2009 Phoenix Mercury season

{{Short description|Women's basketball season in the United States}}

{{WNBA season

| team = Phoenix Mercury

| year = 2009

| attendance = 8,523

| wins = 23

| losses = 11

| conf = Western

| conf_place = 1st

| coach = Corey Gaines

| arena = US Airways Center

| points = Taurasi (20.4)

| rebounds = Bonner (5.8)

| assists = Pondexter (5.0)

| playoffs = Won WNBA Finals

| television = FSN Arizona

}}

The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Mercury won the WNBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/mercury/news/lifelock_release_090601.html|title=MERCURY: Mercury, LifeLock Break New Ground with Partnership|work=wnba.com|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}

The partnership ran through 2011, and the LifeLock name was on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock ware the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock offered a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams.

Off-season

=Dispersal draft=

Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they picked 5th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html|title=WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream Select Sancho Lyttle With Top Pick in Houston Comets Dispersal Draft|work=wnba.com|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}

=WNBA draft=

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft:

class="wikitable"

! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="2%"| Round

! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="5%"| Pick

! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| Nationality

! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country

| 5

| DeWanna Bonner

| {{USA}}

| Auburn

| 31

| Sha Brooks

| {{USA}}

| Florida

| 34 (from N.Y.)

| Jessica Adair

| {{USA}}

| George Washington

{{cite web |title=WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board |url=http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725061746/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html |archivedate=2009-07-25 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-08-02 }}

=Transactions=

July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor.
July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley.
June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers.
June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page.
May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page.
May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair.
April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn.
April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin.
March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA draft pick.
March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith.
March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell.
February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract.
January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde.
January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA draft pick.
January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract.
May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction.

{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html|title=WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions|work=wnba.com|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="width:80%"

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width=200"|Date

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" colspan=2|Trade

rowspan=2|March 7, 2008

| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

| width=350|To New York Liberty

third-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft

| Leilani Mitchell

rowspan=2|January 21, 2009

| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

| width=350|To Atlanta Dream

Alison Bales

| second-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft

rowspan=2|January 30, 2009

| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

| width=350|To Minnesota Lynx

Nicole Ohlde

| Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle

rowspan=2|March 20, 2009

| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

| width=350|To Sacramento Monarchs

A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith

| Barbara Farris

rowspan=2|March 26, 2009

| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

| width=350|To Los Angeles Sparks

Temeka Johnson

| first-round pick in 2010 WNBA Draft

=Free agents=

==Additions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:140px"\|Player \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:100px"\|Signed \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"\|Former team
style="height:40px" \| Sequoia Holmes	December 8, 2008	Houston Comets
style="height:40px" \| Brooke Smith	January 7, 2009	re-signed
style="height:40px" \| Nicole Ohlde	January 30, 2009	Minnesota Lynx
style="height:40px" \| Temeka Johnson	March 26, 2009	Los Angeles Sparks
style="height:40px" \| Ketia Swanier	June 3, 2009	Connecticut Sun
style="height:40px" \| Penny Taylor	July 17, 2009	re-signed

==Subtractions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:140px"\|Player \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:100px"\|Left \| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"\|New team
style="height:40px" \| Kelly Miller	January 30, 2009	Minnesota Lynx
style="height:40px" \| LaToya Pringle	January 30, 2009	Minnesota Lynx
style="height:40px" \| Barbara Farris	March 20, 2009	Detroit Shock
style="height:40px" \| Yuko Oga	June 2, 2009	free agent
style="height:40px" \| Sha Brooks	June 3, 2009	free agent
style="height:40px" \| Allie Quigley	July 14, 2009	free agent
style="height:40px" \| Jennifer Derevjanik	2009	free agent
style="height:40px" \| Olympia Scott	2009	free agent

