2010 Phoenix Mercury season
Introduction 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, 2009'''To Phoenix Mercury''''''To Los Angeles Sparks''' Temeka Johnson first round pick in 2010 draftMarch 30, 2010'''To Phoenix Mercury''''''To New York Liberty''' Candice Dupree (from Chi.) Cappie Pondexter and Kelly MazzanteJuly 23, 2010'''To Phoenix Mercury''''''To Tulsa Shock''' Kara Braxton Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft===Free agents=======Additions===='''Player''''''Signed''''''Former 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===='''Player''''''Left''''''New 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=== 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=== 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 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  NBATVFS-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  NBATVCSN-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 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  NBATVFS-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 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 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  NBATVMSG   69-107  Bonner (20)  Braxton, Dupree (8)  Johnson (4)  Madison Square Garden  9,645  14-17 32  August 17  10:30pm  @ Los Angeles  NBATVPRIME   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=== 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 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 ===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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