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Record: 23-11, 1st in WNBA Western Conference

Coach: Corey Gaines (23-11)

Executive: Ann Meyers

PTS/G: 92.8 (1st of 13) Opp PTS/G: 89.1 (13th of 13)

Pace: 83.7 (1st of 13)

Off Rtg: 109.2 (1st of 13) Def Rtg: 104.9 (13th of 13) Net Rtg: +4.3 (1st of 13)

Expected W-L: 20-14

Arena: US Airways Center

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-1) over San Antonio Silver Stars
Won WNBA Western Conference Finals (2-1) over Los Angeles Sparks
Won WNBA Finals (3-2) over Indiana Fever

WNBA Champions
Western Conference Champions

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
24	DeWanna Bonner	F-G	6-4	140	August 21, 1987	R	Auburn
2	Temeka Johnson	G	5-3	142	September 6, 1982	4	LSU
33	Kelly Mazzante	G	6-0	155	February 2, 1982	5	Penn State
30	Nicole Ohlde	F-C	6-5	189	March 13, 1982	5	Kansas State
23	Cappie Pondexter	G	5-9	160	January 7, 1983	3	Rutgers University
14	Allie Quigley	G	5-10	142	June 20, 1986	1	DePaul
21	Brooke Smith	F-C	6-3	188	April 30, 1984	1	Stanford
50	Tangela Smith	C	6-3	158	April 1, 1977	11	Iowa
11	Ketia Swanier	G	5-7	150	August 10, 1986	1	UConn
3	Diana Taurasi	G	6-0	163	June 11, 1982	5	UConn
13	Penny Taylor	F	6-1	165	May 24, 1981	7
43	Le'coe Willingham	F	6-0	200	February 10, 1981	5	Auburn

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	6900	1128	2454	.460	257	665	.386	871	1789	.487	643	752	.855	284	906	1190	625	225	181	500	740	3156
Team/G		202.9	33.2	72.2	.460	7.6	19.6	.386	25.6	52.6	.487	18.9	22.1	.855	8.4	26.6	35.0	18.4	6.6	5.3	14.7	21.8	92.8
Lg Rank		7	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	4	1	1	4	1	11	1	4	1	12	1	2	12	1
Year/Year		+1.1%	+5.7%	-1.2%	+3.0	+11.8%	-4.9%	+5.8	+3.6%	+0.2%	+1.7	0.0%	-2.6%	+2.4	-23.6%	+6.4%	-3.0%	+11.5%	-2.9%	+15.2%	+2.1%	-6.8%	+4.9%
Opponent	34	6900	1094	2582	.424	205	608	.337	889	1974	.450	638	851	.750	421	864	1285	607	260	143	460	671	3031
Opp/G		202.9	32.2	75.9	.424	6.0	17.9	.337	26.1	58.1	.450	18.8	25.0	.750	12.4	25.4	37.8	17.9	7.6	4.2	13.5	19.7	89.1
Lg Rank		7	13	13	6	9	11	3	13	13	6	13	13	1	13	12	13	11	3	11	2	5	13
Year/Year			+5.6%	+4.8%	+0.3	-15.5%	-12.3%	-1.3	+12.0%	+11.9%	+0.1	-7.8%	-8.8%	+0.5	-3.9%	+0.8%	-1.0%	-6.3%	+10.1%	+10.5%	-8.2%	-6.6%	+0.7%

