2011 Phoenix Mercury season

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Transaction log

• February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith, Sequoia Holmes, and Taylor Lilley to training camp contracts.
• February 22: The Mercury signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
• February 24: The Mercury signed Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Nakia Sanford.
• February 25: The Mercury signed Alexis Gray-Lawson and Amanda Thompson.
• March 14: The Mercury waived Sequoia Holmes and Brooke Smith.
• April 10: The Mercury signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp contract.
• April 11: The Mercury traded draft rights to Tahnee Robinson to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 draft.
• April 15: The Mercury waived Amanda Thompson.
• April 22: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga and Olayinka Sanni to training camp contracts.
• April 28: The Mercury waived Lauren Ervin.
• May 19: The Mercury waived Erlana Larkins.
• May 30: The Mercury waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears.
• June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
• August 4: The Mercury traded Kara Braxton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
• August 12: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Olayinka Sanni.

Trades

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 24 || 10:00pm || Japan || 96–52 || Gray-Lawson (16) || Dupree (8) || Gray Lawson (6) || US Airways Center 2,969 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || 72–83 || 3 players (12) || Braxton (6) || 5 players (2) || The Pit N/A || 1–1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 4 || 3:00pm || @ Seattle || ABC || 71–78 || Taurasi (31) || Dupree Braxton (9) || Taylor (5) || KeyArena 11,548 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 10 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 85–98 || Taylor (18) || Dupree (11) || Johnson (6) || Staples Center 10,616 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 17 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || FS-A || 99–101 || Taurasi (20) || Dupree (12) || Taylor (10) || US Airways Center 12,274 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 6:00pm || Indiana || || 93–89 (OT) || Taurasi (32) || Dupree (18) || Taylor (6) || US Airways Center 7,701 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 105–98 || Taylor (30) || Dupree (13) || Johnson (6) || AT&T Center 7,072 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 24 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || FS-A FS-S || 92–83 || Taurasi (20) || Taylor (10) || Taylor (8) || Philips Arena 5,492 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 25 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 86–78 || Tauarsi (23) || Braxton Taylor (9) || Taylor (7) || Allstate Arena 5,547 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 28 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 86–91 || Bonner Taurasi (15) || Braxton (7) || Gray-Lawson Taylor (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,625 || 4–4 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || July 1 || 10:00pm || Chicago || NBATV CN100 || 97–84 || Taurasi (24) || Dupree (9) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 9,517 || 5–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || July 5 || 9:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 101–82 || Dupree Taurasi (20) || Braxton (5) || Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center 9,826 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 8 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 86–78 || Taurasi (17) || Bonner (13) || Taylor (7) || BOK Center 4,081 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 10 || 6:00pm || Tulsa || NBATV COX || 102–63 || Taylor (18) || Sanford (7) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 7,696 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 13 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV FS-A FS-N || 112–105 || Taurasi (27) || Dupree Taylor (8) || Johnson Taurasi Taylor (8) || Target Center 11,820 || 9–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 15 || 10:00pm || Washington || NBATV FS-A || 78–64 || Dupree (20) || Taylor (8) || Taylor (7) || US Airways Center 9,075 || 10–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 20 || 3:30pm || Minnesota || NBATV FS-A || 98–106 || Taurasi (24) || Bonner Dupree (7) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 12,118 || 10–5 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 26 || 9:00pm || Seattle || NBATV || 77–83 || Taurasi (26) || Bonner Braxton (7) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center 6,108 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 28 || 12:30pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV FS-A FS-SW || 91–102 || Taurasi (27) || Dupree (14) || Johnson Taylor (5) || AT&T Center 14,797 || 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 30 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV MSG+ || 91–84 || Taylor (29) || Bonner (9) || Swanier (7) || Prudential Center 7,214 || 11–7 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 2 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 73–90 || Taurasi (20) || Bonner (8) || Johnson (4) || Target Center 7,126 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 7 || 6:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV FS-A || 95–96 (OT) || Taurasi (29) || Dupree (12) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center 8,514 || 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 85–80 || Taurasi (26) || Dupree (11) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center 6,726 || 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 11 || 10:00pm || Atlanta || || 109–95 || Bonner (25) || Bonner (13) || Taylor (6) || US Airways Center 7,940 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 12 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 90–93 (OT) || Taylor (29) || Bonner (10) || Johnson (12) || Staples Center 10,512 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 10:00pm || Seattle || || 81–79 || Taurasi (24) || Bonner Sanford Taurasi (5) || Johnson Taurasi (4) || US Airways Center 8,870 || 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 20 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || NBATV FS-A FS-SW || 87–81 || Taylor (28) || Bonner (11) || Taylor (5) || US Airways Center 10,134 || 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 23 || 10:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 70–74 || Dupree (17) || Taylor (9) || Johnson Taylor (4) || US Airways Center 8,871 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 26 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || CSN-NE || 92–95 || Taurasi Taylor (26) || Dupree Sanford (11) || Johnson (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,007 || 15–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 28 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV CSN-MA || 86–79 || Dupree (27) || Sanford (9) || Johnson (8) || Verizon Center 11,614 || 16–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 96–74 || Bonner (25) || Bonner Sanford (9) || Bonner Taurasi (3) || BOK Center 3,590 || 17–12 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 68–86 || Bonner (23) || Dupree (13) || Swanier Taurasi (3) || AT&T Center 6,502 || 17–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || NBATV || 93–77 || Taurasi (24) || Dupree (19) || Johnson (9) || US Airways Center 9,620 || 18–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 8 || 10:00pm || Tulsa || NBATV COX || 91–76 || Taurasi (21) || Bonner (10) || Swanier (9) || US Airways Center 8,189 || 19–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 70–85 || Taurasi (36) || Bonner (14) || Johnson (3) || KeyArena 9,686 || 19–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 11 || 6:00pm || Minnesota || FS-A || 90–96 || Taurasi (19) || Dupree (6) || Swanier (4) || US Airways Center 12,666 || 19–15 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 15 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 61–80 || Taylor (13) || Bonner (8) || Johnson Swanier Taylor (3) || KeyArena 7,279 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 17 || 10:00pm || Seattle || NBATV || 92–83 || Dupree (29) || Dupree (13) || Johnson (9) || US Airways Center 9,356 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 19 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 77–75 || Dupree (20) || Taylor (17) || Johnson Taurasi (3) || KeyArena 8,589 || 2–1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 22 || 9:00pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 67–95 || Taurasi (22) || Bonner (8) || Johnson (4) || Target Center 8,912 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 25 || 5:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 86–103 || Bonner Taurasi (22) || Dupree (11) || Johnson (6) || US Airways Center 8,617 || 0–2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

Awards and honors

• Candice Dupree was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 13, 2011.
• Penny Taylor was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 20, 2011.
• Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 8, 2011.
• DeWanna Bonner was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 29, 2011.
• Diana Taurasi was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Penny Taylor was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Diana Taurasi finished as a Peak Performer, averaging 21.6 points per game.
• DeWanna Bonner was named Sixth Woman of the Year.
• Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Penny Taylor was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

References

References

1. (August 5, 2011). "Libery acquire Kara Braxton from Mercury". [[NJ.com]].