Roster

{{sports roster

| team=Phoenix Mercury

| season = 2009

| style = WNBA

| players =

{{sports roster/entry | num = 24 | first= DeWanna | last= Bonner | pos = G | ft= 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 136 | college = Auburn | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 2 | first = Temeka | last = Johnson | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 3 | lbs = 132 | college = LSU | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 33 | first = Kelly | last = Mazzante | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 155 | college = Penn State | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 30 | first = Nicole | last = Ohlde | pos = F-C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | college = Kansas State | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 23 | first = Cappie | last = Pondexter | pos = SG | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 160 | college = Rutgers | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 21 | first = Brooke | last = Smith | link = Brooke Smith (basketball) | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 195 | college = Stanford | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 50 | first = Tangela | last = Smith | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 160 | college = Iowa | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 11 | first = Ketia | last = Swanier | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = 144 | college = Connecticut | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 13 | first = Penny | last = Taylor | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 163 | from = Australia | nat = AUS}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 3 | first = Diana | last = Taurasi | pos = F/G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 172 | college = Connecticut | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 43 | first = Le'Coe | last = Willingham | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 200 | college = Auburn | nat = USA}}

| head_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Corey | last = Gaines| college = Loyola Marymount}}

| asst_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Bridget | last = Pettis| college = Florida}}

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Julie | last = Hairgrove | nolink = 1| college = Arizona}}

| str_cond =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Tanara | last = Oiike | nolink = 1| college = California State University}}

| ath_train =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Tanara | last = Oiike | nolink = 1| college = California State University}}

| roster_url = http://www.wnba.com/mercury/roster/

| accessdate = 2009-07-14

}}

Season standings

Schedule

=Preseason=

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00|title= 2009 Game Log: Preseason| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 1 || May 27 || 2:00pm || @ Sacramento || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090530090447/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090527/PHOSAC/boxscore.html 74-70] || Quigley (15) || Bonner, B. Smith (6) || Quigley (4) || ARCO Arena
6,339 || 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 2 || May 30 || 10:00pm || Seattle || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090606124501/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090530/SEAPHO/boxscore.html 61-58] || Johnson (13) || Brooke Smith (6) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center
2,421 || 2-0

=Regular season=

{{Game log start|style=background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00|title= 2009 Game log: Regular season}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=June| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 1 || June 6 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || NBA TV
KMYS || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090610150602/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090606/SANPHO/boxscore.html 90-79] || Taurasi (25) || Bonner (11) || Johnson (9) || US Airways Center
13,582 || 1-0

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 2 || June 10 || 10:00pm || New York || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090614042320/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090610/NYLPHO/boxscore.html 91-84] || Pondexter (26) || 5 players (5) || Johnson, Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center
5,080 || 2-0

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 3 || June 12 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616063655/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090612/PHOSAC/boxscore.html 71-90] || Bonner (14) || Bonner (5) || Pondexter (4) || ARCO Arena
6,438 || 2-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 4 || June 13 || 10:00pm || Sacramento || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090617063334/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090613/SACPHO/boxscore.html 115-104 (OT)] || Taurasi (31) || T. Smith (7) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center
7,173 || 3-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 5 || June 17 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090621065220/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090617/MINPHO/boxscore.html 104-80] || Taurasi (38) || Bonner (10) || Pondexter (9) || US Airways Center
6,524 || 4-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 6 || June 19 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090623051210/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090619/LASPHO/boxscore.html 89-81] || Pondexter (21) || T. Smith (8) || Johnson (7) || US Airways Center
8,255 || 5-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 7 || June 21 || 7:00pm || Seattle || NBA TV
FSNA || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090625014352/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090621/SEAPHO/boxscore.html 84-93] || Taurasi (25) || Pondexter (5) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center
6,181 || 5-2

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 8 || June 23 || 7:30pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090627045622/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090623/PHOSAN/boxscore.html 87-91] || Pondexter (26) || Taurasi (8) || Johnson (5) || AT&T Center
6,692 || 5-3

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 9 || June 25 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090627204438/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090625/PHOWAS/boxscore.html 93-87] || Pondexter (24) || Bonner, T. Smith, Taurasi (8) || Johnson (6) || Verizon Center
9,808 || 6-3

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 10 || June 27 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBA TV
FSNA
FSN-N || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090701082927/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090627/PHOMIN/boxscore.html 80-109] || Bonner, Pondexter (19) || Taurasi (8) || Pondexter, Swanier (3) || Target Center
5,911 || 6-4

