The Phoenix Mercury were eliminated from postseason contention Sunday with a 77-74 loss to the Dallas Wings, snapping what had been the league’s longest active streak of playoff appearances (10 straight seasons).
The last time the Mercury missed the playoffs was 2012, when Diana Taurasi played only eight games due to injury and Penny Taylor missed the entire year after tearing her ACL in the offseason. Brittney Griner was drafted the following spring.
The Mercury’s postseason streak was tied for the second longest in WNBA history. The Lynx made the playoffs 11 straight seasons from 2011 to 2021.
Also Sunday, the Seattle Storm saw their streak of consecutive playoff appearances (2016-2022) broken with their loss to the Chicago Sky. The longest active streak of postseason berths now belongs to the Connecticut Sun (2017-2023).
“It was a season that was not ideal,” interim coach Nikki Blue said of what went wrong for the Mercury. “However, we still have a couple…
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