Mercury Announces Secondary National Broadcast Schedule
April 6, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Phoenix Mercury News Release
PHOENIX - The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury today announced its updated national broadcast schedule which now includes nationally televised games on CBS Sports Network, NBA TV, Amazon Prime Video and Facebook Watch. New slate is in addition to previously announced seven matchups on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, tied for the most of any WNBA team.
The Mercury will be featured in 27 national broadcasts including the 2022 regular season opener against the Las Vegas Aces at 7:00pm PST on NBA TV on Friday, May 6. Phoenix will appear on CBS Sports Network six times (May 17 at Las Vegas, June 3 vs. Connecticut, June 10 vs. Atlanta, July 28 vs. Los Angeles, July 31 at New York, August 10 vs. Minnesota), NBA TV eight times (May 6 vs. Las Vegas, June 21 vs. Minnesota, June 25 at Dallas, June 29 vs. Indiana, July 22 vs. Seattle, August 2 at Connecticut, August 6 at New York, August 12 vs. Dallas), Amazon Prime Video three times (May 11 vs. Seattle, May 25 at Los Angeles, July 17 vs. Atlanta) and Facebook Watch twice (July 23 at Minnesota, July 7 at New York).
As previously announced, Phoenix will also appear on ABC three times (May 14 at Seattle, May 21 at Las Vegas, August 14 vs. Chicago), on ESPN twice (July 2 at Chicago, July 4 at Los Angeles) and ESPN2 three times (May 31 at Chicago, June 14 at Washington, August 4 at Connecticut).
Regular season games on the team's exclusive local television partner, Bally Sports Arizona, will be announced at a later date.
DATE OPPONENT TIME NATIONAL TV
MAY (3 home/6 away)
Fri. 6 LAS VEGAS 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Wed. 11 SEATTLE 7:00 p.m. Amazon
Sat. 14 @ Seattle 12:00 p.m. ABC
Tue. 17 @ Las Vegas 7:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Thu. 19 DALLAS 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 21 @ Las Vegas 12:00 p.m. ABC
Wed. 25 @ Los Angeles 7:30 p.m. Amazon
Sun. 29 @ Atlanta 3:00 p.m.
Tue. 31 @ Chicago 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
JUNE (6 home/6 away)
Fri. 3 CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Sun. 5 LOS ANGELES 3:00 p.m.
Fri. 10 ATLANTA 7:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Sun. 12 @ Washington 6:00 p.m.
Tue. 14 @ Washington 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
Wed. 15 @ Indiana 7:00 p.m.
Fri. 17 @ Dallas 7:00 p.m.
Tue. 21 MINNESOTA 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Thu. 23 @ Minnesota 7:00 p.m. Facebook
Sat. 25 @ Dallas 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Mon. 27 INDIANA 7:00 p.m.
Wed. 29 INDIANA 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
JULY (5 home/4 away)
Sat. 2 @ Chicago 12:00 p.m. ESPN
Mon. 4 @ Los Angeles 4:00 p.m. ESPN
Thu. 7 NEW YORK 7:00 p.m. Facebook
Tue. 12 @ Minnesota 7:00 p.m.
Thu. 14 WASHINGTON 7:00 p.m.
Sun. 17 ATLANTA 3:00 p.m. Amazon
Fri. 22 SEATTLE 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Thu. 28 LOS ANGELES 7:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Sun. 31 @ New York 2:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
AUGUST (4 home/2 away)
Tue. 2 @ Connecticut 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Thu. 4 @ Connecticut 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
Sat. 6 NEW YORK 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Wed. 10 MINNESOTA 7:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Fri. 12 DALLAS 7:00 p.m. NBA TV
Sun. 14 CHICAGO 12:00 p.m. ABC
Led by the 2021 Olympic gold-medal winning quartet of Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Tina Charles, and coming off the club's fifth WNBA Finals appearance in franchise history, the three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury return to Footprint Center this summer, tipping off the season with Fry's Food Stores Opening Night on Friday, May 6, against the Las Vegas Aces.
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