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=July| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 11 || July 1 || 10:00pm || Seattle || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090704153106/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090701/SEAPHO/boxscore.html 91-83] || Pondexter, Taurasi (22) || Pondexter (11) || Pondexter (8) || US Airways Center
6,341 || 7-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 12 || July 5 || 9:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TV
FSNA
FSNW || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090709041527/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090705/PHOLAS/boxscore.html 104-89] || Pondexter (21) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (6) || STAPLES Center
9,872 || 8-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 13 || July 8 || 10:00pm || Chicago || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090712025540/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090708/CHIPHO/boxscore.html 90-70] || Taurasi (22) || T. Smith (13) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center
5,597 || 9-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 14 || July 11 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715045953/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090711/PHOSAC/boxscore.html 107-105] || Pondexter (23) || Bonner, Taurasi (8) || Pondexter (8) || ARCO Arena
7,798 || 10-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 15 || July 15 || 3:30pm || Sacramento || NBA TV
FSNA || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090718082146/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090715/SACPHO/boxscore.html 100-81] || Taurasi (22) || Johnson (6) || Pondexter (15) || US Airways Center
11,590 || 11-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 16 || July 18 || 10:00pm|| Detroit || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721013447/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090718/DETPHO/boxscore.html 97-90] || Pondexter (26) || Pondexter, Willingham (7) || Pondexter (8) || US Airways Center
8,288 || 12-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 17 || July 22 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726041653/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090722/MINPHO/boxscore.html 86-99] || Pondexter (28) || Bonner (10) || Johnson (6) || US Airways Center
7,360 || 12-5

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 18 || July 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090729015135/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090726/PHONYL/boxscore.html 94-88] || Taurasi (34) || Taurasi (13) || Johnson (7) || Madison Square Garden
11,211 || 13-5

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 19 || July 28 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090801093309/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090728/PHOCON/boxscore.html 95-80] || Pondexter (29) || T. Smith, Taurasi (9) || Johnson (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,739 || 14-5

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 20 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090803075812/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090730/PHOATL/boxscore.html 76-106] || T. Smith (15) || Taurasi (7) || Swanier (5) || Philips Arena
7,827 || 14-6

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=August| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 21 || August 1 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090804234743/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090801/PHOMIN/boxscore.html 87-74] || Taurasi (20) || T. Smith (7) || Willingham (5) || Target Center
6,631 || 15-6

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 22 || August 4 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090808075959/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090804/PHOSEA/boxscore.html 101-90 (OT)] || Taurasi (19) || Pondexter, T. Smith (8) || Johnson (7) || KeyArena
6,728 || 16-6

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 23 || August 8 || 10:00pm || Indiana || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812095736/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090808/INDPHO/boxscore.html 83-90] || Taurasi (15) || Bonner, Taurasi (5) || Swanier (6) || US Airways Center
9,867 || 16-7

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 24 || August 13 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090817124931/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090813/SANPHO/boxscore.html 95-83] || Taurasi (29) || Bonner, Taurasi (6) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center
6,522 || 17-7

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 25 || August 15 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TV
FSNA
KMYS || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090819022110/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090815/PHOSAN/boxscore.html 89-106] || Taurasi (21) || Bonner (5) || Johnson, Pondexter (5) || AT&T Center
8,933 || 17-8

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 26 || August 18 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061106/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090818/PHOCHI/boxscore.html 106-99] || Taurasi (27) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (7) || UIC Pavilion
TBA || 18-8

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 27 || August 21 || 10:00pm || Washington || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090826104215/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090821/WASPHO/boxscore.html 81-91] || Taurasi (16) || Bonner (7) || Pondexter (6) || US Airways Center
9,155 || 18-9

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 28 || August 27 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TV
FSNW || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830202321/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090827/PHOLAS/boxscore.html 98-90] || Pondexter (26) || Bonner (9) || Johnson, Pondexter (6) || STAPLES Center
9,586 || 19-9

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 29 || August 29 || 10:00pm || Connecticut || NBA TV
WCTX || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090902123039/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090829/CONPHO/boxscore.html 95-84] || Taurasi (21) || Taurasi (9) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center
9,977 || 20-9

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=September| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 30 || September 1 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905074758/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090901/PHODET/boxscore.html 99-101] || Pondexter (25) || T. Smith, Willingham (7) || Taurasi (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills
5,239 || 20-10

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 31 || September 2 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TV
FSI || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906113121/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090902/PHOIND/boxscore.html 106-90] || Pondexter (25) || Ohlde (7) || Johnson (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,446 || 21-10

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 32 || September 5 || 10:00pm || Atlanta || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090909021917/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090905/ATLPHO/boxscore.html 100-82] || Bonner (20) || Bonner (7) || Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center
10,424 || 22-10

