2005 Phoenix Mercury season

2005 Phoenix Mercury season
Head Coach Carrie Graf
Arena America West Arena
Attendance 7,303 per game
Results
Record 1618
(.471)
Place 5th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Phoenix Mercury seasons
< 2004 2006 >

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

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

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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