2006 Phoenix Mercury season

August 2023 March 2026 Phoenix Mercury 2006 18 16 Western 5th Paul Westhead U.S. Airways Center Did not qualify The 2006 WNBA season was the tenth for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury drafted Cappie Pondexter with the 2nd pick overall in the WNBA Draft. They were close to qualifying for the playoffs, but lost to a tiebreaker to the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm. Offseason Ann Meyers-Drysdale was hired as the Phoenix Mercury general manager. http://www.phoenixwoman.com/articles/detail/67 A Lifetime of Firsts Phoenix Woman 25 June 2010 WNBA draft Pick Player Nationality School2nd Cappie Pondexter 18th Liz Shimek 31st Jamie Carey http://www.wnba.com/history/mercury_draft_history.html Phoenix Mercury Draft History WNBA.com 2009-02-20 Regular season Season standings PHX Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record May 20 at Sacramento 78-105 Loss 0-1 May 25 vs Seattle 81-94 Loss 0-2 May 31 vs San Antonio 76-82 Loss 0-3 June 2 at Seattle 87-97 Loss 0-4 June 6 vs Sacramento 90-76 Win 1-4 June 9 vs Detroit 93-79 Win 2-4 June 13 at Los Angeles 84-98 Loss 2-5 June 16 vs Connecticut 91-86 Win 3-5 June 18 at Minnesota 82-94 Loss 3-6 June 21 at Seattle 87-80 Win 4-6 June 23 vs Indiana 73-83 Loss 4-7 June 25 vs Chicago 90-77 Win 5-7 June 28 vs Minnesota 81-78 Win 6-7 June 30 at Los Angeles 83-85 Loss 6-8 July 2 vs Washington 78-81 Loss 6-9 July 6 at Detroit 91-76 Win 7-9 July 8 at Connecticut 77-82 Loss 7-10 July 9 at New York 94-88 (OT) Win 8-10 July 14 vs Los Angeles 85-95 Loss 8-11 July 16 vs New York 80-70 Win 9-11 July 18 at Indiana 65-71 Loss 9-12 July 19 at Washington 96-83 Win 10-12 July 22 at Charlotte 78-74 Win 11-12 July 25 vs Seattle 85-91 Loss 11-13 July 27 at Houston 95-98 Loss 11-14 July 28 at San Antonio 96-98 Loss 11-15 July 30 vs Houston 80-82 Loss 11-16 August 1 at Chicago 90-70 Win 12-16 August 3 vs Charlotte 112-84 Win 13-16 August 5 vs Los Angeles 96-80 Win 14-16 August 8 vs Minnesota 99-68 Win 15-16 August 10 at Houston 111-110 (3OT) Win 16-16 August 12 at San Antonio 95-93 Win 17-16 August 13 vs Sacramento 81-71 Win 18-16 Player stats Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTS Diana Taurasi 34 1152 298 122 139 42 27 860 Cappie Pondexter 32 1067 219 107 98 37 4 624 Kelly Miller 296Penny Taylor 277Kamila Vodichkova 272Jennifer Lacy 162Kristen Rasmussen 146Belinda Snell 100Jennifer Derevjanik 96 Crystal Smith 60Tamicha Jackson 24 Ann Strother 16 Bridget Pettis 14 Sandora Irvin 7 Mandisa Stevenson 3 Kayte Christensen 3https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2006.html 2006 Phoenix Mercury Statistics Basketball-Reference.com 2009-02-20 Awards and honors 8/14/06: Diana Taurasi, WNBA Player of the Weekhttp://www.wnba.com/history/playersoftheweek.html Players of the Week WNBA.com 2008-09-15 2009-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215191033/http://www.wnba.com/history/playersoftheweek.html 15 February 2009 live 7/10/06: Diana Taurasi, WNBA Player of the Week 6/12/06: Cappie Pondexter, WNBA Player of the Week References External links Mercury on Basketball Reference Category:Phoenix Mercury seasons Phoenix Phoenix Mercury