2005 Phoenix Mercury season |
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Coach | Carrie Graf |
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Arena | America West Arena |
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Attendance | 7,303 per game |
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Results |
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Record | 16–18 (.471) |
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Place | 5th (Western) |
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Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
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← 2004 season 2006 season → |
The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, falling a game short.
Offseason
WNBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
1 | 3 | Sandora Irvin (F) | United States | TCU |
2 | 18 | Angelina Williams (F) | United States | Illinois |
3 | 31 | Jamie Carey (G) | United States | Texas |
Regular season
Season standings
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
Sacramento Monarchs x | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 15–2 | 10–7 | 17–5 |
Seattle Storm x | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 14–3 | 6–11 | 13–9 |
Houston Comets x | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
Los Angeles Sparks x | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–10 |
Phoenix Mercury o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–10 |
Minnesota Lynx o | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 11–6 | 3–14 | 9–13 |
San Antonio Silver Stars o | 7 | 27 | .206 | 18.0 | 5–12 | 2–15 | 3–19 |
Season schedule
Player stats
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
Diana Taurasi | 33 | 138 | 150 | 38 | 28 | 527 |
Anna DeForge | 33 | 114 | 80 | 41 | 7 | 433 |
Penny Taylor | 29 | 120 | 94 | 38 | 11 | 382 |
Kamila Vodichkova | 28 | 196 | 63 | 28 | 22 | 305 |
Maria Stepanova | 15 | 80 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 162 |
Ashley Robinson | 34 | 118 | 31 | 20 | 34 | 103 |
Shereka Wright | 25 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 94 |
Plenette Pierson | 12 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 92 |
Belinda Snell | 20 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 65 |
Sandora Irvin | 12 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 44 |
Lisa Harrison | 27 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
Angelina Williams | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 40 |
Gwen Jackson | 11 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
Niele Ivey | 14 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
Kayte Christensen | 11 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
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References
- ^ "2005 Phoenix Mercury Stats".
External links
- Mercury on Basketball Reference