2010 Phoenix Mercury season

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

2010 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCorey Gaines
ArenaUS Airways Center
Attendance8,982 per game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place2nd (Western)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals
Team Leaders
PointsTaurasi (22.6)
ReboundsDupree (7.6)
AssistsTaylor (5.0)
Media
TelevisionFS-A
NBATV, ESPN2

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.
  • February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training camp contract.
  • February 26: The Mercury signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
  • 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.
  • April 16: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor and Temeka Johnson.
  • May 3: The Mercury waived Tyra Grant.
  • 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
Temeka Johnson first round pick in 2010 draft
March 30, 2010 To Phoenix Mercury To New York Liberty
Candice Dupree (from Chi.) Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante
July 23, 2010 To Phoenix Mercury To Tulsa Shock
Kara Braxton Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Roster
Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 24 United States Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 136 lb (62kg) Auburn
C 45 United States Braxton, Kara 6' 6" (1.98m) 190 lb (86kg) Georgia
F/C 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 162 lb (73kg) Temple
G 17 United States Holmes, Sequoia 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) Nevada
PG 2 United States Johnson, Temeka 5' 3" (1.6m) 132 lb (60kg) LSU
G 23 United States Lilley, Taylor 5' 6" (1.68m) 130 lb (59kg) Oregon
F/C 21 United States Smith, Brooke 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) Stanford
C 50 United States Smith, Tangela 6' 4" (1.93m) 160 lb (73kg) Iowa
PG 11 United States Swanier, Ketia 5' 7" (1.7m) 144 lb (65kg) Connecticut
F 13 Australia Taylor, Penny 6' 1" (1.85m) 163 lb (74kg) Australia
G/F 3 United States Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m) 172 lb (78kg) Connecticut
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
  • United States Ben Hadley
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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 x286.824–17–011–620–2
Phoenix Mercury x1519.44113.09–86–1113–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1420.41214.08–96–1111–11
Los Angeles Sparks x1321.38215.08–95–1210–12
Minnesota Lynx o1321.38215.07–106–118–14
Tulsa Shock o628.17622.04–132–154–18

Schedule

Preseason
2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 24:00pm@ Seattle58-77Williams (19)Paris (9)Stevenson, Williams (2)KeyArena
4,912		0-1
2May 810:00pmChina National Team106-78Johnson (21)Bonner (7)Swanier (7)US Airways Center
2,393		1-1

