# 2010 Phoenix Mercury season

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.
* 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

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

### Free agents
## Roster
### 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 24:00pm@ Seattle58-77Williams (19)Paris (9)Stevenson, Williams (2)KeyArena 4,9120-1
2May 810:00pmChina National Team106-78Johnson (21)Bonner (7)Swanier (7)US Airways Center 2,3931-1 :

### Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season :
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 152:00pmLos AngelesESPN278-77Dupree (17)Dupree (10)Taurasi, Johnson (3)US Airways Center 14,7721-0
2May 2210:00pmSeattle89-95 (OT)Bonner (24)Bonner (12)Johnson, Taylor (5)US Airways Center 10,1441-1
3May 257:00pm@ TulsaESPN2110-96Taurasi (35)Dupree (14)Taylor (7)BOK Center 4,1002-1
4May 2810:00pmAtlanta93-96Taurasi (30)Bonner (13)Taylor (7)US Airways Center 7,9862-2 :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5June 17:30pm@ MinnesotaESPN282-92Taurasi (21)Dupree (9)Johnson (5)Target Center 6,8542-3
6June 410:00pmLos Angeles90-89Bonner (24)Dupree (8)Johnson (5)US Airways Center 6,4853-3
7June 69:00pm@ SeattleKONG74-97Bonner (12)T. Smith (8)Taylor (6)KeyArena 7,8273-4
8June 810:30pm@ Los AngelesPRIME91-92Taurasi (21)T. Smith (9)Johnson, Taylor (9)STAPLES Center 7,9933-5
9June 1010:00pmMinnesotaFS-A99-88Taurasi (31)Dupree (8)Johnson (8)US Airways Center 5,5044-5
10June 1210:00pmTulsa116-84Dupree, Taurasi (18)Bonner (7)Taylor (8)US Airways Center 6,5805-5
11June 1810:00pmSan Antonio105-108Taurasi (39)Dupree (11)Johnson, Taurasi (7)US Airways Center 6,1475-6
12June 206:00pmConnecticutNBATV FS-A94-96Taurasi (24)Ohlde (7)Taylor (4)US Airways Center 6,0685-7
13June 257:30pm@ ConnecticutCSN-NE79-82Taurasi (26)Bonner (10)Taurasi (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,5185-8
14June 274:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA85-95Taurasi (18)Dupree (9)Taurasi (4)Verizon Center 7,5475-9
15June 297:00pm@ AtlantaSSO88-94Taylor (31)Bonner (9)Johnson (12)Philips Arena 4,0735-10 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 110:00pmWashingtonFS-A104-107Dupree, Taylor (23)Dupree (9)Johnson (11)US Airways Center 5,5095-11
17July 310:00pmNew York97-82Dupree (24)T. Smith (10)Taurasi (5)US Airways Center 6,7806-11
18July 610:00pm@ Los AngelesESPN298-89Taurasi (30)Dupree (12)Taurasi (7)STAPLES Center 8,3367-11
19July 143:30pmSeattleFS-A107-111 (3OT)Taurasi (44)Dupree (14)Taruasi, Taylor (4)US Airways Center 13,5087-12
20July 1710:00pmTulsa97-88Taylor (29)Taurasi (7)Taurasi (8)US Airways Center 8,5648-12
21July 228:00pm@ TulsaCOX123-91Taurasi (26)Bonner (7)Johnson (7)BOK Center 3,3339-12
22July 248:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV FS-N127-124 (2OT)Dupree (32)Dupree (16)Johnson (9)Target Center 8,51810-12
23July 279:30pm@ SeattleESPN285-91Taurasi (27)Taylor (7)Taurasi, Taylor (6)KeyArena 8,04410-13
24July 2910:00pmMinnesota110-92Taylor (22)Dupree, T. Smith (8)Johnson (8)US Airways Center 7,03711-13 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25August 16:00pmChicagoNBATV FS-A CN10097-96Taurasi (35)Bonner, Braxton, Dupree (6)Taurasi (11)US Airways Center 11,23712-13
26August 38:00pm@ San Antonio103-92Dupree (24)Dupree (12)Taurasi (10)AT&T Center 6,11613-13
27August 610:00pmSan Antonio103-87T. Smith, Taylor (18)Braxton (7)Taylor (8)US Airways Center 12,90914-13
28August 86:00pmIndiana82-104Taurasi (21)Dupree (6)Taurasi (7)US Airways Center 10,99514-14
29August 108:00pm@ Chicago82-91Taurasi (28)T. Smith (10)Taylor (7)Allstate Arena 4,08914-15
30August 137:00pm@ Indiana90-110Johnson (23)Braxton, Taylor (6)Taurasi (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 10,00214-16
31August 147:30pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG69-107Bonner (20)Braxton, Dupree (8)Johnson (4)Madison Square Garden 9,64514-17
32August 1710:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV PRIME90-84Braxton (16)Dupree, Taylor (11)Taylor (7)STAPLES Center 8,81715-17
33August 207:00pmSeattle71-78Braxton (15)Bonner (7)Bonner (4)US Airways Center 12,45915-18
34August 223:00pm@ San Antonio82-83Bonner (20)Bonner (12)Bonner, Lilley, Swanier (3)AT&T Center 8,33115-19 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 269:00pmSan AntonioESPN2106-93Dupree (32)Dupree (8)Taurasi (10)US Airways Center 8,9271-0
2August 281:00pm@ San AntonioESPN292-73Taurasi (23)Dupree (11)Taylor (12)AT&T Center 6,7632-0 :
Western Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 210:00pm@ SeattleNBATV74-82Taylor (16)Dupree (11)Johnson (7)KeyArena 9,6860-1
2September 53:00pmSeattleABC88-91Taurasi (28)T. Smith (7)Johnson (12)US Airways Center 9,0100-2 :

## Statistics
### 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.