2009 Phoenix Mercury season

Women's basketball season in the United States August 2023 March 2026 Phoenix Mercury 2009 23 11 Western 1st Corey Gaines US Airways Center Won WNBA Finals FSN Arizona The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Mercury won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/lifelock_release_090601.html MERCURY: Mercury, LifeLock Break New Ground with Partnership wnba.com September 8, 2015 The partnership ran through 2011, and the LifeLock name was on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock ware the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock offered a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams. Off-season Dispersal draft Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they picked 5th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream Select Sancho Lyttle With Top Pick in Houston Comets Dispersal Draft wnba.com September 8, 2015 WNBA draft The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft: Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 5 DeWanna Bonner Auburn 3 31 Sha Brooks Florida 3 34 (from N.Y.) Jessica Adair George WashingtonWNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090725061746/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009-07-25 dead 2009-08-02 Transactions July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor. July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley. June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers. June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga. May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page. May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page. May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair. April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn. April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin. March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA draft pick. March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith. March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell. February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract. January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde. January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA draft pick. January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract. May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction. http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions wnba.com September 8, 2015 DateTradeMarch 7, 2008To Phoenix MercuryTo New York Liberty third-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft Leilani MitchellJanuary 21, 2009To Phoenix MercuryTo Atlanta Dream Alison Bales second-round pick in 2009 WNBA DraftJanuary 30, 2009To Phoenix MercuryTo Minnesota Lynx Nicole Ohlde Kelly Miller and LaToya PringleMarch 20, 2009To Phoenix MercuryTo Sacramento Monarchs A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith Barbara FarrisMarch 26, 2009To Phoenix MercuryTo Los Angeles Sparks Temeka Johnson first-round pick in 2010 WNBA Draft Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Sequoia Holmes December 8, 2008 Houston Comets Brooke Smith January 7, 2009 re-signed Nicole Ohlde January 30, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Temeka Johnson March 26, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Ketia Swanier June 3, 2009 Connecticut Sun Penny Taylor July 17, 2009 re-signed 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 Phoenix Mercury 2009 WNBA 24 DeWanna Bonner G 6 4 136 Auburn USA 2 Temeka Johnson PG 5 3 132 LSU USA 33 Kelly Mazzante SG 6 0 155 Penn State USA 30 Nicole Ohlde F-C 6 5 190 Kansas State USA 23 Cappie Pondexter SG 5 9 160 Rutgers USA 21 Brooke Smith Brooke Smith (basketball) F/C 6 3 195 Stanford USA 50 Tangela Smith C 6 4 160 Iowa USA 11 Ketia Swanier PG 5 7 144 Connecticut USA 13 Penny Taylor F 6 1 163 Australia AUS 3 Diana Taurasi F/G 6 0 172 Connecticut USA 43 Le'Coe Willingham PF 6 0 200 Auburn USA USA Corey Gaines Loyola Marymount USA Bridget Pettis Florida USA Julie Hairgrove 1 Arizona USA Tanara Oiike 1 California State University USA Tanara Oiike 1 California State University http://www.wnba.com/mercury/roster/ 2009-07-14 Season standings PHX Schedule Preseason y background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00 2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 27 || 2:00pm || @ Sacramento || 74-70 || Quigley (15) || Bonner, B. Smith (6) || Quigley (4) || ARCO Arena 6,339 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 30 || 10:00pm || Seattle || 61-58 || Johnson (13) || Brooke Smith (6) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center 2,421 || 2-0 |- Regular season background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00 2009 Game log: Regular season y background:#DC143C; color:white June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || NBA TVKMYS || 90-79 || Taurasi (25) || Bonner (11) || Johnson (9) || US Airways Center 13,582 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 10 || 10:00pm || New York || || 91-84 || Pondexter (26) || 5 players (5) || Johnson, Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center 5,080 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 12 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 71-90 || Bonner (14) || Bonner (5) || Pondexter (4) || ARCO Arena 6,438 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 13 || 10:00pm || Sacramento || || 115-104 (OT) || Taurasi (31) || T. Smith (7) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center 7,173 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 17 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 104-80 || Taurasi (38) || Bonner (10) || Pondexter (9) || US Airways Center 6,524 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 19 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || || 89-81 || Pondexter (21) || T. Smith (8) || Johnson (7) || US Airways Center 8,255 || 5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 21 || 7:00pm || Seattle || NBA TVFSNA || 84-93 || Taurasi (25) || Pondexter (5) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center 6,181 || 5-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 23 || 7:30pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 87-91 || Pondexter (26) || Taurasi (8) || Johnson (5) || AT&T Center 6,692 || 5-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || June 25 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 93-87 || Pondexter (24) || Bonner, T. Smith, Taurasi (8) || Johnson (6) || Verizon Center 9,808 || 6-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 27 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBA TVFSNAFSN-N || 80-109 || Bonner, Pondexter (19) || Taurasi (8) || Pondexter, Swanier (3) || Target Center 5,911 || 6-4 |- y background:#DC143C; color:white July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 1 || 10:00pm || Seattle || || 91-83 || Pondexter, Taurasi (22) || Pondexter (11) || Pondexter (8) || US Airways Center 6,341 || 7-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 5 || 9:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TVFSNAFSNW || 104-89 || Pondexter (21) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (6) || STAPLES Center 9,872 || 8-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 8 || 10:00pm || Chicago || || 90-70 || Taurasi (22) || T. Smith (13) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center 5,597 || 9-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 11 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 107-105 || Pondexter (23) || Bonner, Taurasi (8) || Pondexter (8) || ARCO Arena 7,798 || 10-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 15 || 3:30pm || Sacramento || NBA TVFSNA || 100-81 || Taurasi (22) || Johnson (6) || Pondexter (15) || US Airways Center 11,590 || 11-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 18 || 10:00pm|| Detroit || || 97-90 || Pondexter (26) || Pondexter, Willingham (7) || Pondexter (8) || US Airways Center 8,288 || 12-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 22 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 