2010 Phoenix Mercury season

2010 Phoenix Mercury season
2010 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Corey Gaines
Arena	US Airways Center
Attendance	8,982 per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Taurasi (22.6)
Rebounds	Dupree (7.6)
Assists	Taylor (5.0)
Media
Television	FS-A; NBATV, ESPN2
	← 2009 season 2011 season →

The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Mercury's 2009 record, they would pick 12th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Mercury waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	24	Tyra Grant	United States	Penn State
3	26	Nyeshia Stevenson	United States	Oklahoma

Transaction log

March 26, 2009: The Mercury traded their first round pick in the 2010 draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in return for Temeka Johnson.^[1]
February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training camp contract.
February 26: The Mercury signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.^[2]
March 17: The Mercury signed Lanae Williams to a training camp contract.
March 30: The Mercury traded Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante to the New York Liberty in exchange for Candice Dupree from the Chicago Sky, as part of a three-team trade.^[3]
April 16: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor and Temeka Johnson.
May 3: The Mercury waived Tyra Grant.^[4]
May 11: The Mercury waived Nyeshia Stevenson and Ashley Paris.
May 13: The Mercury waived Lanae Williams and Yuko Oga.
July 23: The Mercury traded Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Kara Braxton.

Trades

Date	Trade
March 26, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury	To Los Angeles Sparks
March 26, 2009	Temeka Johnson	first round pick in 2010 draft
March 30, 2010	To Phoenix Mercury	To New York Liberty
March 30, 2010	Candice Dupree (from Chi.)	Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante
July 23, 2010	To Phoenix Mercury	To Tulsa Shock
July 23, 2010	Kara Braxton	Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Brooke Smith	February 9, 2010	re-signed
Candice Dupree	March 30, 2010	Chicago Sky
Penny Taylor	April 16, 2010	re-signed
Temeka Johnson	April 16, 2010	re-signed
Sequoia Holmes	May 15, 2010	free agent
Taylor Lilley	May 15, 2010	free agent
Kara Braxton	July 23, 2010	Tulsa Shock

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Le'coe Willingham	February 9, 2010	Seattle Storm
Cappie Pondexter	March 30, 2010	New York Liberty
Kelly Mazzante	March 30, 2010	New York Liberty
Nicole Ohlde	July 23, 2010	Tulsa Shock

Roster

Phoenix Mercury roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
G	24	Bonner, DeWanna	6' 4" (1.93m)	136 lb (62kg)	Auburn
C	45	Braxton, Kara	6' 6" (1.98m)	190 lb (86kg)	Georgia
F/C	4	Dupree, Candice	6' 2" (1.88m)	162 lb (73kg)	Temple
G	17	Holmes, Sequoia	6' 1" (1.85m)	155 lb (70kg)	Nevada
PG	2	Johnson, Temeka	5' 3" (1.6m)	132 lb (60kg)	LSU
G	23	Lilley, Taylor	5' 6" (1.68m)	130 lb (59kg)	Oregon
F/C	21	Smith, Brooke	6' 3" (1.91m)	195 lb (88kg)	Stanford
C	50	Smith, Tangela	6' 4" (1.93m)	160 lb (73kg)	Iowa
PG	11	Swanier, Ketia	5' 7" (1.7m)	144 lb (65kg)	Connecticut
F	13	Taylor, Penny	6' 1" (1.85m)	163 lb (74kg)	Australia
G/F	3	Taurasi, Diana	6' 0" (1.83m)	172 lb (78kg)	Connecticut

Head coach

Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount)

Assistant coaches

Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)
Bridget Pettis (Florida)

Athletic trainer

Tamara Poole (Cal State Dominguez Hills)

Strength and conditioning coach

Ben Hadley

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tangela Smith	Brooke Smith
PF	Candice Dupree	Kara Braxton
SF	Penny Taylor	DeWanna Bonner / Sequoia Holmes
SG	Diana Taurasi	Taylor Lilley
PG	Temeka Johnson	Ketia Swanier

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm ^x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury ^x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx ^o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock ^o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 2	4:00pm	@ Seattle	58-77	Williams (19)	Paris (9)	Stevenson, Williams (2)	KeyArena 4,912	0-1
2	May 8	10:00pm	China National Team	106-78	Johnson (21)	Bonner (7)	Swanier (7)	US Airways Center 2,393	1-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 15	2:00pm	Los Angeles	ESPN2	78-77	Dupree (17)	Dupree (10)	Taurasi, Johnson (3)	US Airways Center 14,772	1-0
2	May 22	10:00pm	Seattle		89-95 (OT)	Bonner (24)	Bonner (12)	Johnson, Taylor (5)	US Airways Center 10,144	1-1
3	May 25	7:00pm	@ Tulsa	ESPN2	110-96	Taurasi (35)	Dupree (14)	Taylor (7)	BOK Center 4,100	2-1
4	May 28	10:00pm	Atlanta		93-96	Taurasi (30)	Bonner (13)	Taylor (7)	US Airways Center 7,986	2-2

