2010 WNBA season

2010 WNBA season
Duration	May 15 – September 16
Games	34
Teams	12
Total attendance	1,598,174
Average attendance	7,834
TV partner/s	ABC, ESPN, NBA TV
Draft
Top draft pick	Tina Charles
Picked by	Connecticut Sun
Regular season
Season MVP	Lauren Jackson (Seattle)
Stat leaders
Points	D. Taurasi (22.6)
Rebounds	T. Charles (11.7)
Assists	T. Penicheiro (6.9)
Playoffs
East champions	Atlanta Dream
East runners-up	New York Liberty
West champions	Seattle Storm
West runners-up	Phoenix Mercury
Finals
Finals champions	Seattle Storm
Runners-up	Atlanta Dream
Finals MVP	Lauren Jackson (Seattle)
WNBA seasons
← 2009	2011 →

The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised (ESPN2) meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15. The Connecticut Sun hosted the 10th Annual All-Star Game which was broadcast live on ESPN on July 10. This year, it was a contest between Geno Auriemma's USA Basketball team and a single team of WNBA All-Stars. The Finals was a series between the Seattle Storm and the Atlanta Dream which Seattle won 3-0.

2009/2010 WNBA offseason

• The new television deal with ESPN continued during the 2010 season (runs 2009–2016). For the first time ever, teams will be paid rights fees as part of this deal.
• As of the 2009 season, the maximum roster size per team was reduced from 13 to 11. Any team that falls below nine players able to play due to injury, pregnancy or any other factor outside of the control of the team will, upon request, be granted a roster hardship exception allowing the team to sign an additional player or players so that the team will have nine players able to play in an upcoming game or games. As soon as the injured (or otherwise sidelined) player(s) is able to play, the roster hardship player(s) – not any other player on the roster—must be waived.
• On September 29, 2009, Nolan Richardson was named head coach and general manager of a potential Tulsa, Oklahoma franchise.
• On October 20, 2009, the Detroit Shock announced that the franchise would relocate to Tulsa as well as move to the Western Conference.
• On November 20, 2009, the Sacramento Monarchs folded.
• On December 3, 2009, the New York Liberty announced that previously interim head coach Anne Donovan would be named head coach.
• On December 8, 2009, Cheryl Reeve was named head coach of the Minnesota Lynx.
• A dispersal draft was held on December 14, 2009 for all non-free agent Sacramento Monarchs players.
• On January 7, 2010, the Los Angeles Sparks named former player Jennifer Gillom head coach.
• On February 25, 2010, Sandy Brondello was named head coach of the San Antonio Silver Stars when Dan Hughes stepped aside from the position.

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft

On December 14, 2009, the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft was held. Three former Monarchs players, Kara Lawson, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba and Ticha Penicheiro were free agents and therefore not eligible for this draft. Teams selected based inversely on their 2009 season finish.

The top picks were:

1. Nicole Powell, New York Liberty
2. Rebekkah Brunson, Minnesota Lynx
3. DeMya Walker, Connecticut Sun

Four of the twelve teams making selections waived their picks.

2010 WNBA Draft

The WNBA Draft lottery was held on November 5, 2009. The lottery teams were the Sacramento Monarchs, Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.), Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky. The top pick was awarded to Minnesota. Since Sacramento folded after the lottery, all the teams following Sacramento in the draft simply moved up a pick. Minnesota subsequently traded the first overall pick to Connecticut.

The 2010 WNBA Draft was held on April 8, 2010, in Secaucus, New Jersey. Coverage of the first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD). Second and third round coverage was shown on ESPNU and NBA TV.

The top picks were:

1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun
2. Monica Wright, Minnesota Lynx
3. Kelsey Griffin, Minnesota Lynx
4. Epiphanny Prince, Chicago Sky
5. Jayne Appel, San Antonio Silver Stars

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Washington Mystics ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	13–9
New York Liberty ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	14–8
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–9
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	10–7	9–8	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	17	17	.500	5.0	12–5	5–12	9–13
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	8.0	7–10	7–10	7–15

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm ^x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury ^x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx ^o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock ^o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

All-Star Game

The 2010 WNBA All-Star Game was hosted by the Connecticut Sun on July 10 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Coverage of the game began at 3:30pm on ESPN. This marks the third time the Sun have hosted the annual event. Unlike in previous years, this game was a contest between Geno Auriemma's USA basketball team and a team of WNBA all-stars.

