2012 Phoenix Mercury season

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2012 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach Corey Gaines
Arena US Airways Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record727 (.206)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
Television FS-A
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. Until the 2023 Phoenix Mercury season, this marked this last time the Mercury missed the playoffs.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
16 Samantha Prahalis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ohio State
224 (from Minn.)C'eria RickettsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arkansas
330Christine FloresFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
333 (from Conn.)Amanda JohnsonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oregon

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
January 12, 2012To Phoenix Mercury To Tulsa Shock
Andrea Riley Temeka Johnson
February 2, 2012To Phoenix Mercury To Minnesota Lynx
Alexis Hornbuckle Second-round pick in 2013 Draft
February 28, 2012To Phoenix Mercury To Minnesota Lynx
Charde Houston and the 24th pick in the 2012 Draft18th pick in the 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Roster

2012 Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m)137 lb (62kg)08-21-1987 Auburn 3
F 4 Flag of the United States.svg Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)08-16-1984 Temple 6
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Hornbuckle, Alexis 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)10-16-1985 Tennessee 4
F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Houston, Charde 6' 0" (1.83m)189 lb (86kg)04-10-1986 Connecticut 4
C 12 Flag of the United States.svg Kizer, Lynetta 6' 4" (1.93m)04-04-1990 Maryland R
G 99 Flag of the United States.svg Prahalis, Samantha 5' 7" (1.7m)129 lb (59kg)01-23-1990 Ohio State R
F/C 43 Flag of the United States.svg Sanford, Nakia 6' 4" (1.93m)195 lb (88kg)05-10-1976 Kansas 9
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Simon, Dymond 5' 5" (1.65m)137 lb (62kg)09-29-1989 Arizona State R
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m)163 lb (74kg)06-11-1982 Connecticut 8
F 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taylor, Penny   Cruz Roja.svg 6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)05-24-1981 Australia 10
F/C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Krystal 6' 5" (1.96m)195 lb (88kg)06-10-1989 Duke 1
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Earl Cureton (Detroit Mercy)
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH)
Strength and conditioning coach
Pro Advantage Training

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Nakia Sanford Krystal Thomas
Lynetta Kizer
PF Candice Dupree Avery Warley
SF DeWanna Bonner Charde Houston
Penny Taylor Cruz Roja.svg
SG Diana Taurasi
PG Samantha Prahalis Alexis Hornbuckle

