# 2013 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.
There were high hopes for the Mercury after they drafted Brittney Griner first overall in the 2013 WNBA draft. However, the Mercury got off to a slow start, and ultimately fired coach Corey Gaines on August 8, 2013, replacing him with Russ Pennell. Amber Cox, the Mercury President and CEO, took over Gaines' GM duties. Pennell helped turn things around, securing the third seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Mercury earned a spot in the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Lynx.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 1 | Brittney Griner | United States | Baylor |
| 3 | 26 | Nikki Greene | United States | Penn State |

### Transaction log

* February 8: re-signed Krystal Thomas and Lynetta Kizer.
* March 7: signed Ify Ibekwe and Jalana Childs.
* April 11: re-signed DeWanna Bonner.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| TBD | To Phoenix Mercury | To TBD |
| TBD | TBD | TBD |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Brittney Griner | Lynetta Kizer Krystal Thomas |
| PF | Candice Dupree | Charde Houston |
| SF | Penny Taylor | Jasmine James |
| SG | DeWanna Bonner | Briana Gilbreath |
| PG | Diana Taurasi | Alexis Hornbuckle |

## Season standings

| # | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte | Western Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Minnesota Lynx | 26 | 8 | .765 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Los Angeles Sparks | 24 | 10 | .706 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 15 | .559 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Seattle Storm | 17 | 17 | .500 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | e-San Antonio Silver Stars | 12 | 22 | .353 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Tulsa Shock | 11 | 23 | .324 | 15 | 34 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) :
Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
Japan
W 87–64
Brittney Griner (18)
Dupree & Kizer (9)
Samantha Prahalis (8)
US Airways Center 4021
1–0 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular season

