2013 Washington Mystics season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Mystics improved significantly over their 2012 season, and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

Although they lost the Conference Semifinals to Atlanta in 3 games, the Mystics won their first playoff game since 2004.

WNBA draft
The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Preseason
| 1 		 | May 15 | Brazil | 		 | Hill & Meesseman (12) | Monique Currie (7) | Monique Currie (6) | Verizon Center 3509 | 1–0		 | 2 		 | May 18 | @ Minnesota | 		 | Kia Vaughn (10) | Vaughn & Hill (7) | Tayler Hill (3) | Bismarck Civic Center 1513 | 1–1
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Regular season
| 1 		 | May 27 | @ Tulsa | 		 | Ivory Latta (27) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Currie, Latta, Meesseman, & Ajavon (3) | BOK Center 7381 | 1–0
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| 2 		 | June 2 | Atlanta | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (15) | Vaughn & Meesseman (6) | Ivory Latta (7) | Verizon Center 8938 | 1–1		 | 3 		 | June 7 | @ Connecticut | 		 | Ivory Latta (17) | Ivory Latta (7) | Matee Ajavon (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena 6150 | 2–1		 | 4 		 | June 8 | Minnesota | 		 | Ivory Latta (24) | Currie, Langhorne, & Vaughn (6) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center 7870 | 3–1		 | 5 		 | June 16 | Indiana | 		 | Ivory Latta (17) | Currie & Langhorne (9) | Monique Currie (5) | Verizon Center 6649 | 4–1		 | 6 		 | June 18 | @ Seattle | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (23) | Langhorne & Snow (7) | Ivory Latta (6) | Key Arena 4579 | 4–2		 | 7 		 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | 		 | Ivory Latta (22) | Monique Currie (8) | Ivory Latta (5) | US Airways Center 9636 | 4–3		 | 8 		 | June 23 | @ Los Angeles | 		 | Langhorne & Hill (16) | Crystal Langhorne (13) | Langhorne, Latta, Ajavon, & Hill (4) | Staples Center 9651 | 4–4		 | 9 		 | June 27 | Phoenix | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (27) | Currie & Latta (6) | Ivory Latta (9) | Verizon Center 7950 | 4–5		 | 10 		 | June 28 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Monique Currie (20) | Crystal Langhorne (5) | Ruffin-Pratt & McKenith (3) | Philips Arena 5512 | 4–6		 | 11 		 | June 30 | Tulsa | 		 | Ivory Latta (15) | Currie, Langhorne, & Snow (8) | Matee Ajavon (3) | Verizon Center 6511 | 5–6
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| 12 		 | July 6 | Seattle | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (12) | Michelle Snow (13) | Latta & Ajavon (3) | Verizon Center 6174 | 6–6		 | 13 		 | July 10 | @ Chicago | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (18) | Crystal Langhorne (8) | Ivory Latta (6) | Allstate Arena 14201 | 6–7		 | 14 		 | July 12 | @ San Antonio | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (14) | Kia Vaughn (8) | Matee Ajavon (5) | AT&amp;T Center 11268 | 7–7		 | 15 		 | July 16 | San Antonio | 		 | Langhorne & Ruffin-Pratt (13) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Tayler Hill (5) | Verizon Center 6843 | 8–7		 | 16 		 | July 19 | @ Indiana | 		 | Ivory Latta (16) | Crystal Langhorne (7) | Ivory Latta (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6434 | 8–8		 | 17 		 | July 21 | Indiana | 		 | Monique Currie (15) | Michelle Snow (7) | Ajavon & Hill (2) | Verizon Center 6516 | 8–9		 | 18 		 | July 24 | Chicago | 		 | Ivory Latta (18) | Monique Currie (9) | Ivory Latta (13) | Verizon Center 14411 | 9–9		 | 19 		 | July 31 | NY Liberty | 		 | Matee Ajavon (20) | Kia Vaughn (12) | Emma Meesseman (4) | Verizon Center 6711 | 9–10
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| 20 		 | August 2 | @ Chicago | 		 | Matee Ajavon (19) | Michelle Snow (6) | Ivory Latta (6) | Allstate Arena 5134 | 9–11		 | 21 		 | August 4 | Los Angeles | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (23) | Crystal Langhorne (7) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center 7092 | 9–12		 | 22 		 | August 6 | @ NY Liberty | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (24) | Crystal Langhorne (11) | Ivory Latta (4) | Prudential Center 8907 | 9–13		 | 23 		 | August 8 | @ Minnesota | 		 | Ivory Latta (24) | Michelle Snow (11) | Matee Ajavon (5) | Target Center 8723 | 10–13		 | 24 		 | August 11 | Connecticut | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (18) | Langhorne & Snow (9) | Matee Ajavon (8) | Verizon Center 7725 | 11–13		 | 25 		 | August 16 | @ NY Liberty | 		 | Matee Ajavon (16) | Monique Currie (7) | Latta & Ajavon (7) | Prudential Center 6157 | 12–13		 | 26 		 | August 18 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Ivory Latta (12) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Latta & McKenith (3) | Philips Arena 4873 | 12–14		 | 27 		 | August 20 | Chicago | 		 | Kia Vaughn (21) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center 6471 | 12–15		 | 28 		 | August 23 | Atlanta | 		 | Monique Currie (15) | Kia Vaughn (10) | Ivory Latta (4) | Verizon Center 7088 | 13–15		 | 29 		 | August 28 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Currie, Latta, & Hill (15) | Crystal Langhorne (10) | Ivory Latta (10) | Philips Arena 4415 | 14–15
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| 30 		 | September 6 | @ Connecticut | 		 | Crystal Langhorne (16) | Crystal Langhorne (11) | Ajavon, Hill, Meesseman, & McKenith (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena 5611 | 14–16		 | 31 		 | September 8 | Chicago | 		 | Ivory Latta (18) | Kia Vaughn (8) | Ivory Latta (7) | Verizon Center 9060 | 14–17		 | 32 		 | September 10 | @ Indiana | 		 | Vaughn & Latta (15) | Crystal Langhorne (10) | Ivory Latta (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8444 | 15–17		 | 33 		 | September 13 | Connecticut | 		 | Ivory Latta (19) | Kia Vaughn (10) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center 7779 | 16–17		 | 34 		 | September 15 | NY Liberty | 		 | Tayler Hill (16) | Kia Vaughn (12) | Emma Meesseman (3) | Verizon Center 9454 | 17–17
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Playoffs
| 1 		 | September 19 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Ivory Latta (14) | Crystal Langhorne (15) | Ivory Latta (7) | Philips Arena 3862 | 1–0		 | 2 		 | September 21 | Atlanta | 		 | Tayler Hill (11) | Vaughn & Snow (6) | Nadirah McKenith (3) | Verizon Center 7065 | 1–1		 | 3 		 | September 23 | @ Atlanta | 		 | Monique Currie (22) | Crystal Langhorne (6) | Matee Ajavon (5) | Philips Arena 4078 | 1–2
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Awards and honors

 * WNBA All-Stars: Crystal Langhorne, Ivory Latta