2007 Phoenix Mercury season

August 2023 March 2026 Phoenix Mercury 2007 23 11 Western 1st Paul Westhead U.S. Airways Center Won WNBA Finals yes The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury won their first WNBA championship. Offseason WNBA draft The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2007 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 Lindsey Harding Duke 2 18 Tyresa Smith Delaware 3 28 (from Minn.) Leah Rush Oklahoma 3 31 Chrissy Givens Middle Tennessee 3 37 (from Det.) Emily Westerberg Arizona Statehttp://www.wnba.com/history/mercury_draft_history.html Phoenix Mercury Draft History WNBA.com 2022-09-04 Transactions February 5: The Mercury re-signed Jennifer Lacy and Jen Derevjanik. February 21: The Mercury traded Sandora Irvin to the San Antonio Silver Stars for a second-round pick in the 2008 draft. March 8: The Mercury re-signed free agent Penny Taylor. March 20: The Mercury signed Adriana Moises. April 4: The Mercury traded the draft rights to Lindsey Harding to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Tangela Smith. April 5: The Mercury waived Kamila Vodichkova. April 25: The Mercury waived Michelle Campbell and Jocelyn Penn. April 26: The Mercury waived Charity Egenti and Yolanda Jones. May 1: The Mercury waived Natalie Nakase. May 10: The Mercury waived Chloe Kerr and Carrie Moore. May 14: The Mercury waived Chrissy Givens. May 17: The Mercury waived Leah Rush, Tyresa Smith and Mandisa Stevenson. May 18: The Mercury waived Kwe Ryong Kim and Crystal Smith. June 21: The Mercury waived Adriana Moises. July 5: The Mercury signed Teana Miller. WNBA.com: 2007 WNBA Transactions DateTradeApril 4, 2007To Phoenix MercuryTo Minnesota Lynx Tangela Smith draft rights to Lindsey Harding Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Jennifer Lacy February 5, 2007 re-signed Jen Derevjanik February 5, 2007 re-signed Penny Taylor March 8, 2007 re-signed Adriana Moises March 20, 2007 free agent Tangela Smith April 4, 2007 Minnesota Lynx Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Kelly Miller January 30, 2009 Minnesota Lynx LaToya Pringle January 30, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Barbara Farris March 20, 2009 Detroit Shock Yuko Oga June 2, 2009 free agent Sha Brooks June 3, 2009 free agent Allie Quigley July 14, 2009 free agent Jennifer Derevjanik 2009 free agent Olympia Scott 2009 free agent Roster 2007 Phoenix Mercury Finals WNBA indigo #ff0 crimson #fff 24 Jennifer Derevjanik PG 5 10 140 George Mason USA 21 Jennifer Lacy G 6 3 175 Pepperdine USA 33 Kelly Mazzante SG 6 0 155 Penn State USA 2 Kelly Miller Kelly Miller (basketball) PG 5 10 140 Georgia USA 5 Teana Miller C 6 3 220 Tulane USA 23 Cappie Pondexter SG 5 9 160 Rutgers USA 11 Kelly Schumacher C 6 5 183 Connecticut USA 0 Olympia Scott C 6 2 175 Stanford USA 50 Tangela Smith C 6 4 160 Iowa USA 12 Belinda Snell G 5 9 170 Australia AUS 3 Diana Taurasi F/G 6 0 172 Connecticut USA 13 Penny Taylor F 6 1 168 Australia AUS USA Paul Westhead St. Joseph's USA Corey Gaines Loyola Marymount USA Julie Hairgrove 1 Arizona USA Bridget Pettis Florida USA Tanara Oiike 1 California State University USA Tanara Oiike 1 California State University Season standings PHX Schedule Regular season Date Opponent Score Result Record May 19 San Antonio 81-72 Win 1-0 May 23 @ Seattle 87-100 Loss 1-1 May 25 Houston 111-85 Win 2-1 May 29 Sacramento 76-75 Win 3-1 May 31 @ San Antonio 97-85 Win 4-1 June 2 @ Connecticut 67-76 Loss 4-2 June 3 @ New York 82-83 Loss 4-3 June 5 Minnesota 85-90 Loss 4-4 June 7 Chicago 80-66 Win 5-4 June 9 @ Sacramento 74-70 Win 6-4 June 13 @ Washington 69-86 Loss 6-5 June 15 @ Indiana 89-78 Win 7-5 June 20 Washington 101-106 Loss 7-6 June 22 Detroit 84-87 Loss 7-7 June 24 Houston 90-85 Win 8-7 June 30 @ Houston 92-75 Win 9-7 July 3 @ Minnesota 95-79 Win 10-7 July 6 Connecticut 111-109 (2OT) Win 11-7 July 8 @ Detroit 82-111 Loss 11-8 July 11 San Antonio 77-87 Loss 11-9 July 17 Seattle 89-79 Win 12-9 July 20 Los Angeles 77-87 Loss 12-10 July 22 Minnesota 106-93 Win 13-10 July 25 @ Minnesota 103-79 Win 14-10 July 27 @ Chicago 98-96 Win 15-10 July 29 Indiana 80-75 Win 16-10 July 31 @ Houston 76-74 Win 17-10 August 2 @ San Antonio 84-79 Win 18-10 August 4 @ Seattle 101-111 Loss 18-11 August 7 @ Los Angeles 96-93 Win 19-11 August 9 New York 97-86 Win 20-11 August 11 Los Angeles 100-83 Win 21-11 August 17 @ Sacramento 101-91 Win 22-11 August 19 Sacramento 87-73 Win 23-11 August 24 (first round, game 1) @ Seattle 101-84 Win 1-0 August 26 (first round, game 2) Seattle 95-89 Win 2-0 August 30 (West finals, game 1) @ San Antonio 102-100 Win 3-0 September 1 (West finals, game 2) San Antonio 98-92 Win 4-0 September 5 (WNBA finals, game 1) @ Detroit 100-108 Loss 4-1 September 8 (WNBA finals, game 2) @ Detroit 98-70 Win 5-1 September 11 (WNBA finals, game 3) Detroit 83-88 Loss 5-2 September 13 (WNBA finals, game 4) Detroit 77-76 Win 6-2 September 15 (WNBA finals, game 5) @ Detroit 108-92 Win 7-2 Regular season statistics Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTS Diana Taurasi 32 1025 206 135 137 45 34 613 Penny Taylor 34 1010 198 214 98 51 22 605Cappie Pondexter 31 966 193 112 123 29 8 532Tangela Smith 34 1072 165 220 44 40 56 428 Kelly Miller 34 1040 115 168 156 42 5 321 Kelly Mazzante 34 488 64 56 38 26 2 182Kelly Schumacher 34 543 57 147 12 17 25 151Belinda Snell 30 343 37 46 44 20 4 107Jennifer Derevjanik 23 200 13 23 24 6 1 36 Jennifer Lacy 20 94 12 19 2 3 0 35Olympia Scott 8 32 1 4 2 3 1 8 Adriana Moises 4 31 2 7 3 3 0 7 Teana Miller 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2007.html 2007 Phoenix Mercury Stats Awards and honors Cappie Pondexter was named the 2007 Finals MVP. 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