Mercury's 2019 Lineup Begins Playoff Push

The Phoenix Mercury finished the 2019 season with a record of 15-19. Despite being a few games under .500, they reached the playoffs for the seventh time in a row. They lost to the Chicago Sky, which is the team they would meet in the WNBA Finals a few years later. Phoenix played well most of the season, but they struggled in the last month. The Mercury played four games during that time, and they lost all four. They lost to the Sky, the Seattle Storm, the Minnesota Lynx and the Las Vegas Aces. Regardless, it was a decent year for the Mercury, and they started things off by going 1-1 in their first two games. The Storm beat them 77-68 in the first game, and they started the season with a starting lineup of DeWana Bonner, Brittney Griner, Briann January, Yvonne Turner and Essence Carson. Bonner was the team's leading scorer, and she started the season with a bang. She had 31 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals. Griner was the second-leading scorer, and she had 18 points. She also had eight reb