ESPN (HD)

July 10 3:30pm

Report

USA 99, WNBA 72
Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 20–9, 26–16, 24–28
Pts: Fowles (23) Rebs: Dupree, Fowles, Moore (8) Asts: Pondexter (6)		Pts: Douglas (15) Rebs: Harding (7) Asts: Harding (4)

Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut Attendance: 9,518 Referees: Michael Price, Cameron Inouye, Kurt Walker

Statistic leaders

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 2010 regular season.

Schedule

2010 WNBA preseason
Preseason Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Thu April 8 3:00 2010 WNBA Draft: first round ESPN2 Secaucus, New Jersey 4:00 2010 WNBA Draft: later rounds ESPNU, NBA TV Secaucus, New Jersey Fri April 30 1:00 Chicago @ Minnesota 87–78 CHI Wright, Young (18) Marginean (9) Whitcomb (5) Concordia University 633 Sat May 1 10:00 China @ Los Angeles 78–58 LA Junaid (15) Mohammed (12) Penicheiro (7) Viejas Arena 3,874 Sun May 2 4:00 Phoenix @ Seattle 77–58 SEA Williams (19) Paris (9) Lacey (5) KeyArena 4,912 Tue May 4 11:00am Atlanta @ Connecticut 86–79 CON Charles (21) Charles (9) Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,779 8:00 China @ San Antonio 91–57 SA N/A N/A N/A Incarnate Word N/A Wed May 5 11:30am New York @ Washington 65–60 WAS Coleman (15) McWilliams-Franklin (11) Mitchell (4) Verizon Center 7,152 Thu May 6 12:30 Minnesota @ Chicago 74–65 CHI Kraayeveld (20) 4 players (6) Whalen (10) Allstate Arena N/A Fri May 7 12:00 Chicago @ Indiana 69–63 IND Murphy (20) Owino (11) Battle (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291 7:30 Poland @ Connecticut 89–46 CON Charles, Kotsopoulos (15) Charles (9) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,059 Sat May 8 3:30 San Antonio @ Los Angeles 86–77 SA Snell (17) Clark (7) Bobbitt, Darling, Quinn (4) Walter Pyramid 1,521 10:00 China @ Phoenix 106–78 PHO Johnson (21) Bonner, Liwei (7) Zengyu (8) US Airways Center 2,393 Sun May 9 2:00 Washington @ Atlanta 77–58 WAS Currie (16) Atkinson, Langhorne (8) 4 players (3) Eblen Center 2,219 2:00 Seattle @ Tulsa 90–80 TUL Jackson (15) Black (8) Lacy, Pierson, Wright (4) BOK Center N/A Mon May 10 12:30 Indiana @ Chicago 84–71 CHI Murphy (15) Davenport (8) Canty (6) Allstate Arena N/A Tue May 11 10:30am Connecticut @ New York 89–84 (3OT) NY Charles (22) Charles, Walker (13) Pondexter (8) Madison Square Garden 19,763
2010 WNBA regular season
May Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Sat 15 2:00 Los Angeles @ Phoenix ESPN2 78–77 PHO Parker (24) Parker (12) Riley (4) US Airways Center 14,772 3:30 Chicago @ Connecticut CN100 74–61 CON Jekabsone-Zogota (18) Charles, Griffin (10) Christon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,072 7:00 Washington @ Indiana 72–65 WAS Currie (21) Langhorne (8) January (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,752 8:00 Atlanta @ San Antonio FSSW 75–70 ATL Castro Marques (23) de Souza (15) Lehning (6) AT&T Center 9,409 8:00 Minnesota @ Tulsa NBA TV CST 80–74 MIN Houston (21) Black (10) Whalen (6) BOK Center 7,806 Sun 16 4:00 Chicago @ New York NBA TV CN100 MSG 85–82 NY Fowles (23) Perkins (7) Mitchell (9) Madison Square Garden 12,088 7:00 Washington @ Minnesota FSNN 87–76 WAS Currie (27) Langhorne, Melvin (9) Whalen (7) Target Center 9,985 7:00 Indiana @ Atlanta SSO 66–62 ATL Catchings (18) de Souza (11) Douglas, Miller (6) Philips Arena 7,337 9:00 Los Angeles @ Seattle KONG 81–67 SEA Jackson (23) Parker (11) Penicheiro (6) KeyArena 9,686 Wed 19 10:00 Minnesota @ Seattle KING 79–76 SEA Cash (24) Anosike (10) Bird (10) KeyArena 6,687 Thu 20 12:30 San Antonio @ Tulsa NBA TV FSSW FSOK 83–74 SA Young (24) Snow (15) Hammon (7) BOK Center 4,636 Fri 21 7:00 New York @ Washington 77–61 WAS Harding (21) Langhorne (11) Pondexter (8) Verizon Center 10,158 7:00 Connecticut @ Atlanta NBA TV CSN-NE FSSO 97–82 ATL McCoughtry (32) Lyttle (17) Lehning (10) Philips Arena 4,092 Sat 22 8:00 Los Angeles @ San Antonio NBA TV FSSW 88–81 SA Milton-Jones (20) Snow (12) Milton-Jones (6) AT&T Center 7,862 8:00 Indiana @ Chicago CN100 92–86 (OT) IND Catchings (28) Fowles (12) Douglas, Murphy (6) Allstate Arena 6,477 10:00 Seattle @ Phoenix 95–89 (OT) SEA Jackson (25) Bonner (12) Bird (8) US Airways Center 10,144 Sun 23 3:00 Washington @ Connecticut 80–65 CON Langhorne (16) Charles (8) Harding (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614 4:00 Atlanta @ New York 86–77 ATL McCoughtry, Pondexter (21) Bales, de Souza (10) McCoughtry (6) Madison Square Garden 9,548 6:00 Chicago @ Indiana CN100 FSI 69–61 IND Murphy (16) Fowles, Murphy (9) Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665 7:00 Tulsa @ Minnesota 94–82 TUL Houston (23) Black (17) Lacy (7) Target Center 6,822 Tue 25 7:00 Phoenix @ Tulsa ESPN2 110–96 PHO Taurasi (35) Dupree (14) Lacy, Taylor (7) BOK Center 4,100 10:00 Washington @ Seattle 82–76 SEA Currie (24) Jackson (7) Bird (7) KeyArena 6,612 Thu 27 7:30 Minnesota @ Connecticut 105–79 CON Montgomery (23) Charles (10) Lawson, Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,401 8:00 Seattle @ Chicago CN100 84–75 CHI Fowles (19) Jackson (11) Bird, Canty (4) Allstate Arena 2,923 Fri 28 8:00 New York @ San Antonio 77–71 NY Pondexter (21) McCarville, Powell (7) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 5,293 10:00 Atlanta @ Phoenix 96–93 ATL Taurasi (30) Lyttle (17) Taylor (7) US Airways Center 7,986 10:30 Washington @ Los Angeles PRIME 81–75 LA Parker (30) Langhorne, Parker (10) Harding (8) Staples Center 13,154 Sat 29 8:00 Chicago @ Minnesota CN100 73–58 CHI Fowles (18) Brunson (9) Canty, Prince (4) Target Center 6,129 8:00 Indiana @ Tulsa NBA TV FSOK 79–74 TUL Holt (16) Black (11) Catchings (7) BOK Center 4,005 Sun 30 3:00 Seattle @ San Antonio 84–56 SEA Jackson (27) Cash (8) Bird (6) AT&T Center 4,924 4:00 Connecticut @ Washington 69–65 WAS Currie (18) Langhorne (16) Harding (9) Verizon Center 8,602 8:00 Atlanta @ Los Angeles 101–82 ATL Parker (33) Lyttle (13) Penicheiro (6) Staples Center 8,404
June Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Tue 1 7:30 Phoenix @ Minnesota ESPN2 92–82 MIN Wright (32) Brunson (15) Anosike, Johnson, Whalen (5) Target Center 6,854 9:30 Atlanta @ Seattle ESPN2 90–72 SEA Jackson (32) Jackson (10) Bird (6) KeyArena 7,586 Thu 3 7:00 San Antonio @ Indiana FSSW FSI 79–57 IND Douglas (22) Catchings (7) Lawson-Wade (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,574 Fri 4 7:00 Chicago @ Atlanta CN100 FSSO 80–70 CHI Fowles (19) Fowles (9) Christon (8) Philips Arena 2,515 7:30 New York @ Connecticut 75–68 CON White (18) Charles (15) Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,493 8:00 Minnesota @ Tulsa FSOK 92–79 TUL Brunson (23) Black, Brunson (11) Lacy (6) BOK Center 4,521 10:00 Los Angeles @ Phoenix 90–89 PHO Parker (26) Parker (12) Penicheiro (10) US Airways Center 6,485 Sat 5 7:00 Atlanta @ Washington 86–79 (OT) ATL de Souza, Langhorne, McCoughtry (23) Lyttle (17) Castro Marques, K. Miller (6) Verizon Center 8,986 7:00 New York @ Indiana 78–73 IND Pondexter (21) Sutton-Brown (8) Catchings (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,090 8:00 Tulsa @ Chicago CN100 95–70 CHI Fowles (32) Fowles (13) Lacy (7) Allstate