2012 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Corey Gaines
Arena	US Airways Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	7–27 (.206)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	FS-A ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. Until the 2023 Phoenix Mercury season, this marked this last time the Mercury missed the playoffs.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Samantha Prahalis	United States	Ohio State
2	24 (from Minn.)	C'eria Ricketts	United States	Arkansas
3	30	Christine Flores	United States	Missouri
3	33 (from Conn.)	Amanda Johnson	United States	Oregon

Transaction log

April 11, 2011: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Tahnee Robinson's draft rights.
January 12: The Mercury traded Temeka Johnson to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Andrea Riley.
February 2: The Mercury acquired Alexis Hornbuckle from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2013 Draft.
February 9: The Mercury signed Chastity Reed.
February 28: The Mercury traded the 18th pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Charde Houston and the 24th pick in the 2012 Draft.
April 11: The Mercury signed Zane Tamane and Brittney Thomas.
April 13: The Mercury signed Dymond Simon.
April 13: The Mercury announced Marie Ferdinand-Harris' retirement.
April 26: The Mercury signed Avery Warley.
May 2: The Mercury signed draft picks Christine Flores, Amanda Johnson, Samantha Prahalis, and C'eira Ricketts.
May 3: The Mercury waived Brittney Thomas.
May 8: The Mercury waived C'eira Ricketts and Christine Flores.
May 16: The Mercury waived Chastity Reed, Dymond Simon, Krystal Thomas, and Amanda Johnson.
May 25: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Zane Tamane.
June 2: The Mercury signed Andrea Riley.
July 1: The Mercury waived Andrea Riley.
July 5: The Mercury signed Lynetta Kizer to a seven-day contract.

Trades

Date	Trade
January 12, 2012	To Phoenix Mercury	To Tulsa Shock
January 12, 2012	Andrea Riley	Temeka Johnson
February 2, 2012	To Phoenix Mercury	To Minnesota Lynx
February 2, 2012	Alexis Hornbuckle	Second-round pick in 2013 Draft
February 28, 2012	To Phoenix Mercury	To Minnesota Lynx
February 28, 2012	Charde Houston and the 24th pick in the 2012 Draft	18th pick in the 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions[edit]

Player	Signed	Former team
Alexis Hornbuckle	February 2, 2012	Minnesota Lynx
Charde Houston	February 28, 2012	Minnesota Lynx
Samantha Prahalis	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Avery Warley	April 26, 2012	free agent
Lynetta Kizer	July 5, 2012	free agent

Subtractions[edit]

Player	Left	New team
Temeka Johnson	January 12, 2012	Tulsa Shock
Sidney Spencer	February 28, 2012	free agent
Ketia Swanier	March 1, 2012	Atlanta Dream
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	April 13, 2012	retired
Alexis Gray-Lawson	September 1, 2012	free agent

Roster

2012 Phoenix Mercury roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G/F	24	Bonner, DeWanna	6' 4" (1.93m)	137 lb (62kg)	08-21-1987	Auburn	3
F	4	Dupree, Candice	6' 2" (1.88m)	175 lb (79kg)	08-16-1984	Temple	6
G	14	Hornbuckle, Alexis	5' 10" (1.78m)	155 lb (70kg)	10-16-1985	Tennessee	4
F	22	Houston, Charde	6' 0" (1.83m)	189 lb (86kg)	04-10-1986	Connecticut	4
C	12	Kizer, Lynetta	6' 4" (1.93m)	–	04-04-1990	Maryland	R
G	99	Prahalis, Samantha	5' 7" (1.7m)	129 lb (59kg)	01-23-1990	Ohio State	R
F/C	43	Sanford, Nakia	6' 4" (1.93m)	195 lb (88kg)	05-10-1976	Kansas	9
G	1	Simon, Dymond	5' 5" (1.65m)	137 lb (62kg)	09-29-1989	Arizona State	R
G	3	Taurasi, Diana	6' 0" (1.83m)	163 lb (74kg)	06-11-1982	Connecticut	8
F	13	Taylor, Penny	6' 1" (1.85m)	165 lb (75kg)	05-24-1981	Australia	10
F/C	34	Thomas, Krystal	6' 5" (1.96m)	195 lb (88kg)	06-10-1989	Duke	1

Head coach: Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount)
Assistant coaches: Earl Cureton (Detroit Mercy)
Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)

Athletic trainer: Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH)

Strength and conditioning coach: Pro Advantage Training

Legend

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

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Nakia Sanford	Krystal Thomas Lynetta Kizer
PF	Candice Dupree	Avery Warley
SF	DeWanna Bonner	Charde Houston Penny Taylor
SG	Diana Taurasi
PG	Samantha Prahalis	Alexis Hornbuckle

Season standings

Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx ^z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm ^x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock ^o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury ^o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Tue 8	10:00	Japan		102-73	Gray-Lawson (34)	Tamane Warley (13)	Prahalis (7)	US Airways Center 2,752	1-0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

May (1–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sun 20	12:30	@ Minnesota	ABC	83-105	Houston (24)	Sanford (6)	Prahalis (6)	Target Center 12,611	0-1
2	Tue 22	8:00	@ Tulsa		89-87	Dupree (31)	Dupree (9)	Prahalis (7)	BOK Center 5,341	1-1
3	Sat 26	10:00	Los Angeles	FS-A+ KDOC	88-99	Dupree (24)	Warley (9)	Taurasi (4)	US Airways Center 10,200	1-2
4	Thu 31	7:00	@ Atlanta	FS-A SSO	65-81	Bonner (22)	Bonner (10)	Prahalis (6)	Philips Arena 4,887	1-3

