2006 Phoenix Mercury season

2006 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachPaul Westhead
ArenaU.S. Airways Center
Attendance7,459 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid 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

WNBA draft

Pick Player Nationality School
2nd Cappie Pondexter
18th Liz Shimek
31st Jamie Carey

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 9 .735 – 15–2 10–7 15–5
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 13 .618 4.0 14–3 7–10 10–10
Houston Comets x 18 16 .529 7.0 12–5 6–11 11–9
Seattle Storm x 18 16 .529 7.0 9–8 9–8 10–10
Phoenix Mercury o 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o 13 21 .382 12.0 6–11 7–10 10–10
Minnesota Lynx o 10 24 .294 15.0 8–9 2–15 6–14

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 296
Penny Taylor 277
Kamila Vodichkova 272
Jennifer Lacy 162
Kristen Rasmussen 146
Belinda Snell 100
Jennifer Derevjanik 96
Crystal Smith 60
Tamicha Jackson 24
Ann Strother 16
Bridget Pettis 14
Sandora Irvin 7
Mandisa Stevenson 3
Kayte Christensen 3

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Awards and honors

  • 8/14/06: Diana Taurasi, WNBA Player of the Week[4]
  • 7/10/06: Diana Taurasi, WNBA Player of the Week
  • 6/12/06: Cappie Pondexter, WNBA Player of the Week

References

  1. ^ "A Lifetime of Firsts". Phoenix Woman. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "Phoenix Mercury Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  3. ^ "2006 Phoenix Mercury Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  4. ^ "Players of the Week". WNBA.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2009.