Arena 4,549 11:00 Seattle @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSW 79–75 SEA Parker (24) Jackson (9) Bird (6) Home Depot Center 6,026 Sun 6 1:00 San Antonio @ Connecticut 81–68 CON Young (21) Charles (11) Lawson-Wade (9) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,292 7:00 Indiana @ Minnesota FSNN 89–51 IND Catchings (27) Brunson (12) Anosike, Wiggins (3) Target Center 6,444 9:00 Phoenix @ Seattle KONG 97–74 SEA Cash, Jackson, Little (16) T. Smith (8) Bird (11) KeyArena 7,827 Tue 8 8:00 New York @ Chicago CN100 85–70 NYL Pondexter (31) McWilliams-Franklin (9) 7 players (3) Allstate Arena 2,408 10:30 Phoenix @ Los Angeles PRIME 92–91 LAS Parker (22) Parker (12) Johnson, Taylor, Quinn (7) Staples Center 7,993 Thu 10 10:00 Minnesota @ Phoenix FSA 99–88 PHO Taurasi (31) Brunson (12) Johnson (10) US Airways Center 5,504 Fri 11 7:30 Atlanta @ New York 91–79 NYL Pondexter (25) Lyttle (14) Pondexter (7) Madison Square Garden 8,332 7:30 Indiana @ Connecticut CSN-NE 86–77 CON Montgomery (29) Charles (12) Douglas, Jekabsone-Zogota (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,603 8:00 Tulsa @ San Antonio 87–75 SAN Holdsclaw (19) Holdsclaw (11) Lawson-Wade (9) AT&T Center 7,076 8:30 Washington @ Chicago CN100 95–78 WAS Harding (25) Currie, Langhorne (8) Currie, Harding (5) Allstate Arena 3,107 10:00 Los Angeles @ Seattle KONG 82–60 SEA Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Bird (5) KeyArena 7,286 Sat 12 7:00 New York @ Washington CSN-MA 82–65 WAS Pondexter, Currie (20) Langhorne (9) Currie (4) Verizon Center 8,492 10:00 Tulsa @ Phoenix 116–84 PHX Dupree, Taurasi (18) Hornbuckle (8) Taylor (8) US Airways Center 6,580 Sun 13 3:00 San Antonio @ Atlanta NBA TV SSO 90–83 ATL Lyttle, Young (24) Lyttle (12) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 6,050 3:00 Minnesota @ Los Angeles 88–84 LAS Milton-Jones (22) Brunson (15) Whalen (7) Staples Center 7,005 6:00 Connecticut @ Indiana 77–67 IND Douglas (20) Catchings (13) Douglas, Jekabsone-Zogota (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,302 Tue 15 8:00 Atlanta @ Chicago CN100 93–86 ATL Castro Marques (31) de Souza (13) Lehning (9) Allstate Arena 3,292 Thu 17 7:00 Seattle @ Indiana FSI 72–65 IND Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Cash, Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 Fri 18 7:30 Seattle @ New York 92–84 SEA Pondexter (24) Jackson (12) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden 8,883 8:00 Tulsa @ Minnesota 78–67 MIN Augustus (27) Anosike (9) Whalen (12) Target Center 6,953 10:00 San Antonio @ Phoenix 108–105 SAN Taurasi (39) Dupree (11) Hammon (10) US Airways Center 6,147 10:30 Connecticut @ Los Angeles 78–75 CON Charles (26) Charles (19) Penicheiro (8) Staples Center 8,852 Sat 19 7:00 Chicago @ Washington NBA TV CN100 CSN-MA 65–61 (OT) WAS Fowles, Smith (17) Langhorne (10) Sanford (6) Verizon Center 9,034 7:00 Atlanta @ Indiana 94–91 IND McCoughtry, Marques (21) Lyttle (20) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187 8:00 Minnesota @ Tulsa CST 92–78 MIN Wiggins (19) Brunson (11) Whalen (6) BOK Center 5,013 Sun 20 6:00 Connecticut @ Phoenix NBA TV FSA 96–94 CON Charles, Taurasi (24) Charles (12) Lawson (5) US Airways Center 6,068 9:00 San Antonio @ Seattle NBA TV FSSW 82–61 SEA Cash (22) Jackson (14) Wright (6) KeyArena 8,086 Tue 22 7:30 Minnesota @ New York 75–68 MIN Brunson (21) Brunson (13) Pondexter (5) Madison Square Garden 7,537 7:30 Chicago @ Connecticut CN100 86–77 CHI Prince (19) Charles (16) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,981 Wed 23 12:00 Tulsa @ Atlanta NBA TV FSOK SSO 96–90 ATL McCoughtry (29) Black, Lyttle (12) Marques (8) Philips Arena 9,598 Thu 24 7:00 Los Angeles @ Washington CSN-MA 68–53 WAS Langhorne (27) Langhorne (14) Penicheiro (4) Verizon Center 8,160 Fri 25 7:30 Phoenix @ Connecticut CSN-NE 82–79 CON Taurasi (26) Charles (23) Taurasi, Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 8:00 New York @ Tulsa CST 92–78 NY Mitchell (20) Franklin (11) Powell, Franklin (6) BOK Center 4,554 8:30 Washington @ Chicago CN100 79–72 CHI Langhorne (25) Langhorne (13) Perkins (5) Allstate Arena 3,419 10:00 Indiana @ Seattle 85–81 SEA Douglas (29) Jackson (7) Wright (10) KeyArena 9,083 Sat 26 8:00 Minnesota @ San Antonio NBA TV FSSW 80–66 SAN Snow (23) Brunson, Snow (9) Hammon (10) AT&T Center 10,184 Sun 27 3:00 Los Angeles @ Atlanta NBA TV SSO 89–81 ATL Marques (25) Jones, Lyttle (11) Penicheiro (10) Philips Arena 7,855 4:00 Connecticut @ New York CSN-NE 77–68 NY Pondexter (19) Charles (16) Montgomery, Pondexter (5) Madison Square Garden 15,293 4:00 Seattle @ Tulsa CST 83–72 SEA Jackson (24) Little (9) Wright (10) BOK Center 4,865 4:00 Phoenix @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 95–85 WAS Langhorne (31) Langhorne (10) Smith (6) Verizon Center 7,547 6:00 Indiana @ Chicago CN100 70–64 IND Thorn (15) Fowles (17) Catchings, Douglas (4) Allstate Arena 4,051 Tue 29 7:00 Indiana @ Washington ESPN2 68–65 WAS Smith (21) Langhorne (10) Douglas (5) Verizon Center 8,464 7:00 Phoenix @ Atlanta SSO 94–88 ATL Taylor (31) Bonner, Leuchanka (9) Johnson (12) Philips Arena 4,073 8:00 Connecticut @ Tulsa CST 101–89 CON Robinson (19) Charles (12) Brown (7) BOK Center 3,649 10:00 San Antonio @ Seattle 86–72 SEA Jackson (31) Jackson (15) Wright (12) KeyArena 7,823 10:30 New York @ Los Angeles NBA TV PRIME 80–68 NY Quinn (24) Powell, McCarville (7) Pondexter, Mitchell (5) Staples Center 8,602
July Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Thu 1 7:00 Minnesota @ Atlanta SSO 76–58 ATL Marques (22) Lyttle (14) Shalee Lehning (5) Philips Arena 4,020 8:00 Connecticut @ Chicago CN100 92–80 CHI Fowles (26) Fowles (11) Montgomery, Bass, Canty (5) Allstate Arena 3,061 10:00 Washington @ Phoenix FSA 107–104 WAS Smith (25) Crystal Langhorne, Dupree (9) Johnson (11) US Airways Center 5,509 10:30 San Antonio @ Los Angeles 73–63 LA Thompson (24) Thompson (10) Lawson (5) Staples Center 7,803 Sat 3 5:00 Seattle @ Los Angeles ESPN2 75–62 SEA Jackson (20) Thompson, Hylton (10) Bird (7) Staples Center 9,319 7:00 Chicago @ Atlanta NBA TV CN100 SSO 88–82 CHI Fowles (22) Souza (15) Lyttle, Miller (3) Philips Arena 6,920 8:00 Washington @ Tulsa CST 69–54 WAS Currie (17) Coleman (10) Smith, Harding, Coleman (4) BOK Center 3,516 10:00 New York @ Phoenix 97–82 PHO Dupree (24) Smith (10) Mitchell, Taurasi (5) US Airways Center 6,780 Tue 6 3:00 New York @ Seattle 78–70 SEA Franklin, Cash (20) Cash (11) Pondexter (5) KeyArena 11,012 8:00 Connecticut @ San Antonio ESPN2 79–66 SA Young (19) Charles (13) Snow (8) AT&T Center 7,264 8:00 Indiana @ Chicago CN100 58–51 IND Fowles (26) Fowles (18) January (5) Allstate Arena 3,732 10:00 Phoenix @ Los Angeles ESPN2 98–89 PHO Johnson (30) Dupree (12) Taurasi (7) Staples Center 8,336 Wed 7 7:00 Connecticut @ Atlanta SSO 108–103 ATL (OT) McCoughtry, Marques (32) Charles (20) Lawson, Lehning (8) Philips Arena 5,305 Thu 8 7:00 Tulsa @ Indiana 100–72 IND Catchings (24) Black (12) January (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,077 8:00 San Antonio @ Minnesota 89–66 MIN Brunson (24) Brunson (10) Darling, Augustus, Whalen (5) Target Center 7,182 Sat 