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2008 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury were not able to win their second consecutive WNBA Championship and became the first defending champion to not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

On September 27, 2007, head coach Paul Westhead resigned and took a job as an assistant coach under P.J. Carlesimo for the Seattle SuperSonics. Assistant coach Corey Gaines was named the team's new head coach on November 7 of that year.

Expansion draft

Jennifer Lacy was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School
1	13	LaToya Pringle		North Carolina
2	25
(from SA)	Leilani Mitchell		Utah
3	41	Marscilla Packer		Ohio State

Transactions

Trades

April 22, 2008	To Phoenix Mercury New York's third-round pick in the [2009 WNBA draft](2009-wnba-draft)	To New York Liberty Leilani Mitchell

Free agents

Olympia Scott	August 7, 2008	Los Angeles Sparks

Jennifer Derejanik	April 3, 2008

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance	Record
May 17	vs. Los Angeles	[94-99](https://web.archive.org/web/20090213003841/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080517/LASPHO/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (32)	13,749	0-1
May 20	@ San Antonio	[76-81](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122051639/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080520/PHOSAN/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (23)	9,103	0-2
May 22	vs. Seattle	[83-87](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229115836/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080522/SEAPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (23)	7,059	0-3
May 31	@ Minnesota	[83-94](https://web.archive.org/web/20081002091559/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080531/PHOMIN/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (31)	6,914	0-4
June 3	vs. Washington	[98-93](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122061944/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080603/WASPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (29)	7,561	1-4
June 6	@ Los Angeles	[85-79](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122052026/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080606/PHOLAS/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (29)	13,142	2-4
June 11	@ Seattle	[77-83](https://web.archive.org/web/20081228015247/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080611/PHOSEA/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (37)	7,483	2-5
June 14	vs. Detroit	[79-89](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122051032/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080614/DETPHO/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (28)	7,696	2-6
June 18	vs. Connecticut	[102-81](https://web.archive.org/web/20080930213024/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080618/CONPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (32)	4,478	3-6
June 20	vs. Chicago	[112-105 (OT)](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122060311/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080620/CHIPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (33)	7,311	4-6
June 22	@ New York	[72-105](https://web.archive.org/web/20081205171621/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080622/PHONYL/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (21)	8,688	4-7
June 24	@ Washington	[98-90](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122061833/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080624/PHOWAS/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (31)	6,662	5-7
June 26	@ Chicago	[89-79](https://web.archive.org/web/20081122054805/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080626/PHOCHI/boxscore.html)	Kelly Miller (17)	3,103	6-7
June 29	@ Connecticut	[87-80](https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123046/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080629/PHOCON/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (25)	9,518	7-7
July 1	@ Atlanta	[97-79](https://web.archive.org/web/20081007072956/http://wnba.com/games/20080701/PHOATL/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (28)	9,795	8-7
July 5	vs. New York	[83-93](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104190607/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080705/NYLPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (25)	6,481	8-8
July 6	@ Los Angeles	[80-91](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120221448/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080706/PHOLAS/boxscore.html)	Kelly Miller (14)
Cappie Pondexter (14)	10,004	8-9
July 8	vs. Houston	[99-94](https://web.archive.org/web/20080915110424/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080708/HOUPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (30)	15,499	9-9
July 10	@ Seattle	[78-89](https://web.archive.org/web/20081229115940/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080710/PHOSEA/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (20)	10,454	9-10
July 12	@ Sacramento	[97-105](https://web.archive.org/web/20080915111643/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080712/PHOSAC/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (33)	7,044	9-11
July 15	vs. San Antonio	[87-97](https://web.archive.org/web/20080920145854/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080715/SANPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (23)
Cappie Pondexter (23)	6,451	9-12
July 17	vs. Los Angeles	[99-92](https://web.archive.org/web/20080902181640/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080717/LASPHO/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (27)	7,981	10-12
July 19	vs. Atlanta	[110-84](https://web.archive.org/web/20080920144136/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080719/ATLPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (21)	7,913	11-12
July 22	@ Houston	[92-94](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120222218/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080722/PHOHOU/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (31)	6,134	11-13
July 24	@ Sacramento	[74-83](https://web.archive.org/web/20080915111825/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080724/PHOSAC/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (23)	11,946	11-14
July 25	vs. Seattle	[94-80](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120201031/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080725/SEAPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (31)	8,323	12-14
July 27	vs. Indiana	[84-88](https://web.archive.org/web/20120825030408/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080727/INDPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurassi (25)	7,924	12-15
August 28	vs. San Antonio	[55-77](https://web.archive.org/web/20080913045736/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080828/SANPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (13)	7,931	12-16
September 3	vs. Minnesota	[103-96](https://web.archive.org/web/20080906205704/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080903/MINPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (32)	7,722	13-16
September 5	vs. Sacramento	[81-69](https://web.archive.org/web/20080913051029/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080905/SACPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (26)	10,527	14-16
September 7	vs. Houston	[99-74](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120220521/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080907/HOUPHO/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (33)	10,261	15-16
September 9	@ Detroit	[78-89](https://web.archive.org/web/20081201141230/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080909/PHODET/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (23)	7,495	15-17
September 12	@ Minnesota	[96-87](https://web.archive.org/web/20080915212206/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080912/PHOMIN/boxscore.html)	Diana Taurasi (31)	8,343	16-17
September 14	@ Indiana	[89-103](https://web.archive.org/web/20080917234003/http://www.wnba.com/games/20080914/PHOIND/boxscore.html)	Cappie Pondexter (23)	8,776	16-18

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
34	34	31.9	.446	.360	.870	5.1	3.6	1.4	1.4	24.1
32	32	31.3	.413	.313	.846	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.2	21.2
25	25	28.9	.417	.348	.867	7.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	11.1
34	27	24.5	.570	.185	.741	5.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	10.1
34	34	27.8	.408	.385	.845	4.4	4.0	0.7	0.1	8.3
34	2	18.9	.332	.331	.833	1.9	1.1	0.7	0.1	5.8
29	7	13.0	.448	.000	.824	3.5	0.3	0.3	1.5	4.4
34	8	16.3	.463	.000	.698	3.8	0.2	0.6	0.1	3.5
6	0	11.5	.364	.000	.000	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.7
23	0	7.3	.351	.000	.941	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	2.4
14	0	7.1	.333	.182	.500	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.1	2.1
5	1	8.2	.375	.000	.600	2.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.8
17	0	8.5	.263	.125	.750	1.0	1.6	0.1	0.2	0.8

Phoenix Mercury Regular Season Stats

Roster

Awards and honors

Diana Taurasi, WNBA Player of the Week (June 2–8, June 16–22, June 23–29, and September 1–7)
Cappie Pondexter, WNBA Player of the Week (July 14–20)
Diana Taurasi, WNBA Peak Performers (Points)
Diana Taurasi, All-WNBA First Team

References

"WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream".

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