Regular season
2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 152:00pmLos AngelesESPN278-77Dupree (17)Dupree (10)Taurasi, Johnson (3)US Airways Center
14,772		1-0
2May 2210:00pmSeattle89-95 (OT)Bonner (24)Bonner (12)Johnson, Taylor (5)US Airways Center
10,144		1-1
3May 257:00pm@ TulsaESPN2110-96Taurasi (35)Dupree (14)Taylor (7)BOK Center
4,100		2-1
4May 2810:00pmAtlanta93-96Taurasi (30)Bonner (13)Taylor (7)US Airways Center
7,986		2-2
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5June 17:30pm@ MinnesotaESPN282-92Taurasi (21)Dupree (9)Johnson (5)Target Center
6,854		2-3
6June 410:00pmLos Angeles90-89Bonner (24)Dupree (8)Johnson (5)US Airways Center
6,485		3-3
7June 69:00pm@ SeattleKONG74-97Bonner (12)T. Smith (8)Taylor (6)KeyArena
7,827		3-4
8June 810:30pm@ Los AngelesPRIME91-92Taurasi (21)T. Smith (9)Johnson, Taylor (9)STAPLES Center
7,993		3-5
9June 1010:00pmMinnesotaFS-A99-88Taurasi (31)Dupree (8)Johnson (8)US Airways Center
5,504		4-5
10June 1210:00pmTulsa116-84Dupree, Taurasi (18)Bonner (7)Taylor (8)US Airways Center
6,580		5-5
11June 1810:00pmSan Antonio105-108Taurasi (39)Dupree (11)Johnson, Taurasi (7)US Airways Center
6,147		5-6
12June 206:00pmConnecticutNBATV
FS-A		94-96Taurasi (24)Ohlde (7)Taylor (4)US Airways Center
6,068		5-7
13June 257:30pm@ ConnecticutCSN-NE79-82Taurasi (26)Bonner (10)Taurasi (6)Mohegan Sun Arena
9,518		5-8
14June 274:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV
CSN-MA		85-95Taurasi (18)Dupree (9)Taurasi (4)Verizon Center
7,547		5-9
15June 297:00pm@ AtlantaSSO88-94Taylor (31)Bonner (9)Johnson (12)Philips Arena
4,073		5-10
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 110:00pmWashingtonFS-A104-107Dupree, Taylor (23)Dupree (9)Johnson (11)US Airways Center
5,509		5-11
17July 310:00pmNew York97-82Dupree (24)T. Smith (10)Taurasi (5)US Airways Center
6,780		6-11
18July 610:00pm@ Los AngelesESPN298-89Taurasi (30)Dupree (12)Taurasi (7)STAPLES Center
8,336		7-11
19July 143:30pmSeattleFS-A107-111 (3OT)Taurasi (44)Dupree (14)Taruasi, Taylor (4)US Airways Center
13,508		7-12
20July 1710:00pmTulsa97-88Taylor (29)Taurasi (7)Taurasi (8)US Airways Center
8,564		8-12
21July 228:00pm@ TulsaCOX123-91Taurasi (26)Bonner (7)Johnson (7)BOK Center
3,333		9-12
22July 248:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV
FS-N		127-124 (2OT)Dupree (32)Dupree (16)Johnson (9)Target Center
8,518		10-12
23July 279:30pm@ SeattleESPN285-91Taurasi (27)Taylor (7)Taurasi, Taylor (6)KeyArena
8,044		10-13
24July 2910:00pmMinnesota110-92Taylor (22)Dupree, T. Smith (8)Johnson (8)US Airways Center
7,037		11-13
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25August 16:00pmChicagoNBATV
FS-A
CN100		97-96Taurasi (35)Bonner, Braxton, Dupree (6)Taurasi (11)US Airways Center
11,237		12-13
26August 38:00pm@ San Antonio103-92Dupree (24)Dupree (12)Taurasi (10)AT&T Center
6,116		13-13
27August 610:00pmSan Antonio103-87T. Smith, Taylor (18)Braxton (7)Taylor (8)US Airways Center
12,909		14-13
28August 86:00pmIndiana82-104Taurasi (21)Dupree (6)Taurasi (7)US Airways Center
10,995		14-14
29August 108:00pm@ Chicago82-91Taurasi (28)T. Smith (10)Taylor (7)Allstate Arena
4,089		14-15
30August 137:00pm@ Indiana90-110Johnson (23)Braxton, Taylor (6)Taurasi (4)Conseco Fieldhouse
10,002		14-16
31August 147:30pm@ New YorkNBATV
MSG		69-107Bonner (20)Braxton, Dupree (8)Johnson (4)Madison Square Garden
9,645		14-17
32August 1710:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV
PRIME		90-84Braxton (16)Dupree, Taylor (11)Taylor (7)STAPLES Center
8,817		15-17
33August 207:00pmSeattle71-78Braxton (15)Bonner (7)Bonner (4)US Airways Center
12,459		15-18
34August 223:00pm@ San Antonio82-83Bonner (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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 269:00pmSan AntonioESPN2106-93Dupree (32)Dupree (8)Taurasi (10)US Airways Center
8,927		1-0
2August 281:00pm@ San AntonioESPN292-73Taurasi (23)Dupree (11)Taylor (12)AT&T Center
6,763		2-0
Western Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 210:00pm@ SeattleNBATV74-82Taylor (16)Dupree (11)Johnson (7)KeyArena
9,686		0-1
2September 53:00pmSeattleABC88-91Taurasi (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 32425.4.465.358.8406.11.30.691.1612.0
Kara Braxton 13017.2.544.000.7114.81.20.620.3811.1
Candice Dupree 343429.8.664.000.9367.61.31.030.8215.7
Sequoia Holmes 1507.9.205.000.7331.30.40.400.001.8
Temeka Johnson 343427.3.411.309.7963.24.70.940.219.2
Taylor Lilley 21110.8.397.326.9090.90.70.520.053.3
Nicole Ohlde 20011.1.442.000.6091.90.50.200.403.0
Brooke Smith 1608.2.739.000.8571.80.30.060.252.5
Tangela Smith 343429.2.395.347.7505.20.90.680.859.2
Ketia Swanier 32010.1.391.387.5241.21.70.340.033.0
Penny Taylor 323230.0.509.442.8934.45.01.470.2815.9
Diana Taurasi 313132.2.427.374.9124.34.71.230.6122.6

Awards and honors

References
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