2009 Phoenix Mercury Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 23-11
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 7-4 Won Championship

First Round - Defeated San Antonio Silver Stars 2-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Sparks 2-1
Finals - Defeated Indiana Fever 3-2
Coach: Corey Gaines (23-11)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 144,884, Avg. 8,523 in 17 home dates

2009 Phoenix Mercury Roster

The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2009 season with a record of 23 wins and 11 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

Phoenix topped the league with 3,156 points. The club allowed 3,031 points, most in the circuit. Cappie Pondexter tossed in a team-best 648 points for the Mercury, and Diana Taurasi scored 15 or more per game, too. DeWanna Bonner accounted for 196 boards. Cappie Pondexter doled out 171 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Diana Taurasi added 36 steals, while Tangela Smith blocked 57 shots.

Corey Gaines coached the team. The 2009 Phoenix Mercury won the Championship of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cappie Pondexter	G	34	34	1075	513	236	120	43	151	133	32	112	144	171	31	12	86	99	648
Diana Taurasi	F-G	31	31	976	434	200	194	79	170	152	18	160	178	109	36	43	82	95	631
DeWanna Bonner	G	34	0	724	278	127	13	2	154	125	70	126	196	13	23	25	34	70	381
Le'coe Willingham	F	34	34	713	255	136	8	1	79	67	64	79	143	35	22	9	46	91	340
Tangela Smith	F-C	34	34	920	304	137	93	42	23	20	35	148	183	27	34	57	37	107	336
Temeka Johnson	G	34	34	901	281	125	87	36	50	42	8	112	120	157	29	4	76	79	328
Penny Taylor	F	14	1	283	108	50	25	10	48	43	12	22	34	32	18	2	31	32	153
Nicole Ohlde	F-C	21	0	311	71	38	0	0	46	33	19	40	59	6	5	20	29	55	109
Kelly Mazzante	G	31	2	433	99	36	88	31	3	3	7	33	40	17	10	3	10	42	106
Ketia Swanier	G	33	0	388	88	33	33	11	18	16	7	46	53	54	15	3	46	34	93
Brooke Smith	F-C	21	0	144	15	7	0	0	8	7	11	24	35	3	2	3	7	30	21
Allie Quigley	G	6	0	32	8	3	4	2	2	2	1	4	5	1	0	0	5	6	10
Totals		327	170	6900	2454	1128	665	257	752	643	284	906	1190	625	225	181	489	740	3156

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Cappie Pondexter	G	34	34	31.6	46.0	35.8	88.1	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.0	0.9	0.4	2.5	2.9	19.1
Diana Taurasi	F-G	31	31	31.5	46.1	40.7	89.4	0.6	5.2	5.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.1	20.4
DeWanna Bonner	G	34	0	21.3	45.7	15.4	81.2	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.1	11.2
Le'coe Willingham	F	34	34	21.0	53.3	12.5	84.8	1.9	2.3	4.2	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.7	10.0
Tangela Smith	F-C	34	34	27.1	45.1	45.2	87.0	1.0	4.4	5.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	1.1	3.1	9.9
Temeka Johnson	G	34	34	26.5	44.5	41.4	84.0	0.2	3.3	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	9.6
Penny Taylor	F	14	1	20.2	46.3	40.0	89.6	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.3	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.3	10.9
Nicole Ohlde	F-C	21	0	14.8	53.5		71.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.6	5.2
Kelly Mazzante	G	31	2	14.0	36.4	35.2	100.0	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	3.4
Ketia Swanier	G	33	0	11.8	37.5	33.3	88.9	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.0	2.8
Brooke Smith	F-C	21	0	6.9	46.7		87.5	0.5	1.1	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.0
Allie Quigley	G	6	0	5.3	37.5	50.0	100.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.7
Averages		327	170	21.1	46.0	38.6	85.5	0.9	2.8	3.6	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.5	2.3	9.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Diana Taurasi	F-G	11	11	362	182	82	85	31	56	50	9	56	65	42	8	14	33	41	245
Cappie Pondexter	G	11	11	340	164	76	36	9	44	39	11	29	40	39	13	0	16	26	200
Penny Taylor	F	11	0	265	93	49	31	15	51	44	10	28	38	37	4	2	12	23	157
Tangela Smith	F-C	11	11	290	76	40	38	20	12	9	14	50	64	9	15	9	7	38	109
DeWanna Bonner	G	11	0	186	69	34	1	0	35	29	17	30	47	3	5	6	7	13	97
Le'coe Willingham	F	11	11	254	65	35	1	0	24	20	21	27	48	10	4	5	14	26	90
Temeka Johnson	G	11	11	267	76	30	27	13	12	10	4	17	21	34	8	2	17	27	83
Nicole Ohlde	F-C	11	0	150	22	14	0	0	5	1	9	21	30	4	4	3	10	21	29
Ketia Swanier	G	9	0	91	27	8	11	4	0	0	2	7	9	13	2	0	7	10	20
Brooke Smith	F-C	1	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Kelly Mazzante	G	4	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		102	55	2225	778	370	231	92	239	202	97	267	364	191	64	41	124	226	1034

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Diana Taurasi	F-G	11	11	32.9	45.1	36.5	89.3	0.8	5.1	5.9	3.8	0.7	1.3	3.0	3.7	22.3
Cappie Pondexter	G	11	11	30.9	46.3	25.0	88.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	3.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.4	18.2
Penny Taylor	F	11	0	24.1	52.7	48.4	86.3	0.9	2.5	3.5	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.1	14.3
Tangela Smith	F-C	11	11	26.4	52.6	52.6	75.0	1.3	4.5	5.8	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	3.5	9.9
DeWanna Bonner	G	11	0	16.9	49.3	0.0	82.9	1.5	2.7	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.2	8.8
Le'coe Willingham	F	11	11	23.1	53.8	0.0	83.3	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	8.2
Temeka Johnson	G	11	11	24.3	39.5	48.1	83.3	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.5	7.5
Nicole Ohlde	F-C	11	0	13.6	63.6		20.0	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.9	2.6
Ketia Swanier	G	9	0	10.1	29.6	36.4		0.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.2
Brooke Smith	F-C	1	0	6.0	100.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
Kelly Mazzante	G	4	0	3.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Averages		327	55	21.8	47.6	39.8	84.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	10.1

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