2007 Phoenix Mercury season
Appearance
2007 Phoenix Mercury season | |
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Coach | Paul Westhead |
Arena | U.S. Airways Center |
Attendance | 7,737 per game |
Results | |
Record | 23–11 (.676) |
Place | 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | Won WNBA Finals |
The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury won their first WNBA championship.
Offseason
[edit]WNBA draft
[edit]The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2007 WNBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 1 | Lindsey Harding | ![]() |
Duke |
2 | 18 | Tyresa Smith | ![]() |
Delaware |
3 | 28 (from Minn.) | Leah Rush | ![]() |
Oklahoma |
3 | 31 | Chrissy Givens | ![]() |
Middle Tennessee |
3 | 37 (from Det.) | Emily Westerberg | ![]() |
Arizona State |
Transactions
[edit]- February 5: The Mercury re-signed Jennifer Lacy and Jen Derevjanik.
- February 21: The Mercury traded Sandora Irvin to the San Antonio Silver Stars for a second-round pick in the 2008 draft.
- March 8: The Mercury re-signed free agent Penny Taylor.
- March 20: The Mercury signed Adriana Moises.
- April 4: The Mercury traded the draft rights to Lindsey Harding to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Tangela Smith.
- April 5: The Mercury waived Kamila Vodichkova.
- April 25: The Mercury waived Michelle Campbell and Jocelyn Penn.
- April 26: The Mercury waived Charity Egenti and Yolanda Jones.
- May 1: The Mercury waived Natalie Nakase.
- May 10: The Mercury waived Chloe Kerr and Carrie Moore.
- May 14: The Mercury waived Chrissy Givens.
- May 17: The Mercury waived Leah Rush, Tyresa Smith and Mandisa Stevenson.
- May 18: The Mercury waived Kwe Ryong Kim and Crystal Smith.
- June 21: The Mercury waived Adriana Moises.
- July 5: The Mercury signed Teana Miller.
Date | Trade | |
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April 4, 2007 | To Phoenix Mercury | To Minnesota Lynx |
Tangela Smith | draft rights to Lindsey Harding |
Free agents
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Additions[edit]
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Subtractions[edit]
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Roster
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Season standings
[edit]Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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Phoenix Mercury x | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 12–5 | 11–6 | 17–5 |
San Antonio Silver Stars x | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3.0 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 13–9 |
Sacramento Monarchs x | 19 | 15 | .559 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 7–10 | 12–10 |
Seattle Storm x | 17 | 17 | .500 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 5–12 | 11–11 |
Houston Comets o | 13 | 21 | .382 | 10.0 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 10 | 24 | .294 | 13.0 | 7–10 | 3–14 | 8–14 |
Los Angeles Sparks o | 10 | 24 | .294 | 13.0 | 5–12 | 5–12 | 6–16 |
Schedule
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
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May 19 | San Antonio | 81-72 | Win | 1-0 |
May 23 | @ Seattle | 87-100 | Loss | 1-1 |
May 25 | Houston | 111-85 | Win | 2-1 |
May 29 | Sacramento | 76-75 | Win | 3-1 |
May 31 | @ San Antonio | 97-85 | Win | 4-1 |
June 2 | @ Connecticut | 67-76 | Loss | 4-2 |
June 3 | @ New York | 82-83 | Loss | 4-3 |
June 5 | Minnesota | 85-90 | Loss | 4-4 |
June 7 | Chicago | 80-66 | Win | 5-4 |
June 9 | @ Sacramento | 74-70 | Win | 6-4 |
June 13 | @ Washington | 69-86 | Loss | 6-5 |
June 15 | @ Indiana | 89-78 | Win | 7-5 |
June 20 | Washington | 101-106 | Loss | 7-6 |
June 22 | Detroit | 84-87 | Loss | 7-7 |
June 24 | Houston | 90-85 | Win | 8-7 |
June 30 | @ Houston | 92-75 | Win | 9-7 |
July 3 | @ Minnesota | 95-79 | Win | 10-7 |
July 6 | Connecticut | 111-109 (2OT) | Win | 11-7 |
July 8 | @ Detroit | 82-111 | Loss | 11-8 |
July 11 | San Antonio | 77-87 | Loss | 11-9 |
July 17 | Seattle | 89-79 | Win | 12-9 |
July 20 | Los Angeles | 77-87 | Loss | 12-10 |
July 22 | Minnesota | 106-93 | Win | 13-10 |
July 25 | @ Minnesota | 103-79 | Win | 14-10 |
July 27 | @ Chicago | 98-96 | Win | 15-10 |
July 29 | Indiana | 80-75 | Win | 16-10 |
July 31 | @ Houston | 76-74 | Win | 17-10 |
August 2 | @ San Antonio | 84-79 | Win | 18-10 |
August 4 | @ Seattle | 101-111 | Loss | 18-11 |
August 7 | @ Los Angeles | 96-93 | Win | 19-11 |
August 9 | New York | 97-86 | Win | 20-11 |
August 11 | Los Angeles | 100-83 | Win | 21-11 |
August 17 | @ Sacramento | 101-91 | Win | 22-11 |
August 19 | Sacramento | 87-73 | Win | 23-11 |
August 24 (first round, game 1) | @ Seattle | 101-84 | Win | 1-0 |
August 26 (first round, game 2) | Seattle | 95-89 | Win | 2-0 |
August 30 (West finals, game 1) | @ San Antonio | 102-100 | Win | 3-0 |
September 1 (West finals, game 2) | San Antonio | 98-92 | Win | 4-0 |
September 5 (WNBA finals, game 1) | @ Detroit | 100-108 | Loss | 4-1 |
September 8 (WNBA finals, game 2) | @ Detroit | 98-70 | Win | 5-1 |
September 11 (WNBA finals, game 3) | Detroit | 83-88 | Loss | 5-2 |
September 13 (WNBA finals, game 4) | Detroit | 77-76 | Win | 6-2 |
September 15 (WNBA finals, game 5) | @ Detroit | 108-92 | Win | 7-2 |
Regular season statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Player | GP | MIN | FG | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
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Diana Taurasi | 32 | 1025 | 206 | 135 | 137 | 45 | 34 | 613 |
Penny Taylor | 34 | 1010 | 198 | 214 | 98 | 51 | 22 | 605 |
Cappie Pondexter | 31 | 966 | 193 | 112 | 123 | 29 | 8 | 532 |
Tangela Smith | 34 | 1072 | 165 | 220 | 44 | 40 | 56 | 428 |
Kelly Miller | 34 | 1040 | 115 | 168 | 156 | 42 | 5 | 321 |
Kelly Mazzante | 34 | 488 | 64 | 56 | 38 | 26 | 2 | 182 |
Kelly Schumacher | 34 | 543 | 57 | 147 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 151 |
Belinda Snell | 30 | 343 | 37 | 46 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 107 |
Jennifer Derevjanik | 23 | 200 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 36 |
Jennifer Lacy | 20 | 94 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 |
Olympia Scott | 8 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Adriana Moises | 4 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Teana Miller | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Cappie Pondexter was named the 2007 Finals MVP.
References
[edit]- ^ "Phoenix Mercury Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ WNBA.com: 2007 WNBA Transactions
- ^ "2007 Phoenix Mercury Stats".