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	June 1	7:30pm	@ Minnesota	ESPN2	82-92	Taurasi (21)	Dupree (9)	Johnson (5)	Target Center 6,854	2-3
6	June 4	10:00pm	Los Angeles		90-89	Bonner (24)	Dupree (8)	Johnson (5)	US Airways Center 6,485	3-3
7	June 6	9:00pm	@ Seattle	KONG	74-97	Bonner (12)	T. Smith (8)	Taylor (6)	KeyArena 7,827	3-4
8	June 8	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles	PRIME	91-92	Taurasi (21)	T. Smith (9)	Johnson, Taylor (9)	STAPLES Center 7,993	3-5
9	June 10	10:00pm	Minnesota	FS-A	99-88	Taurasi (31)	Dupree (8)	Johnson (8)	US Airways Center 5,504	4-5
10	June 12	10:00pm	Tulsa		116-84	Dupree, Taurasi (18)	Bonner (7)	Taylor (8)	US Airways Center 6,580	5-5
11	June 18	10:00pm	San Antonio		105-108	Taurasi (39)	Dupree (11)	Johnson, Taurasi (7)	US Airways Center 6,147	5-6
12	June 20	6:00pm	Connecticut	NBATV FS-A	94-96	Taurasi (24)	Ohlde (7)	Taylor (4)	US Airways Center 6,068	5-7
13	June 25	7:30pm	@ Connecticut	CSN-NE	79-82	Taurasi (26)	Bonner (10)	Taurasi (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518	5-8
14	June 27	4:00pm	@ Washington	NBATV CSN-MA	85-95	Taurasi (18)	Dupree (9)	Taurasi (4)	Verizon Center 7,547	5-9
15	June 29	7:00pm	@ Atlanta	SSO	88-94	Taylor (31)	Bonner (9)	Johnson (12)	Philips Arena 4,073	5-10

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
16	July 1	10:00pm	Washington	FS-A	104-107	Dupree, Taylor (23)	Dupree (9)	Johnson (11)	US Airways Center 5,509	5-11
17	July 3	10:00pm	New York		97-82	Dupree (24)	T. Smith (10)	Taurasi (5)	US Airways Center 6,780	6-11
18	July 6	10:00pm	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	98-89	Taurasi (30)	Dupree (12)	Taurasi (7)	STAPLES Center 8,336	7-11
19	July 14	3:30pm	Seattle	FS-A	107-111 (3OT)	Taurasi (44)	Dupree (14)	Taruasi, Taylor (4)	US Airways Center 13,508	7-12
20	July 17	10:00pm	Tulsa		97-88	Taylor (29)	Taurasi (7)	Taurasi (8)	US Airways Center 8,564	8-12
21	July 22	8:00pm	@ Tulsa	COX	123-91	Taurasi (26)	Bonner (7)	Johnson (7)	BOK Center 3,333	9-12
22	July 24	8:00pm	@ Minnesota	NBATV FS-N	127-124 (2OT)	Dupree (32)	Dupree (16)	Johnson (9)	Target Center 8,518	10-12
23	July 27	9:30pm	@ Seattle	ESPN2	85-91	Taurasi (27)	Taylor (7)	Taurasi, Taylor (6)	KeyArena 8,044	10-13
24	July 29	10:00pm	Minnesota		110-92	Taylor (22)	Dupree, T. Smith (8)	Johnson (8)	US Airways Center 7,037	11-13

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
25	August 1	6:00pm	Chicago	NBATV FS-A CN100	97-96	Taurasi (35)	Bonner, Braxton, Dupree (6)	Taurasi (11)	US Airways Center 11,237	12-13
26	August 3	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		103-92	Dupree (24)	Dupree (12)	Taurasi (10)	AT&T Center 6,116	13-13
27	August 6	10:00pm	San Antonio		103-87	T. Smith, Taylor (18)	Braxton (7)	Taylor (8)	US Airways Center 12,909	14-13
28	August 8	6:00pm	Indiana		82-104	Taurasi (21)	Dupree (6)	Taurasi (7)	US Airways Center 10,995	14-14
29	August 10	8:00pm	@ Chicago		82-91	Taurasi (28)	T. Smith (10)	Taylor (7)	Allstate Arena 4,089	14-15
30	August 13	7:00pm	@ Indiana		90-110	Johnson (23)	Braxton, Taylor (6)	Taurasi (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,002	14-16
31	August 14	7:30pm	@ New York	NBATV MSG	69-107	Bonner (20)	Braxton, Dupree (8)	Johnson (4)	Madison Square Garden 9,645	14-17
32	August 17	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles	NBATV PRIME	90-84	Braxton (16)	Dupree, Taylor (11)	Taylor (7)	STAPLES Center 8,817	15-17
33	August 20	7:00pm	Seattle		71-78	Braxton (15)	Bonner (7)	Bonner (4)	US Airways Center 12,459	15-18
34	August 22	3:00pm	@ San Antonio		82-83	Bonner (20)	Bonner (12)	Bonner, Lilley, Swanier (3)	AT&T Center 8,331	15-19

