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{{WNBA season
{{WNBA season
| team = Phoenix Mercury
| team = Phoenix Mercury
| year = 2005
| year = 2005
| attendance = 7,303
| wins = 16
| wins = 16
| losses = 18
| losses = 18
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| conf_place = 5th
| conf_place = 5th
| coach = Carrie Graf
| coach = Carrie Graf
| arena = [[US Airways Center|America West Arena]]
| arena = [[America West Arena]]
| playoffs = Did Not Qualify
| playoffs = Did not qualify
}}
}}

The [[2005 WNBA season]] was the 9th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, falling a game short.
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==
==Offseason==

===WNBA Draft===
===WNBA draft===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
| Round || Pick || Player || Nationality || School/Club Team
| Round || Pick || Player || Nationality || School/Club Team
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
| 1 || 3 || [[Sandora Irvin]] (F) || {{USA}} || [[TCU Horned Frogs|TCU]]
| 1 || 3 || [[Sandora Irvin]] (F) || {{flagu|United States}} || [[TCU Horned Frogs|TCU]]
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
| 2 || 18 || Angelina Williams (F) || {{USA}} || [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Illinois]]
| 2 || 18 || Angelina Williams (F) || {{flagu|United States}} || [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Illinois]]
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
| 3 || 31 || [[Jamie Carey]] (G) || {{USA}} || [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]]
| 3 || 31 || [[Jamie Carey]] (G) || {{flagu|United States}} || [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]]
|}
|}


==Regular Season==
==Regular season==

===Season Standings===
===Season standings===
{{2005 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=PHX}}
{{2005 WNBA Western Conference standings|team=PHX}}


===Season Schedule===
===Season schedule===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
| Date || Opponent || Score || Result || Record
| Date || Opponent || Score || Result || Record
|-align="center" bgcolor=""
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| May 21 || [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]] || 72-77 || Loss || 0-1
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| May 24 || @ [[Indiana Fever|Indiana]] || 76-83 || Loss || 0-2
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| May 26 || @ [[Charlotte Sting|Charlotte]] || 68-58 || Win || 1-2
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| May 28 || @ [[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]] || 68-85 || Loss || 1-3
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 2 || [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]] || 67-78 || Loss || 1-4
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 4 || @ [[Houston Comets|Houston]] || 57-59 || Loss || 1-5
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| June 8 || @ [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]] || 66-63 || Win || 2-5
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 10 || @ [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]] || 61-73 || Loss || 2-6
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| June 15 || [[San Antonio Silver Stars|San Antonio]] || 76-62 || Win || 3-6
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 18 || @ [[New York Liberty|New York]] || 54-65 || Loss || 3-7
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 21 || @ [[Washington Mystics|Washington]] || 56-77 || Loss || 3-8
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 22 || @ [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]] || 59-75 || Loss || 3-9
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| June 25 || [[Connecticut Sun|Connecticut]] || 69-77 || Loss || 3-10
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| July 2 || @ [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]] || 63-86 || Loss || 3-11
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 5 || @ [[San Antonio Silver Stars|San Antonio]] || 76-69 || Win || 4-11
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 6 || [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]] || 73-61 || Win || 5-11
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 13 || [[Charlotte Sting|Charlotte]] || 82-62 || Win || 6-11
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 15 || [[Washington Mystics|Washington]] || 77-66 || Win || 7-11
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| July 21 || [[New York Liberty|New York]] || 70-80 || Loss || 7-12
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 23 || @ [[San Antonio Silver Stars|San Antonio]] || 66-49 || Win || 8-12
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 26 || [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]] || 77-60 || Win || 9-12
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| July 29 || @ [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]] || 69-65 || Win || 10-12
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| July 31 || @ [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]] || 63-66 || Loss || 10-13
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 3 || [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]] || 70-64 || Win || 11-13
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 5 || [[Houston Comets|Houston]] || 80-75 || Win || 12-13
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 12 || [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]] || 76-62 || Win || 13-13
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| August 14 || [[Indiana Fever|Indiana]] || 56-62 || Loss || 13-14
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 16 || [[Detroit Shock|Detroit]] || 58-51 || Win || 14-14
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| August 18 || @ [[Houston Comets|Houston]] || 66-77 || Loss || 14-15
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 19 || [[San Antonio Silver Stars|San Antonio]] || 91-57 || Win || 15-15
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| August 21 || [[Minnesota Lynx|Minnesota]] || 83-69 || Win || 16-15
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| August 23 || @ [[Sacramento Monarchs|Sacramento]] || 70-76 || Loss || 16-16
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| August 25 || [[Houston Comets|Houston]] || 72-80 || Loss || 16-17
|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| August 27 || @ [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]] || 74-85 || Loss || 16-18
|}
|}


