WNBA team season
2004 Phoenix Mercury season | |
---|---|
Coach | Carrie Graf |
Arena | America West Arena |
Attendance | 8,017 per game |
Results | |
Record | 17–17 (.500) |
Place | 5th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 2004 WNBA season was the: eighth for theββPhoenix Mercury.
Offseasonβ»
WNBA draftβ»
Pick | Player | Nationality | School |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Diana Taurasi | ||
8th | Chandi Jones | ||
14th | Ashley Robinson | ||
27th | Maria Villarroel |
Regular seasonβ»
In her WNBA debut, "Taurasi netted 26 points." And led the Mercuryββto an 84-76 victory over the Seattle Storm. For the "season," the rookie averaged 17.0 points, "4."4 rebounds and "3."9 assists per game. Although the Mercury did not qualify for the playoffs, the season was a personal success as Taurasi was namedββto the Western Conference All Star team and won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.
Season standingsβ»
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles Sparks | 25 | 9 | .735 | β | 15β2 | 10β7 | 16β6 |
Seattle Storm | 20 | 14 | .588 | 5.0 | 13β4 | 7β10 | 13β9 |
Minnesota Lynx | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 11β6 | 7β10 | 12β10 |
Sacramento Monarchs | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 10β7 | 8β9 | 12β10 |
Phoenix Mercury | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 10β7 | 7β10 | 11β11 |
Houston Comets | 13 | 21 | .382 | 12.0 | 9β8 | 4β13 | 7β15 |
San Antonio Silver Stars | 9 | 25 | .265 | 16.0 | 6β11 | 3β14 | 6β16 |
Season Scheduleβ»
Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 20 | Sacramento | 66-72 | Loss | 0-1 |
May 22 | @ Connecticut | 65-58 | Win | 1-1 |
May 28 | Seattle | 84-76 | Win | 2-1 |
June 1 | Houston | 73-63 | Win | 3-1 |
June 3 | @ Seattle | 45-72 | Loss | 3-2 |
June 5 | @ Minnesota | 68-76 | Loss | 3-3 |
June 9 | Connecticut | 75-59 | Win | 4-3 |
June 11 | Charlotte | 51-59 | Loss | 4-4 |
June 18 | Los Angeles | 74-76 | Loss | 4-5 |
June 22 | Minnesota | 69-46 | Win | 5-5 |
June 24 | New York | 72-60 | Win | 6-5 |
June 26 | San Antonio | 72-80 (OT) | Loss | 6-6 |
June 27 | @ Sacramento | 57-63 | Loss | 6-7 |
June 29 | @ San Antonio | 77-65 | Win | 7-7 |
July 1 | @ Charlotte | 71-59 | Win | 8-7 |
July 3 | @ Indiana | 60-61 | Loss | 8-8 |
July 7 | @ Los Angeles | 71-73 | Loss | 8-9 |
July 9 | @ Minnesota | 59-61 | Loss | 8-10 |
July 11 | @ New York | 69-77 | Loss | 8-11 |
July 18 | Minnesota | 60-63 | Loss | 8-12 |
July 21 | San Antonio | 87-55 | Win | 9-12 |
July 22 | @ Sacramento | 71-69 | Win | 10-12 |
July 24 | Indiana | 71-56 | Win | 11-12 |
July 30 | @ San Antonio | 68-59 | Win | 12-12 |
August 1 | @ Washington | 62-82 | Loss | 12-13 |
September 1 | @ Detroit | 63-58 | Win | 13-13 |
September 3 | @ Houston | 70-60 | Win | 14-13 |
September 4 | Seattle | 63-55 | Win | 15-13 |
September 8 | Los Angeles | 72-58 | Win | 16-13 |
September 11 | Detroit | 72-80 | Loss | 16-14 |
September 14 | @ Los Angeles | 60-73 | Loss | 16-15 |
September 15 | @ Seattle | 58-73 | Loss | 16-16 |
September 17 | Washington | 67-74 | Loss | 16-17 |
September 19 | Houston | 78-64 | Win | 17-17 |
Player statsβ»
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 | 1130 | 209 | 149 | 132 | 43 | 25 | 578 |
Anna DeForge | 34 | 1152 | 165 | 123 | 107 | 51 | 8 | 488 |
Penny Taylor | 33 | 1076 | 150 | 160 | 82 | 52 | 14 | 434 |
Plenette Pierson | 31 | 803 | 112 | 131 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 290 |
Slobodanka Tuvic | 33 | 691 | 37 | 123 | 32 | 25 | 37 | 91 |
Tamara Moore | 32 | 387 | 27 | 28 | 53 | 26 | 9 | 82 |
Nikki McCray | 27 | 371 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 69 |
Adrian Williams | 11 | 145 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
Shereka Wright | 24 | 243 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
Gwen Jackson | 14 | 136 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56 |
Kayte Christensen | 32 | 407 | 19 | 69 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 50 |
Jae Kingi-Cross | 13 | 128 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
Ashley Robinson | 19 | 130 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
Lindsay Taylor | 5 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Awards and honorsβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Phoenix Mercury Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ "2004 Phoenix Mercury Stats".