10 3:30 USA @ WNBA ESPN 99–72 USA Fowles (23) Fowles, Dupree, Moore (8) Pondexter (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 Sun 11 4:00 Chicago @ New York MSG 57–54 NY Pondexter (30) Fowles (19) McCarville (4) Madison Square Garden 9,644 Tue 13 7:00 Los Angeles @ Tulsa ESPN2 87–71 LA Thompson (24) Braxton (10) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center 7,073 Wed 14 12:30 San Antonio @ Chicago CN100 88–61 CHI Young, Fowles, Perkins, Prince (14) Snow (8) Canty, Prince (5) Allstate Arena 6,950 1:00 Atlanta @ Minnesota 83–81 MIN McCoughtry (25) Souza (20) Whalen (7) Target Center 12,311 1:00 Connecticut @ Indiana 77–68 CON Catchings (22) Catchings (9) Lawson (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,076 3:30 Seattle @ Phoenix FSA 111–107 SEA (3 OT) Taurasi (44) Jackson (18) Bird (8) US Airways Center 13,508 Thu 15 12:00 Washington @ New York 75–67 NY Langhorne (19) McCarville (12) Pondexter (7) Madison Square Garden 18,162 Fri 16 7:00 Atlanta @ Indiana 89–70 IND McCoughtry (27) Catchings (11) Catchings, Douglas, January (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532 8:00 Tulsa @ San Antonio 75–70 TUL Holdsclaw (20) Young (12) Latta, Snow (4) AT&T Center 9,298 8:30 Los Angeles @ Chicago CN100 80–68 CHI Milton-Jones (21) Fowles (10) Penicheiro (9) Allstate Arena 4,841 Sat 17 3:30 Seattle @ Minnesota 73–71 SEA Jackson (26) Cash (11) Wright (10) Target Center 7,216 7:00 Atlanta @ Connecticut 96–80 CON McCoughtry (27) Charles (14) White (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,378 10:00 Tulsa @ Phoenix 97–88 PHO Taylor (29) Black (13) Taurasi (8) US Airways Center 8,564 Sun 18 3:00 Los Angeles @ San Antonio 83–73 SAN Hodges (24) Thompson (8) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 6,542 4:00 Indiana @ New York MSG 84–81 IND (OT) Pondexter (40) Catchings (10) Catchings, Pondexter (7) Madison Square Garden 9,508 4:00 Chicago @ Washington CSN-MA 61–59 CHI Fowles (13) Fowles (11) Harding (6) Verizon Center 8,790 Tue 20 12:30 Seattle @ San Antonio NBA TV FSSW 80–74 SEA Jackson (21) Cash, Fowles, Young (7) Hammon (10) AT&T Center 12,414 3:00 Tulsa @ Los Angeles 86–83 LA (OT) Milton-Jones (23) Jackson (9) Penicheiro (13) Staples Center 14,413 8:00 New York @ Connecticut ESPN2 82–74 NY (OT) Pondexter (24) Griffin (9) Pondexter (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,478 Wed 21 11:30am Atlanta @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 82–72 WAS Langhorne (24) Langhorne (15) Castro Marques (6) Verizon Center 14,347 Thu 22 7:00 Los Angeles @ Indiana ESPN2 76–57 IND Thompson (19) Hoffman, Milton-Jones, Thompson (8) Catchings, Penicheiro (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898 8:00 Phoenix @ Tulsa CST 123–91 PHO Taurasi (26) Jackson (9) Johnson (7) BOK Center 3,333 8:00 San Antonio @ Minnesota 74–72 SA Augustus (22) Brunson (14) Whalen (8) Target Center 6,126 Fri 23 8:30 New York @ Chicago CN100 79–71 NY McWilliams-Franklin (18) Fowles (16) Canty, Pondexter (6) Allstate Arena 5,256 Sat 24 7:00 Indiana @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 78–73 IND January (19) Langhorne (13) January (8) Verizon Center 9,786 7:00 Los Angeles @ Connecticut CSN-NE 89–80 LA Milton-Jones (20) Charles, Jones (9) Milton-Jones, Penicheiro (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,097 8:00 Chicago @ San Antonio CN100 75–72 CHI Fowles (23) Fowles (12) Canty (6) AT&T Center 8,999 8:00 Phoenix @ Minnesota NBA TV FSNN 127–124 (2OT) PHO Augustus (36) Brunson (17) Whalen (10) Target Center 8,518 Sun 25 3:00 New York @ Atlanta NBA TV