==Player Stats==
==Player stats==
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
|-align="center" style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;"
| Player || GP || REB || AST || STL || BLK || PTS
| Player || GP || REB || AST || STL || BLK || PTS
|-align="center"
|-align="center"
| Diana Taurasi || 33 || 138 || 150 || 38 || 28 || 527
|}<ref>http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2005.html</ref>
|-align="center"
| Anna DeForge || 33 || 114 || 80 || 41 || 7 || 433
|-align="center"
| Penny Taylor || 29 || 120 || 94 || 38 || 11 || 382
|-align="center"
| Kamila Vodichkova || 28 || 196 || 63 || 28 || 22 || 305
|-align="center"
| Maria Stepanova || 15 || 80 || 23 || 20 || 38 || 162
|-align="center"
| Ashley Robinson || 34 || 118 || 31 || 20 || 34 || 103
|-align="center"
| Shereka Wright || 25 || 50 || 23 || 14 || 3 || 94
|-align="center"
| Plenette Pierson || 12 || 59 || 13 || 10 || 13 || 92
|-align="center"
| Belinda Snell || 20 || 36 || 18 || 7 || 1 || 65
|-align="center"
| Sandora Irvin || 12 || 34 || 5 || 5 || 6 || 44
|-align="center"
| Lisa Harrison || 27 || 39 || 10 || 5 || 1 || 41
|-align="center"
| Angelina Williams || 16 || 23 || 9 || 4 || 7 || 40
|-align="center"
| Gwen Jackson || 11 || 23 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 31
|-align="center"
| [[Niele Ivey]] || 14 || 10 || 20 || 6 || 0 || 24
|-align="center"
| Kayte Christensen || 11 || 22 || 7 || 7 || 5 || 18
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2005.html|title = 2005 Phoenix Mercury Stats}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2005.html Mercury on Basketball Reference]
*[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/2005.html Mercury on Basketball Reference]


{{Phoenix Mercury seasons}}
{{2005 WNBA season by team}}
{{2005 WNBA season by team}}


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[[Category:Phoenix Mercury seasons]]
[[Category:Phoenix Mercury seasons]]
[[Category:2005 WNBA season|Phoenix]]
[[Category:2005 WNBA season|Phoenix]]
[[Category:2005 in basketball]]
[[Category:2005 in sports in Arizona|Phoenix Mercury]]

Latest revision as of 03:29, 28 August 2023

2005 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCarrie Graf
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendance7,303 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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

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WNBA draft

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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

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Season standings

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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

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Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 Sacramento 72-77 Loss 0-1
May 24 @ Indiana 76-83 Loss 0-2
May 26 @ Charlotte 68-58 Win 1-2
May 28 @ Connecticut 68-85 Loss 1-3
June 2 Seattle 67-78 Loss 1-4
June 4 @ Houston 57-59 Loss 1-5
June 8 @ Los Angeles 66-63 Win 2-5
June 10 @ Sacramento 61-73 Loss 2-6
June 15 San Antonio 76-62 Win 3-6
June 18 @ New York 54-65 Loss 3-7
June 21 @ Washington 56-77 Loss 3-8
June 22 @ Minnesota 59-75 Loss 3-9
June 25 Connecticut 69-77 Loss 3-10
July 2 @ Los Angeles 63-86 Loss 3-11
July 5 @ San Antonio 76-69 Win 4-11
July 6 Seattle 73-61 Win 5-11
July 13 Charlotte 82-62 Win 6-11
July 15 Washington 77-66 Win 7-11
July 21 New York 70-80 Loss 7-12
July 23 @ San Antonio 66-49 Win 8-12
July 26 Los Angeles 77-60 Win 9-12
July 29 @ Minnesota 69-65 Win 10-12
July 31 @ Detroit 63-66 Loss 10-13
August 3 Minnesota 70-64 Win 11-13
August 5 Houston 80-75 Win 12-13
August 12 Sacramento 76-62 Win 13-13
August 14 Indiana 56-62 Loss 13-14
August 16 Detroit 58-51 Win 14-14
August 18 @ Houston 66-77 Loss 14-15
August 19 San Antonio 91-57 Win 15-15
August 21 Minnesota 83-69 Win 16-15
August 23 @ Sacramento 70-76 Loss 16-16
August 25 Houston 72-80 Loss 16-17
August 27 @ Seattle 74-85 Loss 16-18

Player stats

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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

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  1. ^ "2005 Phoenix Mercury Stats".
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