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cappie Pondexter	26	34	34	31.6	6.9	15.1	.460	1.3	3.5	.358	5.7	11.6	.491	3.9	4.4	.881	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.0	0.9	0.4	2.5	2.9	19.1
2	Diana Taurasi	27	31	31	31.5	6.5	14.0	.461	2.5	6.3	.407	3.9	7.7	.504	4.9	5.5	.894	0.6	5.2	5.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.1	20.4
3	Tangela Smith	32	34	34	27.1	4.0	8.9	.451	1.2	2.7	.452	2.8	6.2	.450	0.6	0.7	.870	1.0	4.4	5.4	0.8	1.0	1.7	1.1	3.1	9.9
4	Temeka Johnson	26	34	34	26.5	3.7	8.3	.445	1.1	2.6	.414	2.6	5.7	.459	1.2	1.5	.840	0.2	3.3	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	9.6
5	DeWanna Bonner	21	34	0	21.3	3.7	8.2	.457	0.1	0.4	.154	3.7	7.8	.472	3.7	4.5	.812	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.1	11.2
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	34	34	21.0	4.0	7.5	.533	0.0	0.2	.125	4.0	7.3	.547	2.0	2.3	.848	1.9	2.3	4.2	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.7	10.0
7	Penny Taylor	28	14	1	20.2	3.6	7.7	.463	0.7	1.8	.400	2.9	5.9	.482	3.1	3.4	.896	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.3	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.3	10.9
8	Nicole Ohlde	27	21	0	14.8	1.8	3.4	.535	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.4	.535	1.6	2.2	.717	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.6	5.2
9	Kelly Mazzante	27	31	2	14.0	1.2	3.2	.364	1.0	2.8	.352	0.2	0.4	.455	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	3.4
10	Ketia Swanier	22	33	0	11.8	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	1.0	.333	0.7	1.7	.400	0.5	0.5	.889	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.0	2.8
11	Brooke Smith	25	21	0	6.9	0.3	0.7	.467	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	.467	0.3	0.4	.875	0.5	1.1	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.0
12	Allie Quigley	23	6	0	5.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.3	0.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Diana Taurasi	27	11	11	32.9	7.5	16.5	.451	2.8	7.7	.365	4.6	8.8	.526	4.5	5.1	.893	0.8	5.1	5.9	3.8	0.7	1.3	3.0	3.7	22.3
2	Cappie Pondexter	26	11	11	30.9	6.9	14.9	.463	0.8	3.3	.250	6.1	11.6	.523	3.5	4.0	.886	1.0	2.6	3.6	3.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.4	18.2
3	Tangela Smith	32	11	11	26.4	3.6	6.9	.526	1.8	3.5	.526	1.8	3.5	.526	0.8	1.1	.750	1.3	4.5	5.8	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	3.5	9.9
4	Temeka Johnson	26	11	11	24.3	2.7	6.9	.395	1.2	2.5	.481	1.5	4.5	.347	0.9	1.1	.833	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.5	7.5
5	Penny Taylor	28	11	0	24.1	4.5	8.5	.527	1.4	2.8	.484	3.1	5.6	.548	4.0	4.6	.863	0.9	2.5	3.5	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.1	14.3
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	11	11	23.1	3.2	5.9	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	5.8	.547	1.8	2.2	.833	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	8.2
7	DeWanna Bonner	21	11	0	16.9	3.1	6.3	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	6.2	.500	2.6	3.2	.829	1.5	2.7	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.2	8.8
8	Nicole Ohlde	27	11	0	13.6	1.3	2.0	.636	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.0	.636	0.1	0.5	.200	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.9	2.6
9	Ketia Swanier	22	9	0	10.1	0.9	3.0	.296	0.4	1.2	.364	0.4	1.8	.250	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.2
10	Brooke Smith	25	1	0	6.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
11	Kelly Mazzante	27	4	0	3.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