86-99 || Pondexter (28) || Bonner (10) || Johnson (6) || US Airways Center 7,360 || 12-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 94-88 || Taurasi (34) || Taurasi (13) || Johnson (7) || Madison Square Garden 11,211 || 13-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 28 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 95-80 || Pondexter (29) || T. Smith, Taurasi (9) || Johnson (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,739 || 14-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 76-106 || T. Smith (15) || Taurasi (7) || Swanier (5) || Philips Arena 7,827 || 14-6 |- y background:#DC143C; color:white August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 1 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 87-74 || Taurasi (20) || T. Smith (7) || Willingham (5) || Target Center 6,631 || 15-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 4 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 101-90 (OT) || Taurasi (19) || Pondexter, T. Smith (8) || Johnson (7) || KeyArena 6,728 || 16-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 8 || 10:00pm || Indiana || || 83-90 || Taurasi (15) || Bonner, Taurasi (5) || Swanier (6) || US Airways Center 9,867 || 16-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 13 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || 95-83 || Taurasi (29) || Bonner, Taurasi (6) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 6,522 || 17-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 15 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TVFSNAKMYS || 89-106 || Taurasi (21) || Bonner (5) || Johnson, Pondexter (5) || AT&T Center 8,933 || 17-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 18 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 106-99 || Taurasi (27) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (7) || UIC Pavilion TBA || 18-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 21 || 10:00pm || Washington || || 81-91 || Taurasi (16) || Bonner (7) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center 9,155 || 18-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 27 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TVFSNW || 98-90 || Pondexter (26) || Bonner (9) || Johnson, Pondexter (6) || STAPLES Center 9,586 || 19-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 29 || 10:00pm || Connecticut || NBA TVWCTX || 95-84 || Taurasi (21) || Taurasi (9) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center 9,977 || 20-9 |- y background:#DC143C; color:white September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 99-101 || Pondexter (25) || T. Smith, Willingham (7) || Taurasi (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills 5,239 || 20-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 2 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TVFSI || 106-90 || Pondexter (25) || Ohlde (7) || Johnson (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,446 || 21-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 5 || 10:00pm || Atlanta || || 100-82 || Bonner (20) || Bonner (7) || Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center 10,424 || 22-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 10 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 92-84 (OT) || Taurasi (24) || Taurasi (8) || Pondexter (8) || KeyArena 9,089 || 23-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 13 || 3:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 78-81 || Johnson (14) || Willingham (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center 12,968 || 23-11 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00 2009 Game log: Postseason y background:#DC143C; color:white Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 17 || 9:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 91-92 || Taylor (18) || Taurasi (7) || Taylor (6) || AT&T Center 5,721 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 19 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || NBA TV || 106-78 || Taurasi (24) || Bonner (13) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center 7,267 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 21 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || ESPN2 || 100-92 || Taurasi (30) || T. Smith (8) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center 6,896 || 2-1 |- y background:#DC143C; color:white Western Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 23 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 103-94 || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (6) || Taurasi (6) || Pauley Pavilion 6,389 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 25 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TV || 76-87 || Taurasi (25) || Pondexter (7) || Taylor (5) || US Airways Center 7,628 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 26 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TV || 85-74 || Taurasi (21) || Taurasi (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center 7,226 || 2-1 |- y background:#DC143C; color:white WNBA Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 29 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 120-116 (OT) || Pondexter, Taylor (23) || Taurasi (9) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 11,617 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 1 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 84-93 || Taurasi (20) || Taurasi (7) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center 16,758 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 4 || 4:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 85-86 || Pondexter (23) || T. Smith (10) || Pondexter (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 7 || 7:30pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 90-77 || Pondexter (22) || Willingham (8) || Pondexter (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 || 2-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 9 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 94-86 || Taurasi (26) || T. Smith (8) || Taylor (5) || US Airways Center 17,313 || 3-2 |- Regular season statistics Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Bonner, DeWanna DeWanna Bonner 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Johnson, Temeka Temeka Johnson 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Mazzante, Kelly Kelly Mazzante 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Ohlde, Nicole Nicole Ohlde 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Pondexter, Cappie Cappie Pondexter 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Quigley, Allie Allie Quigley 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Smith, Brooke Brooke Smith 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Smith, Tangela Tangela Smith 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Swanier, Ketia Ketia Swanier 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Taurasi, Diana Diana Taurasi 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Taylor, Penny Penny Taylor 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Willingham, Le'coe Le'coe Willingham 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Phoenix Mercury .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Opponents .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Awards and honors Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009. Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 6, 2009. Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 13, 2009. Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 10, 2009. Diana Taurasi was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve. Cappie Pondexter was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve. DeWanna Bonner was named Sixth Woman of the Year. Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team. Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-WNBA First Team. Diana Taurasi was named Most Valuable Player. References External links Category:Phoenix Mercury seasons Phoenix Phoenix Mercury Category:Western Conference (WNBA) championship seasons Category:WNBA championship seasons