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z277.79416–111–617–5
Los Angeles Sparks x2410.7063.016–18–915–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x2113.6186.012–59–814–8
Seattle Storm x1618.47111.010–76–1111–11
Tulsa Shock o925.26518.06–113–145–17
Phoenix Mercury o727.20620.03–144–134–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Tue 810:00 Japan 102-73 Gray-Lawson (34) Tamane
Warley (13)
Prahalis (7) US Airways Center
2,752
1-0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sun 2012:30@ Minnesota ABC 83-105 Houston (24) Sanford (6) Prahalis (6) Target Center
12,611
0-1
2Tue 228:00@ Tulsa 89-87 Dupree (31) Dupree (9) Prahalis (7) BOK Center
5,341
1-1
3Sat 2610:00 Los Angeles FS-A+
KDOC
88-99 Dupree (24) Warley (9) Taurasi (4) US Airways Center
10,200
1-2
4Thu 317:00@ Atlanta FS-A
SSO
65-81 Bonner (22) Bonner (10) Prahalis (6) Philips Arena
4,887
1-3
June (3–6)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5Fri 18:00@ San Antonio 66-85 Bonner
Dupree (17)
Dupree (10) Prahalis (9) AT&T Center
6,534
1-4
6Sun 36:00 Tulsa 79-72 Bonner (23) Bonner (13) Prahalis (6) US Airways Center
7,178
2-4
7Fri 811:00@ Los Angeles TWC101 74-90 Houston (22) Bonner
Gray-Lawson (6)
Prahalis (6) Staples Center
11,198
2-5
8Fri 1510:00 Minnesota 60-78 Bonner (18) Dupree (10) Prahalis (4) US Airways Center
7,394
2-6
9Sun 174:00@ Tulsa 75-87 Bonner (24) Bonner (9) Prahalis (6) BOK Center
4,200
2-7
10Wed 2010:00 Washington 80-77 Bonner (19) Warley (9) Bonner
Prahalis (3)
US Airways Center
5,751
3-7
11Sat 238:00 Los Angeles ESPN 84-93 Bonner (24) Thomas (11) Prahalis (5) US Airways Center
9,670
3-8
12Wed 278:00@ Minnesota FS-A+ 80-96 Bonner (23) Bonner
Warley (7)
Prahalis (3) Target Center
9,674
3-9
13Fri 298:30@ Chicago CN100 84-81 Bonner (27) Thomas (11) Houston
Prahalis (4)
Allstate Arena
5,488
4-9
July (0–6)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
14Sun 14:00@ Washington CSN-MA 77-90 Houston (26) Bonner
Thomas (8)
Prahalis (5) Verizon Center
10,789
4-10
15Tue 38:00@ San Antonio NBATV 81-82 Bonner (38) Bonner
Thomas (8)
Prahalis (5) AT&T Center
6,912
4-11
16Sat 710:00 Atlanta 93-100 (2OT) Bonner (27) Bonner (15) Hornbuckle
Prahalis
Thomas (4)
US Airways Center
7,948
4-12
17Sun 89:00@ Seattle 68-83 Bonner (12) Warley (13) Bonner (3) KeyArena
8,639
4-13
18Tue 103:30 Los Angeles FS-A 71-90 Bonner
Prahalis (14)
5 players (7) Hornbuckle (3) US Airways Center
9,336
4-14
19Fri 1310:00 Seattle 64-83 Bonner (18) Hornbuckle (8) Hornbuckle (5) US Airways Center
7,647
4-15
Summer Olympic break
August (1–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Thu 1610:00@ Seattle KONG 58-72 Prahalis (15) Thomas (11) Bonner (4) KeyArena
6,987
4-16
21Sun 196:00 San Antonio FS-A
FS-SW
47-89 Hornbuckle (11) Hornbuckle
Thomas (7)
Prahalis (4) US Airways Center
10,656
4-17
22Thu 2310:00 New York 77-89 Bonner (34) Thomas (14) Prahalis (4) US Airways Center
7.039
4-18
23Sat 2510:00 Indiana 72-85 Taurasi (19) Bonner
Thomas
Warley (9)
Bonner
Taurasi (3)
US Airways Center
9,079
4-19
24Thu 3010:00@ Seattle KONG 75-68 Bonner (24) Bonner (11) Prahalis (6) KeyArena
6,379
5-19
September (2–8)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25Sat 110:00 San Antonio NBATV 94-90 Taurasi (25) Bonner (9) Prahalis (5) US Airways Center
5,964
6-19
26Wed 57:00@ New York NBATV
MSG
59-87 Bonner (20) Hornbuckle
Gilbreath (7)
Hornbuckle (5) Prudential Center
4,732
6-20
27Fri 77:00@ Connecticut CPTV-S 91-82 Bonner (35) Thomas (16) Hornbuckle (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,379
7-20
28Sun 96:00@ Indiana NBATV
FS-A+
FS-I
83-89 Bonner (23) Hornbuckle (9) Bonner (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,971
7-21
29Wed 1210:00 Connecticut ESPN2
CPTV-S
78-100 Bonner (24) Bonner (10) Simon (4) US Airways Center
5,421
7-22
30Fri 1410:00 Tulsa 84-92 Kizer (19) Thomas (11) Simon (6) US Airways Center
6,719
7-23
31Sun 166:00 Chicago NBATV
CN100
55-86 Houston (15) Thomas (13) Houston (3) US Airways Center
8,044
7-24
32Tue 1810:30@ Los Angeles NBATV
TWC101
76-101 Bonner (23) Thomas (11) Bonner (6) Staples Center
8,579
7-25
33Fri 2110:00 Minnesota NBATV
FS-A+
66-89 Bonner (17) Thomas (11) Prahalis (8) US Airways Center
7,217
7-26
34Sun 233:00 Seattle ESPN2 57-71 Bonner (13) Thomas (18) Prahalis (6) US Airways Center
7,576
7-27
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG

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