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

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

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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
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 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

References

External links

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