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	August 26	9:00pm	San Antonio	ESPN2	106-93	Dupree (32)	Dupree (8)	Taurasi (10)	US Airways Center 8,927	1-0
2	August 28	1:00pm	@ San Antonio	ESPN2	92-73	Taurasi (23)	Dupree (11)	Taylor (12)	AT&T Center 6,763	2-0

Western Conference Finals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 2	10:00pm	@ Seattle	NBATV	74-82	Taylor (16)	Dupree (11)	Johnson (7)	KeyArena 9,686	0-1
2	September 5	3:00pm	Seattle	ABC	88-91	Taurasi (28)	T. Smith (7)	Johnson (12)	US Airways Center 9,010	0-2

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
DeWanna Bonner	32	4	25.4	.465	.358	.840	6.1	1.3	0.69	1.16	12.0
Kara Braxton	13	0	17.2	.544	.000	.711	4.8	1.2	0.62	0.38	11.1
Candice Dupree	34	34	29.8	.664	.000	.936	7.6	1.3	1.03	0.82	15.7
Sequoia Holmes	15	0	7.9	.205	.000	.733	1.3	0.4	0.40	0.00	1.8
Temeka Johnson	34	34	27.3	.411	.309	.796	3.2	4.7	0.94	0.21	9.2
Taylor Lilley	21	1	10.8	.397	.326	.909	0.9	0.7	0.52	0.05	3.3
Nicole Ohlde	20	0	11.1	.442	.000	.609	1.9	0.5	0.20	0.40	3.0
Brooke Smith	16	0	8.2	.739	.000	.857	1.8	0.3	0.06	0.25	2.5
Tangela Smith	34	34	29.2	.395	.347	.750	5.2	0.9	0.68	0.85	9.2
Ketia Swanier	32	0	10.1	.391	.387	.524	1.2	1.7	0.34	0.03	3.0
Penny Taylor	32	32	30.0	.509	.442	.893	4.4	5.0	1.47	0.28	15.9
Diana Taurasi	31	31	32.2	.427	.374	.912	4.3	4.7	1.23	0.61	22.6

Awards and honors

Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 5, 2010.
Candice Dupree was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 3, 2010.
Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 17, 2010.
Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 24, 2010.
Candice Dupree was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve.
Diana Taurasi was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
Penny Taylor was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team.

References

^ "Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick". ESPN. March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Ashley Paris signs with Mercury". ESPN. February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Pondexter part of 3-team trade". ESPN. March 30, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ Stallsmith, Shelly (May 4, 2010). "WNBA's Mercury waives Penn State's Grant". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "Johnson goes to Mercury for draft pick". ESPN. March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[2] "Ashley Paris signs with Mercury". ESPN. February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[3] "Pondexter part of 3-team trade". ESPN. March 30, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[4] Stallsmith, Shelly (May 4, 2010). "WNBA's Mercury waives Penn State's Grant". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

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v t e Phoenix Mercury
Founded in 1997 Based in Phoenix, Arizona
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	Footprint Center
Head coaches	Cheryl Miller Cynthia Cooper Linda Sharp John Shumate Carrie Graf Paul Westhead Corey Gaines Russ Pennell Sandy Brondello Vanessa Nygaard Nikki Blue Nate Tibbetts
Administration	Owner(s): Jerry Colangelo Robert Sarver Mat Ishbia & Justin Ishbia CEO: Josh Bartelstein General Manager: Cheryl Miller Seth Sulka Ann Meyers-Drysdale Corey Gaines Amber Cox Jason Rowley Jim Pitman Nick U'Ren
All-Stars	DeWanna Bonner Kahleah Copper Anna DeForge Skylar Diggins-Smith Candice Dupree Brittney Griner Brandy Reed Cappie Pondexter Diana Taurasi Penny Taylor Michele Timms Adrian Williams
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Playoff appearances	1997 1998 2000 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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