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2010 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Corey Gaines
Arena	US Airways Center
Attendance	8,982 per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Taurasi (22.6)
Rebounds	Dupree (7.6)
Assists	Taylor (5.0)
Media
Television	FS-A NBATV, ESPN2
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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	United States	Penn State
3	26	Nyeshia Stevenson	United States	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. ^[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.

Trades

Date	Trade
March 26, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Temeka Johnson	first round pick in 2010 draft
March 30, 2010	To Phoenix Mercury	To New York Liberty
	Candice Dupree (from Chi.)	Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante
July 23, 2010	To Phoenix Mercury	To Tulsa Shock
	Kara Braxton	Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Roster

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 Corey Gaines ( Loyola Marymount) Assistant coaches Julie Hairgrove ( Arizona) Bridget Pettis ( Florida) Athletic trainer Tamara Poole ( Cal State Dominguez Hills) Strength and conditioning coach Ben Hadley Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
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

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 2 4:00pm @ Seattle 58-77 Williams (19) Paris (9) Stevenson, Williams (2) KeyArena 4,912 0-1 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

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 2:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 78-77 Dupree (17) Dupree (10) Taurasi, Johnson (3) US Airways Center 14,772 1-0 2 May 22 10:00pm Seattle 89-95 (OT) Bonner (24) Bonner (12) Johnson, Taylor (5) US Airways Center 10,144 1-1 3 May 25 7:00pm @ Tulsa ESPN2 110-96 Taurasi (35) Dupree (14) Taylor (7) BOK Center 4,100 2-1 4 May 28 10:00pm Atlanta 93-96 Taurasi (30) Bonner (13) Taylor (7) US Airways Center 7,986 2-2
June 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
July 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
August 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

2010 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 August 26 9:00pm San Antonio ESPN2 106-93 Dupree (32) Dupree (8) Taurasi (10) US Airways Center 8,927 1-0 2 August 28 1:00pm @ San Antonio ESPN2 92-73 Taurasi (23) Dupree (11) Taylor (12) AT&T Center 6,763 2-0
Western Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 2 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV 74-82 Taylor (16) Dupree (11) Johnson (7) KeyArena 9,686 0-1 2 September 5 3:00pm Seattle ABC 88-91 Taurasi (28) T. Smith (7) Johnson (12) US Airways Center 9,010 0-2

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
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

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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