Phoenix Mercury 2025 WNBA Season Preview: TV Channel, Start Time, Schedule

The Mercury begin life after Diana Taurasi when they open the 2025 season

The Phoenix Mercury begin the 2025 season without stars Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner after they left for retirement and the Atlanta Dream. Taurasi retired after 20 years with the Mercury and they will need to find a way to move on from the legend. Griner left in free agency and the Mercury are going to look a lot different as the new season begins.

How to Watch Phoenix Mercury All Season Long

The Phoenix Mercury will have several games broadcast nationally on TV during the 2025 regular season. ABC will broadcast one game (Saturday, June 21, at Chicago), and ION will broadcast seven games. Additional national broadcasts include games on NBA TV (Sunday, June 29, vs Las Vegas), and CBSSN (Wednesday, July 23, vs Atlanta).

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Mercury 2024 Season Recap

The Mercury finished the 2024 season 19-21 and it was enough to earn a berth into the playoffs. It was short-lived, though, as they were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Lynx.

Kahleah Copper led the team in scoring at 21.1 points per game, while Brittney Griner averaged 17.8 ppg and 6.6 rebounds per game. Taurasi, in her last season, was third on the team in scoring at 14.9 points per game.

Mercury 2025 Season Outlook/Stories To Watch

The Mercury return Copper, but lost most of their scoring from the 2024 team. Can Copper continue to be one of the best players in the league or will the burden of having to carry the team be too much?

Copper will get help from Alyssa Thomas and Satou Sabally, but how are they all going to gel and who is going to be the go-to scorer. Thomas has averaged double figure points in all but one full season she has played. All 11 of her seasons have been with the Connecticut Sun.

Sabally has played each of her first five seasons with the Dallas Wings and is coming off her two best seasons. She averaged 18.6 points per game in 2023 and 17.9 in 2024.

Copper, Thomas and Sabally make up a great big three, but will there be enough behind them to help them get back over .500 and make a run in the playoffs?

Mercury Arrivals and Departures

• Signed Temira Poindexter to a rookie contract
• Signed Megan McConnell to a rookie contract
• Acquired Sevgi Uzun in trade with the Dallas Wings
• Acquired Satou Sabally in trade with the Dallas Wings
• Acquired Kalani Brown in trade with the Dallas Wings
• Acquired Alyssa Thomas in trade with the Connecticut Sun
• Traded Natasha Cloud to the Connecticut Sun
• Traded Sophie Cunningham to the Indiana Fever
• Traded Rebecca Allen to the Connecticut Sun
• Diana Taurasi retired
• Brittney Griner signed with the Atlanta Dream

Mercury 2025 Schedule

Tue, May 06	at Aces*	10:00 PM	—	Michelob ULTRA Arena
Sun, May 11	vs Valkyries*	6:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Sat, May 17	vs Storm	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Wed, May 21	vs Sparks	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Fri, May 23	at Storm	10:00 PM	ION	Climate Pledge Arena
Sun, May 25	vs Mystics	6:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Tue, May 27	vs Sky	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Fri, May 30	vs Lynx	10:00 PM	ION	PHX Arena
Sun, Jun 01	at Sparks	6:00 PM	—	Crypto.com Arena
Tue, Jun 03	at Lynx	8:00 PM	—	Target Center
Thu, Jun 5	vs Valkyries	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Sat, Jun 7	vs Storm	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Wed, Jun 11	vs Wings	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Sun, Jun 15	at Aces	6:00 PM	—	Michelob ULTRA Arena
Wed, Jun 18	at Sun	7:00 PM	—	Mohegan Sun Arena
Thu, Jun 19	at Liberty	7:00 PM	—	Barclays Center
Sat, Jun 21	at Sky	1:00 PM	ABC	Wintrust Arena
Fri, Jun 27	vs Liberty	10:00 PM	ION	PHX Arena
Sun, Jun 29	vs Aces	6:00 PM	NBA TV	PHX Arena
Thu, Jul 03	at Wings	8:00 PM	—	College Park Center
Mon, Jul 07	vs Wings	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Wed, Jul 9	vs Lynx	3:30 PM	—	PHX Arena
Mon, Jul 14	at Valkyries	10:00 PM	—	Chase Center
Wed, Jul 16	at Lynx	1:00 PM	—	Target Center
Wed, Jul 23	vs Dream	10:00 PM	CBS Sports Network	PHX Arena
Fri, Jul 25	at Liberty	7:30 PM	ION	Barclays Center
Sun, Jul 27	at Mystics	6:00 PM	—	CareFirst Arena
Wed, Jul 30	at Fever	7:00 PM	—	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Fri, Aug 1	at Dream	7:30 PM	ION	Gateway Center Arena
Sun, Aug 03	at Sky	6:00 PM	—	Wintrust Arena
Tue, Aug 05	vs Sun	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Thu, Aug 07	vs Fever	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Sun, Aug 10	vs Dream	6:00 PM	NBA TV	PHX Arena
Fri, Aug 15	vs Aces	10:00 PM	ION	PHX Arena
Sun, Aug 17	at Storm	6:00 PM	—	Climate Pledge Arena
Tue, Aug 19	at Valkyries	10:00 PM	—	Chase Center
Thu, Aug 21	at Aces	10:00 PM	—	Michelob ULTRA Arena
Fri, Aug 22	vs Valkyries	10:00 PM	ION	PHX Arena
Tue, Aug 26	at Sparks	10:00 PM	NBA TV	Crypto.com Arena
Thu, Aug 28	vs Sky	10:00 PM	—	PHX Arena
Sat, Aug 30	vs Liberty	10:00 PM	NBA TV	PHX Arena
Tue, Sep 2	vs Fever	10:00 PM	NBA TV	PHX Arena
Thu, Sep 04	at Mystics	7:30 PM	—	CareFirst Arena
Sat, Sep 06	at Sun	1:00 PM	—	Mohegan Sun Arena
Tue, Sep 09	vs Sparks	10:00 PM	NBA TV	PHX Arena
Thu, Sep 11	at Wings	8:00 PM	—	College Park Center

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