2015 Phoenix Mercury season

The Phoenix Mercury women's basketball team played in the 2015 season of the WNBA.MERCURY: WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury Announces 2015 Schedule

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WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country112Isabelle HarrisonTennessee Lady Volunteers218Alex HardenWichita State Shockers224Žofia HruščákováGood Angels Košice336Promise AmukamaraGood Angels Košice

Trades DateTradeTBDTo Phoenix MercuryTo TBD TBD TBD

Roster

Schedule MERCURY: Mercury Schedule 2015

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 26 | @ Seattle | L 59–73 | Brittney Griner (16) | Brittney Griner (11) | Tiffany Bias (3) | KeyArena3,693 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 28 | Seattle | W 79–73 | DeWanna Bonner (21) | Brittney Griner (8) | Leilani Mitchell (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena5,578 | 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | June 5 | San Antonio | W 76–71 | DeWanna Bonner (21) | Candice Dupree (9) | Bonner, Mitchell (3) | US Airways Center11,789 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 11 | @ New York | L 57–68 | DeWanna Bonner (22) | DeWanna Bonner (6) | Bonner, Mitchell (3) | Madison Square Garden5,817 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 12 | @ Indiana | L 74–77 | Leilani Mitchell (25) | Cayla George (8) | DeWanna Bonner (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,987 | 1–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | June 14 | Minnesota | W 81–66 | DeWanna Bonner (22) | Cayla George (10) | Leilani Mitchell (10) | US Airways Center9,294 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 19 | Connecticut | L 78–90 (2OT) | DeWanna Bonner (21) | DeWanna Bonner (9) | DeWanna Bonner (4) | US Airways Center8,964 | 2–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 21 | @ Seattle | W 84–72 | DeWanna Bonner (23) | Bonner, Dupree (9) | Cayla George (3) | KeyArena5,947 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 25 | @ San Antonio | L 71–76 | DeWanna Bonner (17) | DeWanna Bonner (9) | DeWanna Bonner (6) | Freeman Coliseum3,102 | 3–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 27 | @ Minnesota | L 56–71 | DeWanna Bonner (18) | Brittney Griner (11) | DeWanna Bonner (4) | Target Center9,113 | 3–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | June 30 | San Antonio | W 85–78 | Brittney Griner (23) | Brittney Griner (8) | DeWanna Bonner (7) | US Airways Center8,319 | 4–5

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | July 2 | Tulsa | W 86–55 | Candice Dupree (16) | Brittney Griner (8) | DeWanna Bonner (4) | US Airways Arena8,996 | 5–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | July 5 | @ Los Angeles | W 94–91 | DeWanna Bonner (22) | Brittney Griner (10) | Candice Dupree (6) | Staples Center9,069 | 6–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 | July 10 | @ Seattle | W 94–79 | Candice Dupree (16) | DeWanna Bonner (7) | Candice Dupree (5) | KeyArena9,686 | 7–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 | July 12 | Seattle | W 70–60 | Brittney Griner (26) | Brittney Griner (7) | Bonner, Mitchell (5) | US Airways Arena9,916 | 8–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | July 14 | Atlanta | W 80–71 | Dupree, Griner (22) | DeWanna Bonner (8) | DeWanna Bonner (3) | US Airways Arena10,472 | 9–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | July 18 | New York | L 73–75 | Brittney Griner (15) | Brittney Griner (8) | Leilani Mitchell (6) | US Airways Arena10,096 | 9–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 21 | @ Los Angeles | L 65–70 | DeWanna Bonner (15) | Brittney Griner (7) | Dupree, George (3) | Staples Center10,707 | 9–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 28 | Chicago | W 89–87 (OT) | DeWanna Bonner (34) | Bonner, Griner (8) | Bonner, Mitchell (3) | US Airways Arena10,707 | 10–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 30 | @ Tulsa | W 78–66 | DeWanna Bonner (24) | Brittney Griner (10) | Leilani Mitchell (5) | BOK Center4,673 | 11–7

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | August 2 | @ Atlanta | W 71–68 | Candice Dupree (27) | DeWanna Bonner (10) | DeWanna Bonner (5) | Philips Arena7,352 | 12–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | August 4 | Tulsa | W 87–84 (OT) | DeWanna Bonner (25) | Brittney Griner (13) | Mitchell, Quinn (4) | US Airways Arena8,824 | 13–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 | August 7 | Minnesota | W 73–66 | Bonner, Xargay (15) | Brittney Griner (12) | Dupree, Bonner (4) | US Airways Arena10,120 | 14–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | August 9 | @ Chicago | L 64–74 | Brittney Griner (21) | Brittney Griner (14) | DeWanna Bonner (5) | Allstate Arena7,181 | 14–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | August 12 | Seattle | W 83–66 | Noelle Quinn (13) | Mistie Bass (10) | Noelle Quinn (5) | US Airways Arena8,906 | 15–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | August 16 | Indiana | L 63–75 | Dupree, Griner (12) | Candice Dupree (7) | DeWanna Bonner (3) | US Airways Arena11,336 | 15–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 18 | @ Tulsa | L 59–74 | Candice Dupree (18) | Brittney Griner (7) | Noelle Quinn (3) | BOK Center4,566 | 15–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 21 | Los Angeles | L 68–78 | Brittney Griner (20) | Dupree, Griner (6) | Marta Xargay (7) | US Airways Arena11,237 | 15–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 23 | Minnesota | W 79–67 | DeWanna Bonner (21) | Brittney Griner (11) | Marta Xargay (4) | US Airways Arena9,492 | 16–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 | August 27 | @ Connecticut | W 81–80 | DeWanna Bonner (26) | Brittney Griner (13) | Bonner, Mitchell (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,171 | 17–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 28 | @ Washington | L 63–71 | Leilani Mitchell (16) | Brittney Griner (9) | DeWanna Bonner (7) | Capital One Arena7,400 | 17–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 30 | @ Minnesota | L 61–71 | DeWanna Bonner (15) | Candice Dupree (8) | Noelle Quinn (5) | Target Center9,123 | 17–13

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 | September 2 | Washington | W 73–53 | Candice Dupree (18) | Dupree, George, Bass (6) | Marta Xargay (4) | US Airways Center8,370 | 18–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 | September 5 | @ San Antonio | W 82–52 | Brittney Griner (22) | Candice Dupree (8) | Noelle Quinn (7) | Freeman Coliseum6,076 | 19–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | September 11 | Los Angeles | W 70–65 | Monique Currie (22) | Candice Dupree (9) | Marta Xargay (5) | US Airways Center12,296 | 20–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 13 | @ Tulsa | L 87–91 | Monique Currie (26) | Bass, George (12) | Marta Xargay (5) | BOK Center6,064 | 20–14

Playoffs

|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 1 | September 17 | Tulsa | W 88–55 | Brittney Griner (18) | Brittney Griner (8) | Leilani Mitchell (6) | US Airways Center8,509 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 2 | September 19 | @ Tulsa | W 91–67 | Brittney Griner (23) | Brittney Griner (12) | Xargay, Mitchell (3) | BOK Center3,261 | 2–0

|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | September 24 | @ Minnesota | L 60–67 | DeWanna Bonner (21) | Candice Dupree (12) | DeWanna Bonner (5) | Target Center8,732 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | September 27 | @ Minnesota | L 71–72 | Candice Dupree (16) | Monique Currie (7) | Monique Currie (6) | US Airway Center9,871 | 0–2

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG DeWanna Bonner 33 33 33.3 37.8% 25.4% 86.6% 5.7 3.3 1.3 0.8 15.8 Candice Dupree 33 33 31.2 51.2% — 80.2% 5.1 1.7 1.0 0.4 14.1 Brittney Griner 26 26 30.7 56.5% — 77.3% 8.1 1.3 0.3 4.0 15.1 Leilani Mitchell 34 26 23.0 37.4% 39.6% 88.9% 2.1 2.7 1.0 0.1 6.7 Monique Currie 34 34 21.3 41.1% 36.4% 86.4% 3.2 1.5 0.9 0.4 8.4 Noelle Quinn 34 1 18.6 42.2% 32.4% 79.2% 2.6 1.9 0.4 0.3 4.1 Marta Xargay 20 8 17.5 39.2% 37.5% 73.3% 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.2 3.9 Mistie Bass 33 7 13.9 51.4% — 54.5% 3.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 4.1 Cayla George 34 2 12.7 42.7% 28.3% 86.4% 3.1 0.7 0.4 0.6 5.0 Alex Harden 32 0 12.2 27.0% 26.1% 92.3% 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.4 2.1 Tess Madgen 8 0 7.4 37.5% 60.0% 50.0% 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.3 1.3 Shameka Christon 12 0 6.3 42.9% 25.0% 100% 0.4 0.6 0.2 — 2.8 Tiffany Bias 15 0 6.3 34.5% 33.3% 66.7% 0.1 0.7 0.1 — 1.9

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG DeWanna Bonner 4 4 31.8 45.1% 45.0% 93.3% 6.0 2.5 0.3 0.8 17.3 Candice Dupree 4 4 30.3 45.2% — 75.0% 5.3 1.5 1.3 — 11.0 Brittney Griner 4 4 29.8 58.3% — 88.5% 8.0 1.3 0.8 4.5 16.3 Monique Currie 4 4 24.0 38.1% 25.0% 63.6% 3.0 2.5 0.8 0.8 10.3 Marta Xargay 4 4 23.3 40.0% 40.0% 100% 3.8 2.3 0.3 — 6.0 Noelle Quinn 4 0 20.3 77.8% 100% — 2.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 4.3 Leilani Mitchell 4 26 14.8 42.9% 50.0% 50.0% 1.8 3.5 1.5 0.3 4.0 Mistie Bass 4 0 13.5 46.2% — 25.0% 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.3 Cayla George 3 0 9.0 37.5% 50.0% — 2.7 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.7 Shameka Christon 2 0 5.0 100% 100% 100% 0.5 1.0 — — 4.0 Tiffany Bias 2 0 3.5 50.0% — 50.0% 0.5 0.5 0.5 — 2.5 Alex Harden 2 0 3.0 — — — — — — 0.5 —

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date Awarded DeWanna Bonner All-WNBA First Team October 8, 2015 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team September 27, 2015 Western Conference Player of the Week June 14, 2015 Brittney Griner All-WNBA Second Team October 8, 2015 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year September 17, 2015 WNBA All-Defensive First Team September 27, 2015 Western Conference Player of the Week August 10, 2015

References

External links The Official Site of the Phoenix Mercury