2013 game log Total: 19–15 (Home: 10–7; Road: 9–8) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 27
Chicago
L 80–102
Diana Taurasi (18)
Brittney Griner (8)
Samantha Prahalis (5)
US Airways Center 10200
0–1 :
June
: 7–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
@ Seattle
L 72–75
Candice Dupree (18)
Brittney Griner (7)
Charde Houston (6)
Key Arena 9686
0–2
3
June 6
@ Minnesota
L 79–99
Diana Taurasi (21)
DeWanna Bonner (7)
Samantha Prahalis (5)
Target Center 8511
0–3
4
June 8
@ Indiana
W 82–67
Diana Taurasi (26)
DeWanna Bonner (11)
Bonner, Dupree, & Taurasi (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8672
1–3
5
June 14
Los Angeles
W 97–81
Diana Taurasi (34)
DeWanna Bonner (12)
Diana Taurasi (7)
US Airways Center 13065
2–3
6
June 16
@ Tulsa
W 108–103 (OT)
Diana Taurasi (29)
Candice Dupree (10)
Diana Taurasi (9)
BOK Center 4206
3–3
7
June 19
Minnesota
L 69–80
Diana Taurasi (28)
Brittney Griner (7)
DeWanna Bonner (5)
US Airways Center 8464
3–4
8
June 21
Washington
W 90–82
Diana Taurasi (31)
DeWanna Bonner (9)
Diana Taurasi (5)
US Airways Center 9636
4–4
9
June 25
@ San Antonio
W 83–77
Brittney Griner (26)
Candice Dupree (12)
Diana Taurasi (8)
AT&T Center 9007
5–4
10
June 27
@ Washington
W 101–97
Diana Taurasi (26)
Candice Dupree (11)
Diana Taurasi (8)
Verizon Center 7950
6–4
11
June 29
@ Connecticut
W 89–70
Bonner & Taurasi (19)
DeWanna Bonner (8)
Diana Taurasi (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9110
7–4 :
July
: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
July 2
NY Liberty
W 94–87
Bonner & Dupree (20)
Bonner & Dupree (7)
Diana Taurasi (10)
US Airways Center 7636
8–4
13
July 7
@ Minnesota
L 59–91
Candice Dupree (12)
Brittney Griner (11)
Diana Taurasi (7)
Target Center 9104
8–5
14
July 10
San Antonio
L 80–88
Candice Dupree (22)
Krystal Thomas (6)
Diana Taurasi (5)
US Airways Center 8707
8–6
15
July 14
Los Angeles
L 76–88
Diana Taurasi (23)
Candice Dupree (8)
Diana Taurasi (5)
US Airways Center 8233
8–7
16
July 18
@ Los Angeles
W 90–84
Diana Taurasi (32)
DeWanna Bonner (11)
Diana Taurasi (6)
Staples Center 11105
9–7
17
July 21
Minnesota
L 77–82
Diana Taurasi (26)
DeWanna Bonner (10)
Diana Taurasi (6)
US Airways Center 9806
9–8
18
July 24
@ Minnesota
L 69–81
Candice Dupree (17)
Krystal Thomas (10)
Alexis Hornbuckle (4)
Target Center 16404
9–9 :
August
: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
All-Star Break
19
August 1
@ Seattle
L 79–88
DeWanna Bonner (19)
Candice Dupree (10)
DeWanna Bonner (7)
Key Arena 6457
9–10
20
August 3
Atlanta
W 82–76
Diana Taurasi (28)
DeWanna Bonner (6)
Bonner, Dupree, & Taurasi (4)
US Airways Center 8138
10–10
21
August 6
Seattle
L 65–80
Candice Dupree (18)
Candice Dupree (8)
Diana Taurasi (5)
US Airways Center 6877
10–11
22
August 9
Tulsa
W 70–67
Diana Taurasi (23)
Candice Dupree (9)
Taurasi & Hornbuckle (4)
US Airways Center 8547
11–11
23
August 11
Tulsa
W 77–56
DeWanna Bonner (21)
Candice Dupree (7)
Diana Taurasi (7)
US Airways Center 5972
12–11
24
August 14
Indiana
W 75–58
Candice Dupree (16)
Brittney Griner (8)
Diana Taurasi (11)
US Airways Center 6135
13–11
25
August 17
@ San Antonio
L 82–88
Diana Taurasi (23)
Briana Gilbreath (6)
Diana Taurasi (7)
AT&T Center 10906
13–12
26
August 20
@ Tulsa
W 89–86
Diana Taurasi (28)
Dupree & Griner (10)
Diana Taurasi (10)
BOK Center 4261
14–12
27
August 23
Seattle
L 73–81
DeWanna Bonner (20)
Bonner & Griner (5)
Diana Taurasi (7)
US Airways Center 8026
14–13
28
August 31
Connecticut
W 76–68
Bonner & Dupree (22)
Candice Dupree (9)
Diana Taurasi (8)
US Airways Center 8119
15–13 :
September
: 4–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
29
September 6
San Antonio
W 83–80
Diana Taurasi (21)
Brittney Griner (14)
Diana Taurasi (7)
US Airways Center 9006
16–13
30
September 8
@ Atlanta
W 79–71
Diana Taurasi (25)
Brittney Griner (11)
Diana Taurasi (6)
Philips Arena 9740
17–13
31
September 10
@ NY Liberty
W 80–76
Bonner & Dupree (18)
Dupree & Taurasi (6)
Diana Taurasi (9)
Prudential Center 8127
18–13
32
September 11
@ Chicago
L 68–70
Candice Dupree (15)
Dupree & Gilbreath (6)
Jasmine James (5)
Allstate Arena 6409
18–14
33
September 13
San Antonio
W 82–61
Diana Taurasi (20)
Krystal Thomas (8)
Diana Taurasi (10)
US Airways Center 8899
19–14
34
September 15
@ Los Angeles
L 55–89
Griner & James (9)
Krystal Thomas (8)
Jasmine James (4)
Staples Center 12311
19–15 :
2013 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 2–1) :
Conference Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 19
@ Los Angeles
W 86–75
Diana Taurasi (30)
Candice Dupree (7)
Diana Taurasi (7)
Staples Center 8500
1–0
2
September 21
Los Angeles
L 73–82
Diana Taurasi (20)
Candice Dupree (9)
Diana Taurasi (5)
US Airways Center 11110
1–1
3
September 23
@ Los Angeles
W 78–77
Candice Dupree (22)
Bonner & Gilbreath (6)
Diana Taurasi (10)
Staples Center 9321
2–1 :
Conference Finals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 26
@ Minnesota
L 62–85
Diana Taurasi (15)
Brittney Griner (6)
Bonner & Dupree (3)
Target Center 9013
0–1
2
September 29
Minnesota
L 65–72
Diana Taurasi (21)
Brittney Griner (10)
Diana Taurasi (6)
US Airways Center 8020
0–2 :
2013 season schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |