2013 Phoenix Mercury season

August 2023 March 2026 Phoenix Mercury 2013 19 15 Western 3 Corey Gaines (10-11)Russ Pennell (9-4) US Airways Center Lost Conference Finals (2-0 to Minnesota Lynx) FS-AESPN2, NBATV The 2013 WNBA season was 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.Mercury fire Corey Gaines espn.go.com Associated Press August 9, 2013 https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/9550716/phoenix-mercury-fire-coach-gm-corey-gaines January 4, 2015 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 Baylor 3 26 Nikki Greene 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 DateTradeTBDTo Phoenix MercuryTo TBD TBD TBD Personnel changes 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Brittney Griner April 15, 2013 draft pick Jasmine James July 21, 2013 free agent Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Eddie Garner Preseason released Samantha Prahalis July 18, 2013http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/mercury_prahalis_130718.html Mercury Waive Samantha Prahalis July 18, 2013 January 5, 2015 wnba.com WNBA released Roster Phoenix Mercury 2013 WNBA 24 DeWanna Bonner G/F 6 4 137 08-21-1987 4 Auburn USA 4 Candice Dupree F 6 2 175 08-16-1984 7 Temple USA 15 Briana Gilbreath G 6 0 150 08-16-1990 1 USC USA 42 Brittney Griner C 6 8 208 10-18-1990 R Baylor USA 14 Alexis Hornbuckle G 5 10 155 10-16-1985 5 Tennessee USA 22 Charde Houston F 6 0 189 04-10-1986 5 Connecticut USA 12 Lynetta Kizer C 6 4 230 04-04-1990 1 Maryland USA 10 Jasmine James G 5 9 05-29-1991 R Georgia USA 3 Diana Taurasi G 6 0 163 06-11-1982 9 Connecticut USA 13 Penny Taylor F 6 1 165 05-24-1981 11 Australia AUS 34 Krystal Thomas F/C 6 5 195 06-10-1989 2 Duke USA USA Russ Pennell Pittsburg State USA Julie Hairgrove 1 Arizona USA Anthony Boone basketball Mississippi USA Tamara Poole 1 California State University, Dominguez Hills Depth Pos.StarterBench C Brittney Griner Lynetta KizerKrystal Thomas PF Candice Dupree Charde Houston SF Penny Taylor Jasmine James SG DeWanna Bonner Briana Gilbreath PG Diana Taurasi Alexis Hornbuckle Season standings PHO Schedule Preseason Phoenix Mercury yes 2013 Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Phoenix Mercury Pre-season yes 1 0 0 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 19 | Japan | 20130519 JNTPHO 87 64 | Brittney Griner (18) | Dupree & Kizer (9) | Samantha Prahalis (8) | US Airways Center4021 | 1–0 phx 2013 Regular season Phoenix Mercury 2013 Total: 19–15 (Home: 10–7; Road: 9–8) Phoenix Mercury May yes 0 1 0 0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 27 | Chicago | 20130527 CHIPHO 80 102 | Diana Taurasi (18) | Brittney Griner (8) | Samantha Prahalis (5) | US Airways Center10200 | 0–1 Phoenix Mercury June 2 1 5 2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 2 | @ Seattle | 20130602 PHOSEA 72 75 | Candice Dupree (18) | Brittney Griner (7) | Charde Houston (6) | Key Arena9686 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 6 | @ Minnesota | 20130606 PHOMIN 79 99 | Diana Taurasi (21) | DeWanna Bonner (7) | Samantha Prahalis (5) | Target Center8511 | 0–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 8 | @ Indiana | 20130608 PHOIND 82 67 | Diana Taurasi (26) | DeWanna Bonner (11) | Bonner, Dupree, & Taurasi (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse8672 | 1–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 14 | Los Angeles | 20130614 LASPHO 97 81 | Diana Taurasi (34) | DeWanna Bonner (12) | Diana Taurasi (7) | US Airways Center13065 | 2–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 16 | @ Tulsa | 20130616 PHOTUL 108 103 1 | Diana Taurasi (29) | Candice Dupree (10) | Diana Taurasi (9) | BOK Center4206 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 19 | Minnesota | 20130619 MINPHO 69 80 | Diana Taurasi (28) | Brittney Griner (7) | DeWanna Bonner (5) | US Airways Center8464 | 3–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | June 21 | Washington | 20130621 WASPHO 90 82 | Diana Taurasi (31) | DeWanna Bonner (9) | Diana Taurasi (5) | US Airways Center9636 | 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | June 25 | @ San Antonio | 20130625 PHOSAN 83 77 | Brittney Griner (26) | Candice Dupree (12) | Diana Taurasi (8) | AT&T Center9007 | 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 27 | @ Washington | 20130627 PHOWAS 101 97 | Diana Taurasi (26) | Candice Dupree (11) | Diana Taurasi (8) | Verizon Center7950 | 6–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 29 | @ Connecticut | 20130629 PHOCON 89 70 | Bonner & Taurasi (19) | DeWanna Bonner (8) | Diana Taurasi (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena9110 | 7–4 Phoenix Mercury July 1 3 1 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | July 2 | NY Liberty | 20130702 NYLPHO 94 87 | Bonner & Dupree (20) | Bonner & Dupree (7) | Diana Taurasi (10) | US Airways Center7636 | 8–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | July 7 | @ Minnesota | 20130707 PHOMIN 59 91 | Candice Dupree (12) | Brittney Griner (11) | Diana Taurasi (7) | Target Center9104 | 8–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | July 10 | San Antonio | 20130710 SANPHO 80 88 | Candice Dupree (22) | Krystal Thomas (6) | Diana Taurasi (5) | US Airways Center8707 | 8–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | July 14 | Los Angeles | 20130714 LASPHO 76 88 | Diana Taurasi (23) | Candice Dupree (8) | Diana Taurasi (5) | US Airways Center8233 | 8–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 18 | @ Los Angeles | 20130718 PHOLAS 90 84 | Diana Taurasi (32) | DeWanna Bonner (11) | Diana Taurasi (6) | Staples Center11105 | 9–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 21 | Minnesota | 20130721 MINPHO 77 82 | Diana Taurasi (26) | DeWanna Bonner (10) | Diana Taurasi (6) | US Airways Center9806 | 9–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 24 | @ Minnesota | 20130724 PHOMIN 69 81 | Candice Dupree (17) | Krystal Thomas (10) | Alexis Hornbuckle (4) | Target Center16404 | 9–9 Phoenix Mercury August 5 2 1 2 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | August 1 | @ Seattle | 20130801 PHOSEA 79 88 | DeWanna Bonner (19) | Candice Dupree (10) | DeWanna Bonner (7) | Key Arena6457 | 9–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | August 3 | Atlanta | 20130803 ATLPHO 82 76 | Diana Taurasi (28) | DeWanna Bonner (6) | Bonner, Dupree, & Taurasi (4) | US Airways Center8138 | 10–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 6 | Seattle | 20130806 SEAPHO 65 80 | Candice Dupree (18) | Candice Dupree (8) | Diana Taurasi (5) | US Airways Center6877 | 10–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | August 9 | Tulsa | 20130809 TULPHO 70 67 | Diana Taurasi (23) | Candice Dupree (9) | Taurasi & Hornbuckle (4) | US Airways Center8547 | 11–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | August 11 | Tulsa | 20130811 TULPHO 77 56 | DeWanna Bonner (21) | Candice Dupree (7) | Diana Taurasi (7) | US Airways Center5972 | 12–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 14 | Indiana | 20130814 INDPHO 75 58 | Candice Dupree (16) | Brittney Griner (8) | Diana Taurasi (11) | US Airways Center6135 | 13–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 17 | @ San Antonio | 20130817 PHOSAN 82 88 | Diana Taurasi (23) | Briana Gilbreath (6) | Diana Taurasi (7) | AT&T Center10906 | 13–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 20 | @ Tulsa | 20130820 PHOTUL 89 86 | Diana Taurasi (28) | Dupree & Griner (10) | Diana Taurasi (10) | BOK Center4261 | 14–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 23 | Seattle | 20130823 SEAPHO 73 81 | DeWanna Bonner (20) | Bonner & Griner (5) | Diana Taurasi (7) | US Airways Center8026 | 14–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 31 | Connecticut | 20130831 CONPHO 76 68 | Bonner & Dupree (22) | Candice Dupree (9) | Diana Taurasi (8) | US Airways Center8119 | 15–13 Phoenix Mercury September 2 0 2 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | September 6 | San Antonio | 20130906 SANPHO 83 80 | Diana Taurasi (21) | Brittney Griner (14) | Diana Taurasi (7) | US Airways Center9006 | 16–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | September 8 | @ Atlanta | 20130908 PHOATL 79 71 | Diana Taurasi (25) | Brittney Griner (11) | Diana Taurasi (6) | Philips Arena9740 | 17–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | September 10 | @ NY Liberty | 20130910 PHONYL 80 76 | Bonner & Dupree (18) | Dupree & Taurasi (6) | Diana Taurasi (9) | Prudential Center8127 | 18–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 11 | @ Chicago | 20130911 PHOCHI 68 70 | Candice Dupree (15) | Dupree & Gilbreath (6) | Jasmine James (5) | Allstate Arena6409 | 18–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | September 13 | San Antonio | 20130913 SANPHO 82 61 | Diana Taurasi (20) | Krystal Thomas (8) | Diana Taurasi (10) | US Airways Center8899 | 19–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 15 | @ Los Angeles | 20130915 PHOLAS 55 89 | Griner & James (9) | Krystal Thomas (8) | Jasmine James (4) | Staples Center12311 | 19–15 phx 2013 Playoffs Phoenix Mercury 2013 yes Total: 2–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 2–1) Phoenix Mercury Conference Semifinals yes yes 0 1 2 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | September 19 | @ Los Angeles | 20130919 PHOLAS 86 75 | Diana Taurasi (30) | Candice Dupree (7) | Diana Taurasi (7) | Staples Center8500 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 21 | Los Angeles | 20130921 LASPHO 73 82 | Diana Taurasi (20) | Candice Dupree (9) | Diana Taurasi (5) | US Airways Center11110 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | September 23 | @ Los Angeles | 20130923 PHOLAS 78 77 | Candice Dupree (22) | Bonner & Gilbreath (6) | Diana Taurasi (10) | Staples Center9321 | 2–1 Phoenix Mercury Conference Finals yes yes 0 1 0 1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 26 | @ Minnesota | 20130926 PHOMIN 62 85 | Diana Taurasi (15) | Brittney Griner (6) | Bonner & Dupree (3) | Target Center9013 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 29 | Minnesota | 20130929 MINPHO 65 72 | Diana Taurasi (21) | Brittney Griner (10) | Diana Taurasi (6) | US Airways Center8020 | 0–2 phx 2013 Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Awards and honors March 2013 References External links Category:Phoenix Mercury seasons Phoenix Phoenix Mercury