At long last, the Washington Mystics have won a game. With star guard Brittney Sykes back in the lineup, the Mystics crushed the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night, 87-68, to win their first game of the season and end the fourth-worst start in WNBA history.
Despite being competitive nearly every time out, the Mystics could not buy a win in the first month of the season and entered Tuesday night in last place at 0-12. Remarkably, 10 of those games had clutch minutes — score within five points with less than five minutes remaining — and they had nine losses by single digits, including five by five points or fewer.
Here’s where their poor start stacks up on the all-time charts. Ironically, the record they were “chasing” belongs to the Dream, who began 0-17 in their inaugural 2008 season.
|
Atlanta Dream |
2008 |
0-17 |
|
San Antonio Stars |
2017 |
0-14 |
|
Detroit Shock |
2002 |
0-13 |
|
Washington Mystics |
2024 |
0-12 |
|
Indiana Fever |
2018 |
0-10 |
|
Houston Comets |
2007 |
0-10 |
The Mystics ended the skid in style by lighting it up from behind the arc and putting together their best defensive…