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Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cappie Pondexter	26	34	34	1075	236	513	.460	43	120	.358	193	393	.491	133	151	.881	32	112	144	171	31	12	86	99	648
2	Diana Taurasi	27	31	31	976	200	434	.461	79	194	.407	121	240	.504	152	170	.894	18	160	178	109	36	43	82	95	631
3	Tangela Smith	32	34	34	920	137	304	.451	42	93	.452	95	211	.450	20	23	.870	35	148	183	27	34	57	37	107	336
4	Temeka Johnson	26	34	34	901	125	281	.445	36	87	.414	89	194	.459	42	50	.840	8	112	120	157	29	4	76	79	328
5	DeWanna Bonner	21	34	0	724	127	278	.457	2	13	.154	125	265	.472	125	154	.812	70	126	196	13	23	25	34	70	381
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	34	34	713	136	255	.533	1	8	.125	135	247	.547	67	79	.848	64	79	143	35	22	9	46	91	340
7	Kelly Mazzante	27	31	2	433	36	99	.364	31	88	.352	5	11	.455	3	3	1.000	7	33	40	17	10	3	10	42	106
8	Ketia Swanier	22	33	0	388	33	88	.375	11	33	.333	22	55	.400	16	18	.889	7	46	53	54	15	3	46	34	93
9	Nicole Ohlde	27	21	0	311	38	71	.535	0	0		38	71	.535	33	46	.717	19	40	59	6	5	20	29	55	109
10	Penny Taylor	28	14	1	283	50	108	.463	10	25	.400	40	83	.482	43	48	.896	12	22	34	32	18	2	31	32	153
11	Brooke Smith	25	21	0	144	7	15	.467	0	0		7	15	.467	7	8	.875	11	24	35	3	2	3	7	30	21
12	Allie Quigley	23	6	0	32	3	8	.375	2	4	.500	1	4	.250	2	2	1.000	1	4	5	1	0	0	5	6	10
			34		6900	1128	2454	.460	257	665	.386	871	1789	.487	643	752	.855	284	906	1190	625	225	181	500	740	3156

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Diana Taurasi	27	11	11	362	82	182	.451	31	85	.365	51	97	.526	50	56	.893	9	56	65	42	8	14	33	41	245
2	Cappie Pondexter	26	11	11	340	76	164	.463	9	36	.250	67	128	.523	39	44	.886	11	29	40	39	13	0	16	26	200
3	Tangela Smith	32	11	11	290	40	76	.526	20	38	.526	20	38	.526	9	12	.750	14	50	64	9	15	9	7	38	109
4	Temeka Johnson	26	11	11	267	30	76	.395	13	27	.481	17	49	.347	10	12	.833	4	17	21	34	8	2	17	27	83
5	Penny Taylor	28	11	0	265	49	93	.527	15	31	.484	34	62	.548	44	51	.863	10	28	38	37	4	2	12	23	157
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	11	11	254	35	65	.538	0	1	.000	35	64	.547	20	24	.833	21	27	48	10	4	5	14	26	90
7	DeWanna Bonner	21	11	0	186	34	69	.493	0	1	.000	34	68	.500	29	35	.829	17	30	47	3	5	6	7	13	97
8	Nicole Ohlde	27	11	0	150	14	22	.636	0	0		14	22	.636	1	5	.200	9	21	30	4	4	3	10	21	29
9	Ketia Swanier	22	9	0	91	8	27	.296	4	11	.364	4	16	.250	0	0		2	7	9	13	2	0	7	10	20
10	Kelly Mazzante	27	4	0	14	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Brooke Smith	25	1	0	6	2	2	1.000	0	0		2	2	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Cappie Pondexter	26	34	1075	22.2	.559	.502	.234	.294	3.6	10.8	7.5	26.6	1.4	0.8	12.9	26.0	112	108	4.5	0.0	4.5	.168
2	Diana Taurasi	27	31	976	25.4	.620	.552	.447	.392	2.2	17.0	10.2	18.2	1.8	3.1	13.9	25.4	117	103	4.7	0.7	5.4	.222
3	Tangela Smith	32	34	920	14.7	.535	.520	.306	.076	4.6	16.7	11.1	4.4	1.8	4.3	10.5	16.0	104	102	1.3	0.8	2.1	.093
4	Temeka Johnson	26	34	901	14.4	.541	.509	.310	.178	1.1	12.9	7.4	25.7	1.5	0.3	20.1	17.7	104	107	1.5	0.2	1.7	.075
5	DeWanna Bonner	21	34	724	21.1	.551	.460	.047	.554	11.6	18.1	15.1	2.8	1.5	2.4	9.0	22.0	114	103	2.7	0.5	3.2	.178
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	34	713	18.1	.587	.535	.031	.310	10.8	11.5	11.2	7.8	1.5	0.9	13.7	19.8	114	107	2.4	0.1	2.5	.142
7	Kelly Mazzante	27	31	433	7.8	.528	.520	.889	.030	1.9	7.9	5.2	5.3	1.1	0.5	9.1	10.7	107	109	0.5	-0.1	0.4	.038
8	Ketia Swanier	22	33	388	7.7	.485	.438	.375	.205	2.2	12.3	7.6	19.0	1.8	0.5	32.4	15.4	83	106	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.033
9	Nicole Ohlde	27	21	311	11.1	.597	.535	.000	.648	7.3	13.4	10.6	2.8	0.8	4.5	24.1	16.2	99	105	0.3	0.1	0.4	.051
10	Penny Taylor	28	14	283	19.6	.592	.509	.231	.444	5.1	8.1	6.7	17.6	3.0	0.5	19.4	23.8	108	105	0.8	0.1	1.0	.136
11	Brooke Smith	25	21	144	5.5	.567	.467	.000	.533	9.2	17.3	13.6	2.7	0.7	1.5	27.4	7.4	105	106	0.1	0.0	0.2	.048
12	Allie Quigley	23	6	32	1.5	.563	.500	.500	.250	3.8	13.0	8.7	4.3	0.0	0.0	36.0	18.2	77	110	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.098

