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 Penn State 3 26 Nyeshia Stevenson 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 DateTradeMarch 26, 2009To Phoenix MercuryTo Los Angeles Sparks Temeka Johnson first round pick in 2010 draftMarch 30, 2010To Phoenix MercuryTo New York Liberty Candice Dupree (from Chi.) Cappie Pondexter and Kelly MazzanteJuly 23, 2010To Phoenix MercuryTo Tulsa Shock Kara Braxton Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft
Free agents
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Brooke Smith February 9, 2010 re-signed Candice Dupree March 30, 2010 Chicago Sky Penny Taylor April 16, 2010 re-signed Temeka Johnson April 16, 2010 re-signed Sequoia Holmes May 15, 2010 free agent Taylor Lilley May 15, 2010 free agent Kara Braxton July 23, 2010 Tulsa Shock
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Le'coe Willingham February 9, 2010 Seattle Storm Cappie Pondexter March 30, 2010 New York Liberty Kelly Mazzante March 30, 2010 New York Liberty Nicole Ohlde July 23, 2010 Tulsa Shock
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench 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
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 2 || 4:00pm || @ Seattle || 58-77 || Williams (19) || Paris (9) || Stevenson, Williams (2) || KeyArena 4,912 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 15 || 2:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 78-77 || Dupree (17) || Dupree (10) || Taurasi, Johnson (3) || US Airways Center 14,772 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 22 || 10:00pm || Seattle || || 89-95 (OT) || Bonner (24) || Bonner (12) || Johnson, Taylor (5) || US Airways Center 10,144 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 25 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || ESPN2 || 110-96 || Taurasi (35) || Dupree (14) || Taylor (7) || BOK Center 4,100 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Atlanta || || 93-96 || Taurasi (30) || Bonner (13) || Taylor (7) || US Airways Center 7,986 || 2-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 1 || 7:30pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 82-92 || Taurasi (21) || Dupree (9) || Johnson (5) || Target Center 6,854 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 4 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || || 90-89 || Bonner (24) || Dupree (8) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center 6,485 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 6 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 74-97 || Bonner (12) || T. Smith (8) || Taylor (6) || KeyArena 7,827 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 8 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || PRIME || 91-92 || Taurasi (21) || T. Smith (9) || Johnson, Taylor (9) || STAPLES Center 7,993 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || June 10 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || FS-A || 99-88 || Taurasi (31) || Dupree (8) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center 5,504 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 12 || 10:00pm || Tulsa || || 116-84 || Dupree, Taurasi (18) || Bonner (7) || Taylor (8) || US Airways Center 6,580 || 5-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 18 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || 105-108 || Taurasi (39) || Dupree (11) || Johnson, Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center 6,147 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 20 || 6:00pm || Connecticut || NBATVFS-A || 94-96 || Taurasi (24) || Ohlde (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center 6,068 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || June 25 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || CSN-NE || 79-82 || Taurasi (26) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 || 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || NBATVCSN-MA || 85-95 || Taurasi (18) || Dupree (9) || Taurasi (4) || Verizon Center 7,547 || 5-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || June 29 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 88-94 || Taylor (31) || Bonner (9) || Johnson (12) || Philips Arena 4,073 || 5-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 1 || 10:00pm || Washington || FS-A || 104-107 || Dupree, Taylor (23) || Dupree (9) || Johnson (11) || US Airways Center 5,509 || 5-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 3 || 10:00pm || New York || || 97-82 || Dupree (24) || T. Smith (10) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center 6,780 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 6 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 98-89 || Taurasi (30) || Dupree (12) || Taurasi (7) || STAPLES Center 8,336 || 7-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 17 || 10:00pm || Tulsa || || 97-88 || Taylor (29) || Taurasi (7) || Taurasi (8) || US Airways Center 8,564 || 8-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 22 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 123-91 || Taurasi (26) || Bonner (7) || Johnson (7) || BOK Center 3,333 || 9-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || July 24 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATVFS-N || 127-124 (2OT) || Dupree (32) || Dupree (16) || Johnson (9) || Target Center 8,518 || 10-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 27 || 9:30pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 85-91 || Taurasi (27) || Taylor (7) || Taurasi, Taylor (6) || KeyArena 8,044 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 29 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 110-92 || Taylor (22) || Dupree, T. Smith (8) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center 7,037 || 11-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 1 || 6:00pm || Chicago || NBATVFS-ACN100 || 97-96 || Taurasi (35) || Bonner, Braxton, Dupree (6) || Taurasi (11) || US Airways Center 11,237 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 3 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 103-92 || Dupree (24) || Dupree (12) || Taurasi (10) || AT&T Center 6,116 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 6 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || 103-87 || T. Smith, Taylor (18) || Braxton (7) || Taylor (8) || US Airways Center 12,909 || 14-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 8 || 6:00pm || Indiana || || 82-104 || Taurasi (21) || Dupree (6) || Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center 10,995 || 14-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 10 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 82-91 || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (10) || Taylor (7) || Allstate Arena 4,089 || 14-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 13 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 90-110 || Johnson (23) || Braxton, Taylor (6) || Taurasi (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,002 || 14-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || August 14 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBATVMSG || 69-107 || Bonner (20) || Braxton, Dupree (8) || Johnson (4) || Madison Square Garden 9,645 || 14-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 17 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVPRIME || 90-84 || Braxton (16) || Dupree, Taylor (11) || Taylor (7) || STAPLES Center 8,817 || 15-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 20 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 71-78 || Braxton (15) || Bonner (7) || Bonner (4) || US Airways Center 12,459 || 15-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || August 26 || 9:00pm || San Antonio || ESPN2 || 106-93 || Dupree (32) || Dupree (8) || Taurasi (10) || US Airways Center 8,927 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || August 28 || 1:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 92-73 || Taurasi (23) || Dupree (11) || Taylor (12) || AT&T Center 6,763 || 2-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 2 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV || 74-82 || Taylor (16) || Dupree (11) || Johnson (7) || KeyArena 9,686 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 5 || 3:00pm || Seattle || ABC || 88-91 || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (7) || Johnson (12) || US Airways Center 9,010 || 0-2
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 32 4 25.4 .465 .358 .840 6.1 1.3 0.69 1.16 12.0 13 0 17.2 .544 .000 .711 4.8 1.2 0.62 0.38 11.1 34 34 29.8 .664 .000 .936 7.6 1.3 1.03 0.82 15.7 15 0 7.9 .205 .000 .733 1.3 0.4 0.40 0.00 1.8 34 34 27.3 .411 .309 .796 3.2 4.7 0.94 0.21 9.2 21 1 10.8 .397 .326 .909 0.9 0.7 0.52 0.05 3.3 20 0 11.1 .442 .000 .609 1.9 0.5 0.20 0.40 3.0 16 0 8.2 .739 .000 .857 1.8 0.3 0.06 0.25 2.5 34 34 29.2 .395 .347 .750 5.2 0.9 0.68 0.85 9.2 32 0 10.1 .391 .387 .524 1.2 1.7 0.34 0.03 3.0 32 32 30.0 .509 .442 .893 4.4 5.0 1.47 0.28 15.9 31 31 32.2 .427 .374 .912 4.3 4.7 1.23 0.61 22.6
Awards and honors Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 5, 2010. Candice Dupree was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 3, 2010. Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 17, 2010. Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 24, 2010. Candice Dupree was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve. Diana Taurasi was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter. Penny Taylor was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve. Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
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