WNBA team season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association .
Transactions [ edit ] Dispersal draft [ edit ] Based on the Mercury's 2009 record, they would pick 12th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft . The Mercury waived their pick.
WNBA draft [ edit ] The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft .
Transaction log [ edit ] 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. Free agents [ edit ] Phoenix Mercury roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs 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 Assistant coaches Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Ben Hadley Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
Season standings [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 2010 Game Log: Regular Season 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
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
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 [ edit ] 2010 Game Log: Postseason Western Conference Semifinals
Western Conference Finals
Statistics [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 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
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