hines-Allen to a Multi-Year Deal [6] [7]
Signed Elizabeth Williams to a One-Year Deal [8]
Signed Klara Lundquist, Lee-Seul Kang, Tianna Hawkins, and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough to training-camp contracts [9] [10] [11]
February 14, 2022Signed Rui Machida to a training-camp contract [12]
February 17, 2022Signed MeMe Jackson to a training-camp contract [13]
February 18, 2022Suspended Klara Lundquist's contract for the Full Season - Personal Decision [14]
February 22, 2022Signed Linnae Harper to a training-camp contract [15]
February 24, 2022Signed Stephanie Mavunga to a training-camp contract [16]
February 28, 2022Waived Sydney Wiese
April 6, 2022Traded the #1 Pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the #3 and #14 picks in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and the right to exchange 1st Round Picks in 2023 with the Los Angeles Sparks that the Dream received in an earlier trade [17]
April 14, 2022Signed Shakira Austin to a rookie-scale contract
Signed Jennifer Coleman to a training-camp contract [18]
April 15, 2022Signed Christyn Williams to rookie-scale contract
April 18, 2022Waived Jennifer Coleman
April 20, 2022Signed Katie Benzan to a training-camp contract [19]
April 22, 2022Waived Christyn Williams
April 25, 2022Waived MeMe Jackson
April 28, 2022Waived Erica McCall, Megan Gustafson, and Lee-Seul Kang
May 3, 2022Waived Stephanie Mavunga and Linnae Harper [20]
May 5, 2022Temporarily Suspend Elizabeth Williams due to Overseas Commitments
May 6, 2022Waived Katie Benzan
Claimed Kennedy Burke off of waivers and then temporarily suspended her due to Overseas commitments
Signed Stephanie Jones to a Hardship Contract
May 8, 2022Signed Katie Benzan to a Hardship Contract
May 13, 2022Released Stephanie Jones from her Hardship Contract
May 16, 2022Released Katie Benzan from her Hardship Contract
Activated Kennedy Burke from her Temporary Suspension
May 19, 2022Activated Elizabeth Williams from her Temporary Suspension
June 24, 2022Waived Kennedy Burke [21]
June 27, 2022Signed Evina Westbrook to a 7-day contract [22]
July 4, 2022Signed Evina Westbrook to a 2nd 7-day contract
July 11, 2022Signed Evina Westbrook to a 3rd 7-day contract
July 18, 2022Signed Evina Westbrook [23]
August 10, 2022Signed Jazmine Jones [24]

Roster

2022 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Atkins, Ariel 5' 8" (1.73m)167 lb (76kg)1996-07-30 Texas 4
F/C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Austin, Shakira 6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)2000-07-25 Mississippi R
F 22 Flag of Israel.svg Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)07-07-1987 Middle Tennessee 9
G 9 Flag of the United States.svg Cloud, Natasha 5' 9" (1.75m)160 lb (73kg)1992-02-22 Saint Joseph's 6
G/F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Delle Donne, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1989-09-05 Delaware 8
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Hawkins, Tianna 6' 3" (1.91m)186 lb (84kg)1991-03-02 Maryland 8
F 2 Flag of the United States.svg Hines-Allen, Myisha 6' 1" (1.85m)200 lb (91kg)1996-05-30 Louisville 4
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Jazmine 6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)10-15-1996 Louisville 3
G 13 Flag of Japan.svg Machida, Rui 5' 4" (1.63m)126 lb (57kg)1993-03-08 Japan R
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori 5' 9" (1.75m)140 lb (64kg)1995-05-18 Maryland 5
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Westbrook, Evina 6' 0" (1.83m)158 lb (72kg)09-28-1998 Connecticut R
C 1 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg)1993-06-23 Duke 7
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Thibault (St. Martin's)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Thibault (Missouri)
Flag of the United States.svg LaToya Sanders (North Carolina)
Flag of the United States.svg Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Chalisa Fonza (Western Illinois)
Strength and conditioning coach
Vacant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Shakira Austin Elizabeth Williams
PF Elena Delle Donne Myisha Hines-Allen
Tianna Hawkins
SF Alysha Clark Jazmine Jones
SG Ariel Atkins Shatori Walker-Kimbrough
Evina Westbrook
PG Natasha Cloud Rui Machida