June (3–6)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	Fri 1	8:00	@ San Antonio		66-85	Bonner Dupree (17)	Dupree (10)	Prahalis (9)	AT&T Center 6,534	1-4
6	Sun 3	6:00	Tulsa		79-72	Bonner (23)	Bonner (13)	Prahalis (6)	US Airways Center 7,178	2-4
7	Fri 8	11:00	@ Los Angeles	TWC101	74-90	Houston (22)	Bonner Gray-Lawson (6)	Prahalis (6)	Staples Center 11,198	2-5
8	Fri 15	10:00	Minnesota		60-78	Bonner (18)	Dupree (10)	Prahalis (4)	US Airways Center 7,394	2-6
9	Sun 17	4:00	@ Tulsa		75-87	Bonner (24)	Bonner (9)	Prahalis (6)	BOK Center 4,200	2-7
10	Wed 20	10:00	Washington		80-77	Bonner (19)	Warley (9)	Bonner Prahalis (3)	US Airways Center 5,751	3-7
11	Sat 23	8:00	Los Angeles	ESPN	84-93	Bonner (24)	Thomas (11)	Prahalis (5)	US Airways Center 9,670	3-8
12	Wed 27	8:00	@ Minnesota	FS-A+	80-96	Bonner (23)	Bonner Warley (7)	Prahalis (3)	Target Center 9,674	3-9
13	Fri 29	8:30	@ Chicago	CN100	84-81	Bonner (27)	Thomas (11)	Houston Prahalis (4)	Allstate Arena 5,488	4-9

July (0–6)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
14	Sun 1	4:00	@ Washington	CSN-MA	77-90	Houston (26)	Bonner Thomas (8)	Prahalis (5)	Verizon Center 10,789	4-10
15	Tue 3	8:00	@ San Antonio	NBATV	81-82	Bonner (38)	Bonner Thomas (8)	Prahalis (5)	AT&T Center 6,912	4-11
16	Sat 7	10:00	Atlanta		93-100 (2OT)	Bonner (27)	Bonner (15)	Hornbuckle Prahalis Thomas (4)	US Airways Center 7,948	4-12
17	Sun 8	9:00	@ Seattle		68-83	Bonner (12)	Warley (13)	Bonner (3)	KeyArena 8,639	4-13
18	Tue 10	3:30	Los Angeles	FS-A	71-90	Bonner Prahalis (14)	5 players (7)	Hornbuckle (3)	US Airways Center 9,336	4-14
19	Fri 13	10:00	Seattle		64-83	Bonner (18)	Hornbuckle (8)	Hornbuckle (5)	US Airways Center 7,647	4-15
Summer Olympic break

August (1–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
20	Thu 16	10:00	@ Seattle	KONG	58-72	Prahalis (15)	Thomas (11)	Bonner (4)	KeyArena 6,987	4-16
21	Sun 19	6:00	San Antonio	FS-A FS-SW	47-89	Hornbuckle (11)	Hornbuckle Thomas (7)	Prahalis (4)	US Airways Center 10,656	4-17
22	Thu 23	10:00	New York		77-89	Bonner (34)	Thomas (14)	Prahalis (4)	US Airways Center 7.039	4-18
23	Sat 25	10:00	Indiana		72-85	Taurasi (19)	Bonner Thomas Warley (9)	Bonner Taurasi (3)	US Airways Center 9,079	4-19
24	Thu 30	10:00	@ Seattle	KONG	75-68	Bonner (24)	Bonner (11)	Prahalis (6)	KeyArena 6,379	5-19

September (2–8)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
25	Sat 1	10:00	San Antonio	NBATV	94-90	Taurasi (25)	Bonner (9)	Prahalis (5)	US Airways Center 5,964	6-19
26	Wed 5	7:00	@ New York	NBATV MSG	59-87	Bonner (20)	Hornbuckle Gilbreath (7)	Hornbuckle (5)	Prudential Center 4,732	6-20
27	Fri 7	7:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	91-82	Bonner (35)	Thomas (16)	Hornbuckle (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,379	7-20
28	Sun 9	6:00	@ Indiana	NBATV FS-A+ FS-I	83-89	Bonner (23)	Hornbuckle (9)	Bonner (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,971	7-21
29	Wed 12	10:00	Connecticut	ESPN2 CPTV-S	78-100	Bonner (24)	Bonner (10)	Simon (4)	US Airways Center 5,421	7-22
30	Fri 14	10:00	Tulsa		84-92	Kizer (19)	Thomas (11)	Simon (6)	US Airways Center 6,719	7-23
31	Sun 16	6:00	Chicago	NBATV CN100	55-86	Houston (15)	Thomas (13)	Houston (3)	US Airways Center 8,044	7-24
32	Tue 18	10:30	@ Los Angeles	NBATV TWC101	76-101	Bonner (23)	Thomas (11)	Bonner (6)	Staples Center 8,579	7-25
33	Fri 21	10:00	Minnesota	NBATV FS-A+	66-89	Bonner (17)	Thomas (11)	Prahalis (8)	US Airways Center 7,217	7-26
34	Sun 23	3:00	Seattle	ESPN2	57-71	Bonner (13)	Thomas (18)	Prahalis (6)	US Airways Center 7,576	7-27

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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

Awards and honors

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References

External links

Phoenix Mercury

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 Anna DeForge Skylar Diggins-Smith Candice Dupree Brittney Griner Brandy Reed Cappie Pondexter Diana Taurasi Penny Taylor Michele Timms Adrian Williams
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Playoff appearances	1997 1998 2000 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Conference Championships	1998 2007 2009 2014 2021
WNBA Championships	2007 2009 2014
Rivals	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Seattle Storm Chicago Sky
Media	TV: Bally Sports Arizona Announcers: Kayte Christensen, Tom Leander

2012 WNBA season by team

2012 WNBA season by team
Draft Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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