Women's basketball season in the United States
The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Mercury won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.[1] The partnership ran through 2011, and the LifeLock name was on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock ware the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock offered a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams.[1]
Off-season [ edit ] Dispersal draft [ edit ] Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they picked 5th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft . The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.[2]
WNBA draft [ edit ] The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft :
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Transactions [ edit ] July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor. July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley. June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers. June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga. May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page. May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page. May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair. April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn. April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin. March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA draft pick. March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith. March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell. February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract. January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde. January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA draft pick. January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract. May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction. [4]
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 PG 2 Johnson, Temeka 5' 3" (1.6m) 132 lb (60kg) LSU SG 33 Mazzante, Kelly 6' 0" (1.83m) 155 lb (70kg) Penn State F/C 30 Ohlde, Nicole 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Kansas State SG 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) Rutgers 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 PF 43 Willingham, Le'Coe 6' 0" (1.83m) 200 lb (91kg) Auburn
Head coach Assistant coaches Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
Season standings [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 2009 Game log: Regular season Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 10:00pm San Antonio NBA TV KMYS 90-79 Taurasi (25) Bonner (11) Johnson (9) US Airways Center 13,582 1-0 2 June 10 10:00pm New York 91-84 Pondexter (26) 5 players (5) Johnson , Taurasi (5) US Airways Center 5,080 2-0 3 June 12 10:00pm @ Sacramento 71-90 Bonner (14) Bonner (5) Pondexter (4) ARCO Arena 6,438 2-1 4 June 13 10:00pm Sacramento 115-104 (OT) Taurasi (31) T. Smith (7) Johnson (8) US Airways Center 7,173 3-1 5 June 17 10:00pm Minnesota 104-80 Taurasi (38) Bonner (10) Pondexter (9) US Airways Center 6,524 4-1 6 June 19 10:00pm Los Angeles 89-81 Pondexter (21) T. Smith (8) Johnson (7) US Airways Center 8,255 5-1 7 June 21 7:00pm Seattle NBA TV FSNA 84-93 Taurasi (25) Pondexter (5) Pondexter (6) US Airways Center 6,181 5-2 8 June 23 7:30pm @ San Antonio ESPN2 87-91 Pondexter (26) Taurasi (8) Johnson (5) AT&T Center 6,692 5-3 9 June 25 7:00pm @ Washington 93-87 Pondexter (24) Bonner , T. Smith , Taurasi (8) Johnson (6) Verizon Center 9,808 6-3 10 June 27 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBA TV FSNA FSN-N 80-109 Bonner , Pondexter (19) Taurasi (8) Pondexter , Swanier (3) Target Center 5,911 6-4
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 1 10:00pm Seattle 91-83 Pondexter , Taurasi (22) Pondexter (11) Pondexter (8) US Airways Center 6,341 7-4 12 July 5 9:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSNA FSNW 104-89 Pondexter (21) Bonner (10) Taurasi (6) STAPLES Center 9,872 8-4 13 July 8 10:00pm Chicago 90-70 Taurasi (22) T. Smith (13) Pondexter (6) US Airways Center 5,597 9-4 14 July 11 10:00pm @ Sacramento 107-105 Pondexter (23) Bonner , Taurasi (8) Pondexter (8) ARCO Arena 7,798 10-4 15 July 15 3:30pm Sacramento NBA TV FSNA 100-81 Taurasi (22) Johnson (6) Pondexter (15) US Airways Center 11,590 11-4 16 July 18 10:00pm Detroit 97-90 Pondexter (26) Pondexter , Willingham (7) Pondexter (8) US Airways Center 8,288 12-4 17 July 22 10:00pm Minnesota 86-99 Pondexter (28) Bonner (10) Johnson (6) US Airways Center 7,360 12-5 18 July 26 4:00pm @ New York 94-88 Taurasi (34) Taurasi (13) Johnson (7) Madison Square Garden 11,211 13-5 19 July 28 7:30pm @ Connecticut ESPN2 95-80 Pondexter (29) T. Smith , Taurasi (9) Johnson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,739 14-5 20 July 30 7:30pm @ Atlanta 76-106 T. Smith (15) Taurasi (7) Swanier (5) Philips Arena 7,827 14-6
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 21 August 1 8:00pm @ Minnesota 87-74 Taurasi (20) T. Smith (7) Willingham (5) Target Center 6,631 15-6 22 August 4 10:00pm @ Seattle 101-90 (OT) Taurasi (19) Pondexter , T. Smith (8) Johnson (7) KeyArena 6,728 16-6 23 August 8 10:00pm Indiana 83-90 Taurasi (15) Bonner , Taurasi (5) Swanier (6) US Airways Center 9,867 16-7 24 August 13 10:00pm San Antonio 95-83 Taurasi (29) Bonner , Taurasi (6) Taurasi (6) US Airways Center 6,522 17-7 25 August 15 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBA TV FSNA KMYS 89-106 Taurasi (21) Bonner (5) Johnson , Pondexter (5) AT&T Center 8,933 17-8 26 August 18 8:00pm @ Chicago 106-99 Taurasi (27) Bonner (10) Taurasi (7) UIC Pavilion TBA 18-8 27 August 21 10:00pm Washington 81-91 Taurasi (16) Bonner (7) Pondexter (6) US Airways Center 9,155 18-9 28 August 27 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSNW 98-90 Pondexter (26) Bonner (9) Johnson , Pondexter (6) STAPLES Center 9,586 19-9 29 August 29 10:00pm Connecticut NBA TV WCTX 95-84 Taurasi (21) Taurasi (9) Taurasi (5) US Airways Center 9,977 20-9
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason [ edit ] 2009 Game log: Postseason Western Conference Semifinals
Western Conference Finals
Regular season statistics [ edit ] Player statistics [ edit ] Team statistics [ edit ] Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Phoenix Mercury .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Opponents .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0
Awards and honors [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]