Schedule

Preseason

2022 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
April: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1April 24@ Atlanta L 69–88 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (13) Shakira Austin (12) Myisha Hines-Allen (7) Gateway Center Arena
854
0–1
2April 27 Minnesota W 78–66 Elena Delle Donne (21) Shakira Austin (13) Natasha Cloud (4) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,220
1–1
3April 30@ New York Canceled Barclays Center
1–1
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2022 game log
Total: 22–14 (Home: 12–6; Road: 10–8)
June : 6–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
11June 3 New York L 70–74 Natasha Cloud (17) Elena Delle Donne (8) Natasha Cloud (8) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,857
7–4
12June 5@ Chicago L 82–91 Tianna Hawkins (21) Shakira Austin (7) Rui Machida (9) Wintrust Arena
6,228
7–5
13June 8 Chicago W 84–82 Ariel Atkins (19) Ariel Atkins (7) Atkins
Cloud (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena
2,984
8–5
14June 10@ Minnesota W 76–59 Myisha Hines-Allen (17) Shakira Austin (13) Natasha Cloud (8) Target Center
6,315
9–5
15June 12 Phoenix L 90–99 (OT) Myisha Hines-Allen (18) Myisha Hines-Allen (10) Natasha Cloud (7) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
9–6
16June 14 Phoenix W 83–65 Shakira Austin (16) Shakira Austin (10) Natasha Cloud (10) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,088
10–6
17June 16@ New York L 65–77 Natasha Cloud (17) Shakira Austin (6) Natasha Cloud (7) Barclays Center
4,168
10–7
18June 19 Connecticut W 71–63 Elena Delle Donne (15) Shakira Austin (8) Ariel Atkins (6) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,959
11–7
19June 21@ Los Angeles L 82–84 Ariel Atkins (22) Myisha Hines-Allen (8) Natasha Cloud (13) Crypto.com Arena
3,745
11–8
20June 23@ Seattle L 71–85 Elena Delle Donne (20) Shakira Austin (9) Natasha Cloud (8) Climate Pledge Arena
9,884
11–9
21June 25@ Las Vegas W 87–86 (OT) Alysha Clark (20) Elena Delle Donne (10) Natasha Cloud (10) Michelob Ultra Arena
7,171
12–9
22June 28 Atlanta W 92–74 Natasha Cloud (18) Austin
Hines-Allen (7)
Rui Machida (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,517
13–9
August : 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
32August 2 Las Vegas W 83–73 Natasha Cloud (16) Elena Delle Donne (11) Natasha Cloud (9) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
20–12
33August 5@ Chicago L 83–93 Myisha Hines-Allen (21) Hines-Allen
E. Williams (6)
Rui Machida (5) Wintrust Arena
8,042
20–13
34August 7 Los Angeles L 76–79 Atkins
Hines-Allen (20)
Shakira Austin (10) Natasha Cloud (9) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
20–14
35August 12@ Indiana W 82–70 Elena Delle Donne (24) Shakira Austin (11) Natasha Cloud (6) Hinkle Fieldhouse
1,700
21–14
36August 14 Indiana W 95–83 Elena Delle Donne (22) Shakira Austin (6) Rui Machida (6) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
22–14
2022 season schedule

Playoffs

2022 playoff game log
First Round vs. Seattle Storm
Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1August 18@ Seattle L 83–86 Elena Delle Donne (26) Shakira Austin (7) Elena Delle Donne (5) Climate Pledge Arena
8,917
0–1
2August 21@ Seattle L 84–97 Natasha Cloud (21) Shakira Austin (8) Ariel Atkins (7) Climate Pledge Arena
12,490
0–2
2022 playoff schedule

Standings

# W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1xLas Vegas Aces 2610.72215–313–513–59–1
2xChicago Sky 2610.72215–314–412–69–1
3xConnecticut Sun 2511.6941.011–713–512–65–5
4xSeattle Storm 2214.6114.010–813–59–96–4
5xWashington Mystics 2214.6114.011–712–610–85–5
6xDallas Wings 1818.5008.08–108–1010–85–5
7xNew York Liberty 1620.44410.010–89–97–116–4
8xPhoenix Mercury 1521.41711.07–1111–74–143–7
9eMinnesota Lynx 1422.38912.08–107–117–114–6
10eAtlanta Dream 1422.38912.05–138–106–123–7
11eLos Angeles Sparks 1323.36113.06–127–116–123–7
12eIndiana Fever 531.13921.02–163–152–162–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

Round One:
Best-of-3
Semifinals:
Best-of-5
Finals:
Best-of-5
         
1 Las Vegas Aces 2
8 Phoenix Mercury 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
4 Seattle Storm 1
4 Seattle Storm 2
5 Washington Mystics 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
3 Connecticut Sun 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
7 New York Liberty 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
3 Connecticut Sun 3
3 Connecticut Sun 2
6 Dallas Wings 1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Elena Delle Donne 252527.8.480.368.9136.32.30.51.117.2
Ariel Atkins 363630.0.420.365.8453.32.31.40.314.6
Natasha Cloud 343431.3.399.319.8243.67.01.00.310.7
Myisha Hines-Allen 341519.3.415.367.7035.31.90.80.38.9
Shakira Austin 363221.6.547.000.6246.50.90.70.88.7
Alysha Clark 292926.4.464.303.9134.52.00.90.38.0
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 35320.1.402.347.9021.81.51.10.36.9
Katie Benzan 309.0.556.714.7500.70.30.00.36.0
Elizabeth Williams 30014.9.482.000.5813.80.50.60.75.4
Kennedy Burke 16413.9.446.344.5882.20.41.00.35.4
Tianna Hawkins 25012.8.386.264.9522.40.80.40.14.9
Evina Westbrook 605.3.667.500.8330.00.50.30.23.3
Stephanie Jones 306.3.429.500.0000.70.30.30.02.3
Rui Machida 36212.9.310.206.6671.12.60.40.11.8
Jazmine Jones 103.0.000.000.0001.00.00.00.00.0


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Elena Delle Donne 2233.0.516.1111.0002.55.00.51.019.0
Natasha Cloud 2235.5.500.7001.0006.03.00.51.518.5
Ariel Atkins 2233.0.379.5001.0001.55.50.50.015.5
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 2020.5.556.5001.0000.00.51.50.07.5
Shakira Austin 2227.0.462.000.5007.51.01.00.57.0
Alysha Clark 2225.5.571.500.6673.53.01.50.56.0
Myisha Hines-Allen 2014.5.182.0001.0003.52.01.00.05.0
Rui Machida 205.5.667.000.2501.00.00.00.02.5
Elizabeth Williams 205.51.000.000.2501.00.00.00.52.5

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Ariel Atkins WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [25]
All-Defensive First Team August 30 [26]
Elena Delle Donne Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 18 [27]
Natasha Cloud Peak Performer:Assists August 15 [28]
All-Defensive First Team August 30 [26]
Shakira Austin WNBA All-Rookie Team August 25 [29]

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