SSO 82–75 ATL McCoughtry (28) de Souza, McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry, Pondexter (6) Philips Arena 7,030 9:00 Tulsa @ Seattle KONG 75–59 SEA Crossley (19) Willingham (10) Bird, Wright (6) KeyArena 9,686 Tue 27 1:30 Atlanta @ Tulsa NBA TV CST 105-89 ATL Castro Marques, Latta (23) Lyttle (14) Latta, Lehning (6) BOK Center 3,800 7:00 Chicago @ Indiana CN100 78-74 IND Fowles (18) Catchings (10) Tamika Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853 7:30 San Antonio @ New York ESPN2 77-72 NY Holdsclaw (18) Holdsclaw (9) Mitchell (8) Madison Square Garden 10,712 7:30 Washington @ Connecticut 88-78 CON Jones, Langhorne (23) Charles, Currie (9) Lawson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,322 8:00 Los Angeles @ Minnesota 71-58 LA Thompson (24) Brunson (11) Penicheiro (9) Target Center 6,215 9:30 Phoenix @ Seattle ESPN2 91-85 SEA Jackson (33) Jackson (11) Bird (7) KeyArena 8,044 Thu 29 7:00 San Antonio @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 79-75 SA Currie (22) Langhorne (11) Hammon (6) Verizon Center 9,212 10:00 Minnesota @ Phoenix 110-92 PHO Houston (26) Houston (13) Johnson (8) US Airways Center 7,037 Fri 30 7:00 Washington @ Indiana 77-73 WAS Harding (33) Langhorne (11) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,207 7:30 Los Angeles @ New York 88-79 NY Pondexter (20) McWilliams-Franklin (9) Penicheiro (7) Madison Square Garden 14,307 7:30 Atlanta @ Connecticut 94-62 ATL McCoughtry (20) de Souza (13) Lawson, K. Miller, Price (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,003 8:00 San Antonio @ Tulsa NBA TV FSOK 101-85 SA Hammon (22) Jackson, Snow (7) Brown (5) BOK Center 5,203 10:00 Chicago @ Seattle NBA TV KONG 80-60 SEA Cash (16) Bass, Little, Willingham (7) Bird (8) KeyArena 7,749
August Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Sun 1 3:00 Indiana @ Atlanta NBA TV SSO 90-74 ATL Catchings (24) Davenport (12) Lehning, McCoughtry (7) Philips Arena 6,270 4:00 Connecticut @ New York MSG 71-67 NY Pondexter (24) Charles (10) Montgomery, Powell (5) Madison Square Garden 9,341 4:00 Tulsa @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 87-62 WAS Currie, Smith (15) Coleman (10) Coleman, Harding (4) Verizon Center 9,008 6:00 Chicago @ Phoenix NBA TV CN100 FSA 97-96 PHO Fowles, Taurasi (35) Fowles (8) Taurasi (11) US Airways Center 11,237 7:00 Seattle @ Minnesota NBA TV FSNN 72-71 MIN Augustus (24) Brunson (8) Bird (10) Target Center 7,312 Tue 3 7:00 New York @ Indiana FSI 82-72 NY Powell (20) McCarville (10) Pondexter (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,540 7:30 Washington @ Atlanta ESPN2 86-78 WAS McCoughtry (30) Langhorne (12) Harding, Lehning (6) Philips Arena 9,072 8:00 Phoenix @ San Antonio 103-92 PHO Dupree, Young (24) Dupree (12) Hammon (11) AT&T Center 6,116 8:00 Seattle @ Tulsa CST 84-75 TUL Robinson (21) Bird (7) Latta, Wright (7) BOK Center 3,697 8:00 Connecticut @ Minnesota CSN-NE 111-103 (OT) MIN Montgomery (33) Charles (21) Whalen (12) Target Center 5,954 Wed 4 10:30 Chicago @ Los Angeles NBA TV CN100 82-77 LA Milton-Jones (22) Wisdom-Hylton (13) Penicheiro (15) Staples Center 9,732 Thu 5 10:30 Connecticut @ Seattle ESPN2 83-82 SEA Jackson (31) Jones (9) Montgomery (10) KeyArena 7,539 Fri 6 7:00 Atlanta @ Indiana 95-93 IND McCoughtry (31) Catchings, Lyttle (8) Lehning (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214 7:30 Washington @ New York 85-77 NY Currie, Pondexter (23) Currie, Melvin (6) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 11,465 10:00 San Antonio @ Phoenix 103-87 PHO Hammon, Holdsclaw (21) Holdsclaw (9) Taylor (8) US Airways Center 12,909 10:30 Tulsa @ Los Angeles 77-70 LA Milton-Jones (23) Jackson (9) Penicheiro (13) Staples Center 8,962 Sat 7 3:00 Minnesota @ Chicago ESPN2 87-82 (OT) MIN Augustus (27) Fowles (11) Whalen (7) Allstate Arena 4,992 10:00 Tulsa @ Seattle KONG 111-65 SEA Abrosimova (20) Jackson (10) Abrosimova (8) KeyArena 9,686 Sun 8 5:00 Washington @ Connecticut 76-67 CON Charles, Jones (17) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,076 6:00 Indiana @ Phoenix 104-82 IND Douglas (28) Catchings (10) Taurasi (7) US Airways Center 10,995 7:00 New York @ Minnesota NBA TV FSNN 74-72 NY Powell (21) Brunson (18) Mitchell, Pondexter, Powell (4) Target Center 9,016 8:00 San Antonio @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSSW FSW 92-83 SA Thompson (23) Young (10) Penicheiro (8) Staples Center 9,793 Tue 10 7:00 Connecticut @ Washington NBA TV CSN-MA 84-74 WAS Langhorne (23) Charles (15) Harding (6) Verizon Center 8,180 7:00 Seattle @ Atlanta FSSO 80-70 SEA McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (17) Abrosimova, Lehning (6) Philips Arena 6,042 8:00 Minnesota @ San Antonio 73-68 MIN Augustus (20) Brunson (12) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 5,142 8:00 Phoenix @ Chicago 91-82 CHI Taurasi (28) Fowles (14) Taylor (6) Allstate Arena 4,089 10:00 Indiana @ Los Angeles ESPN2 82-76 IND Thompson (23) Thompson (13) Bevilaqua, Riley (6) Staples Center 10,586 Thu 12 8:00 Los Angeles @ Minnesota 78-77 LA Houston (24) Brunson (14) Penicheiro (10) Target Center 7,867 Fri 13 7:00 Minnesota @ Washington 61-58 WAS Harding (15) Langhorne (14) Whalen (5) Verizon Center 7,752 7:00 Phoenix @ Indiana 110-90 IND Catchings (29) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,002 7:00 New York @ Atlanta SSO 90-83 NY Pondexter (31) Lyttle (13) Lehning (8) Philips Arena 6,025 7:30 Seattle @ Connecticut 88-68 CON Jones (19) Gruda (9) Abrosimova (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,197 8:00 Tulsa @ San Antonio 94-74 SA Holdsclaw (18) Kelly (9) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 10,244 Sat 14 7:30 Phoenix @ New York NBA TV MSG 107-69 NY Pondexter (28) Braxton, Dupree (8) McCarville (6) Madison Square Garden 9,645 8:00 Los Angeles @ Tulsa CST 92-87 LA Latta (26) Jackson (13) Penicheiro (9) BOK Center 5,719 8:00 Atlanta @ Chicago CN100 98-74 ATL Prince (18) Bales (12) Price (6) Allstate Arena 4,214 Sun 15 4:00 Seattle @ Washington 80-71 WAS Currie (25) Langhorne (7) Bird (7) Verizon Center 9,438 5:00 Indiana @ Connecticut 79-66 IND Catchings (26) Charles (13) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,915 7:00 San Antonio @ Minnesota NBA TV FSSW FSNN 84-78 MIN Hammon (30) Brunson, Houston (8) Whalen (12) Target Center 8,678 Tue 17 7:00 Chicago @ Atlanta NBA TV FSSO 84-79 CHI Castro Marques (19) Fowles (14) Young (5) Philips Arena 5,209 7:30 Indiana @ New York 78-57 NY Catchings (25) McWilliams-Franklin (10) Pondexter (6) Madison Square Garden 8,953 7:30 Tulsa @ Connecticut CSN-NE 90-62 CON Montgomery (22) Charles (10) Charles (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,828 8:00 Washington @ San Antonio 76-66 WAS Langhorne (21) Langhorne (12) Smith (6) AT&T Center 6,801 10:00 Minnesota @ Seattle 68-64 SEA Jackson (24) Little (14) Bird (8) KeyArena 7,394 10:30 Phoenix @ Los Angeles NBA TV PRIME 90-84 PHO Thompson (33) Dupree, Taylor (11) Penicheiro (11) Staples Center 8,817 Thu 19 7:30 Tulsa @ New York 95-85 NY Powell (20) Black (9) Mitchell (8) Madison Square Garden 8,766 Fri 20 7:00 New York @ Washington 75-74 WAS Pondexter (28) