2004 Phoenix Mercury season

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2004 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCarrie Graf
Arena America West Arena
Attendance8,017 per game
Results
Record1717 (.500)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth for the Phoenix Mercury.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA draft

PickPlayerNationalitySchool
1stDiana Taurasi
8thChandi Jones
14thAshley Robinson
27thMaria Villarroel

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Regular season

In her WNBA debut, Taurasi netted 26 points and led the Mercury to 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 named to the Western Conference All Star team and won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.73515–210–716–6
Seattle Storm x2014.5885.013–47–1013–9
Minnesota Lynx x1816.5297.011–67–1012–10
Sacramento Monarchs x1816.5297.010–78–912–10
Phoenix Mercury o1717.5008.010–77–1011–11
Houston Comets o1321.38212.09–84–137–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o925.26516.06–113–146–16

Season Schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 20 Sacramento 66-72Loss0-1
May 22@ Connecticut 65-58Win1-1
May 28 Seattle 84-76Win2-1
June 1 Houston 73-63Win3-1
June 3@ Seattle 45-72Loss3-2
June 5@ Minnesota 68-76Loss3-3
June 9 Connecticut 75-59Win4-3
June 11 Charlotte 51-59Loss4-4
June 18 Los Angeles 74-76Loss4-5
June 22 Minnesota 69-46Win5-5
June 24 New York 72-60Win6-5
June 26 San Antonio 72-80 (OT)Loss6-6
June 27@ Sacramento 57-63Loss6-7
June 29@ San Antonio 77-65Win7-7
July 1@ Charlotte 71-59Win8-7
July 3@ Indiana 60-61Loss8-8
July 7@ Los Angeles 71-73Loss8-9
July 9@ Minnesota 59-61Loss8-10
July 11@ New York 69-77Loss8-11
July 18 Minnesota 60-63Loss8-12
July 21 San Antonio 87-55Win9-12
July 22@ Sacramento 71-69Win10-12
July 24 Indiana 71-56Win11-12
July 30@ San Antonio 68-59Win12-12
August 1@ Washington 62-82Loss12-13
September 1@ Detroit 63-58Win13-13
September 3@ Houston 70-60Win14-13
September 4 Seattle 63-55Win15-13
September 8 Los Angeles 72-58Win16-13
September 11 Detroit 72-80Loss16-14
September 14@ Los Angeles 60-73Loss16-15
September 15@ Seattle 58-73Loss16-16
September 17 Washington 67-74Loss16-17
September 19 Houston 78-64Win17-17

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

PlayerGPMINFGREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Diana Taurasi 3411302091491324325578
Anna DeForge 341152165123107518488
Penny Taylor 331076150160825214434
Plenette Pierson 31803112131262617290
Slobodanka Tuvic 336913712332253791
Tamara Moore 3238727285326982
Nikki McCray 273713029137069
Adrian Williams 111452721511565
Shereka Wright 24243132783157
Gwen Jackson 14136232743156
Kayte Christensen 3240719692321750
Jae Kingi-Cross 13128613125220
Ashley Robinson 19130713281017
Lindsay Taylor 526132113

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Awards and honors

References

  1. "Phoenix Mercury Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. "2004 Phoenix Mercury Stats".