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Diana Taurasi	27	11	362	23.2	.593	.536	.467	.308	3.0	18.0	10.7	18.6	1.1	2.9	13.8	28.6	115	110	1.2	0.3	1.5	.167
2	Cappie Pondexter	26	11	340	21.1	.545	.491	.220	.268	3.9	9.9	7.0	18.3	1.9	0.0	8.0	25.3	117	113	1.2	0.1	1.3	.150
3	Tangela Smith	32	11	290	18.1	.671	.658	.500	.158	5.9	20.1	13.1	4.4	2.6	2.3	7.9	13.2	134	107	1.0	0.4	1.3	.185
4	Temeka Johnson	26	11	267	10.1	.511	.480	.355	.158	1.8	7.4	4.7	17.3	1.5	0.6	17.3	15.9	103	114	0.2	0.0	0.2	.032
5	Penny Taylor	28	11	265	25.3	.680	.608	.333	.548	4.6	12.3	8.5	21.0	0.7	0.6	9.4	20.8	140	114	1.7	0.0	1.8	.267
6	Le'coe Willingham	28	11	254	14.0	.596	.538	.015	.369	10.1	12.4	11.2	5.5	0.8	1.5	15.6	15.2	117	114	0.6	0.1	0.6	.098
7	DeWanna Bonner	21	11	186	21.6	.575	.493	.014	.507	11.1	18.8	15.0	2.4	1.3	2.4	7.7	21.2	121	110	0.7	0.1	0.8	.176
8	Nicole Ohlde	27	11	150	7.4	.599	.636	.000	.227	7.3	16.3	11.9	3.5	1.3	1.5	29.2	9.9	97	111	0.0	0.1	0.1	.020
9	Ketia Swanier	22	9	91	4.2	.370	.370	.407	.000	2.7	9.0	5.9	18.7	1.1	0.0	20.6	16.1	83	115	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.074
10	Kelly Mazzante	27	4	14	-6.9	.000	.000	.500	.000	0.0	16.6	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	9.3	0	115	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.249
11	Brooke Smith	25	1	6	35.0	1.000	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	0.0	0.0	14.4	200	102	0.0	0.0	0.1	.347

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