2005 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Phoenix Mercury. The team missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, falling a game short.

2005 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Carrie Graf
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	7,303 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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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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