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 33 || September 10 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914121006/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090910/PHOSEA/boxscore.html 92-84 (OT)] || Taurasi (24) || Taurasi (8) || Pondexter (8) || KeyArena
9,089 || 23-10

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 34 || September 13 || 3:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922185527/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090913/LASPHO/boxscore.html 78-81] || Johnson (14) || Willingham (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center
12,968 || 23-11

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=Postseason=

{{Game log start|style=background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00|title= 2009 Game log: Postseason}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=Western Conference Semifinals| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Series}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 1 || September 17 || 9:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922185706/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090917/PHOSAN/boxscore.html 91-92] || Taylor (18) || Taurasi (7) || Taylor (6) || AT&T Center
5,721 || 0-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 2 || September 19 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || NBA TV || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923185434/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090919/SANPHO/boxscore.html 106-78] || Taurasi (24) || Bonner (13) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center
7,267 || 1-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 3 || September 21 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923191330/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090921/SANPHO/boxscore.html 100-92] || Taurasi (30) || T. Smith (8) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center
6,896 || 2-1

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=Western Conference Finals| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Series}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 1 || September 23 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090927043828/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090923/PHOLAS/boxscore.html 103-94] || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (6) || Taurasi (6) || Pauley Pavilion
6,389 || 1-0

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 2 || September 25 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TV || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090927155752/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090925/LASPHO/boxscore.html 76-87] || Taurasi (25) || Pondexter (7) || Taylor (5) || US Airways Center
7,628 || 1-1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 3 || September 26 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TV || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929223701/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090926/LASPHO/boxscore.html 85-74] || Taurasi (21) || Taurasi (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center
7,226 || 2-1

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#DC143C; color:white|title=WNBA Finals| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Series}}

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| 1 || September 29 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091003043152/http://www.wnba.com/games/20090929/INDPHO/boxscore.html 120-116 (OT)] || Pondexter, Taylor (23) || Taurasi (9) || Taurasi (6) || US Airways Center
11,617 || 1-0

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| 2 || October 1 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091003214345/http://www.wnba.com/games/20091001/INDPHO/boxscore.html 84-93] || Taurasi (20) || Taurasi (7) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center
16,758 || 1-1

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| 3 || October 4 || 4:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091007025238/http://www.wnba.com/games/20091004/PHOIND/boxscore.html 85-86] || Pondexter (23) || T. Smith (10) || Pondexter (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165 || 1-2

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| 4 || October 7 || 7:30pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091009211003/http://www.wnba.com/games/20091007/PHOIND/boxscore.html 90-77] || Pondexter (22) || Willingham (8) || Pondexter (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165 || 2-2

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| 5 || October 9 || 9:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091011142314/http://www.wnba.com/games/20091009/INDPHO/boxscore.html 94-86] || Taurasi (26) || T. Smith (8) || Taylor (5) || US Airways Center
17,313 || 3-2

Regular season statistics

=Player statistics=

style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| GP ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| GS ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| MPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| RPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="5%" \| APG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| SPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| BPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{{sort\|Bonner, DeWanna\|DeWanna Bonner}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Johnson, Temeka\|Temeka Johnson}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Mazzante, Kelly\|Kelly Mazzante}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Ohlde, Nicole\|Nicole Ohlde}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Pondexter, Cappie\|Cappie Pondexter}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Quigley, Allie\|Allie Quigley}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Smith, Brooke\|Brooke Smith}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Smith, Tangela\|Tangela Smith}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Swanier, Ketia\|Ketia Swanier}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Taurasi, Diana\|Diana Taurasi}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Taylor, Penny\|Penny Taylor}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
{{sort\|Willingham, Le'coe\|Le'coe Willingham}} \| 0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

=Team statistics=

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style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="10%" \| Team ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| FG% ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| 3P% ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| FT% ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| RPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="5%" \| APG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| SPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| BPG ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| TO ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| PF ! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" \| PPG
Phoenix Mercury \| .000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents \| .000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="10%" | Team

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | 3P%

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="5%" | APG

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | TO

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | PF

! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" width="6%" | PPG

Phoenix Mercury

| .000

.000

00.0

0.0

00.0

Opponents

| .000

.000

00.0

0.0

00.0

Awards and honors

Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009.
Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 6, 2009.
Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 13, 2009.
Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 10, 2009.
Diana Taurasi was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
Cappie Pondexter was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
DeWanna Bonner was named Sixth Woman of the Year.
Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Diana Taurasi was named Most Valuable Player.

References

External links

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