West regular season champs to host first playoff game since 2000 on Aug. 26

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury and WNBA today announced the team’s schedule for the opening round of the 2007 WNBA Playoffs.

As the higher seed in the best-of-three, 1-2 format, the regular season Western Conference champion and top-seeded Mercury begin the postseason on the road visiting the No. 4-seeded Seattle Storm on Friday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. at KeyArena. The club’s first home postseason game since Aug. 11, 2000 will be played on Sunday, Aug. 26 at US Airways Center at 4 p.m.

Game Date Opponent Time TV Sched.

Game 1 Friday, Aug. 24 at Seattle 7 p.m. NBATV

Game 2 Sunday, Aug. 26 vs. Seattle 4 p.m. ESPN2

Game 3 Tuesday, Aug. 28 vs. Seattle 6 p.m. ESPN2

With a 101-91 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs Friday night at ARCO Arena, the Mercury clinched the second regular season Western Conference championship in franchise history and first since 1997, the league’s inaugural season. Owners of the best record in the Western Conference, Phoenix will own homecourt advantage through the conference finals.

Both Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) will be nationally televised live on ESPN2 from US Airways Center.

The 2007 WNBA Playoffs begin August 23 and tickets for the Mercury’s first-round match-up with the Seattle Storm are now available on phoenixmercury.com. Fans wishing to purchase tickets for later rounds before they go on sale to the general public can become a member of Downtown Live to receive pre-sale notifications. Become a member free of charge by logging onto phoenixmercury.com.

Playoff-bound for the first time in six seasons, the regular season Western Conference champion Mercury finish the 2007 regular season at home on Sunday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. at US Airways Center against the Sacramento Monarchs. Lower-level seats are available and can be purchased by logging onto phoenixmercury.com.

– phoenixmercury.com –

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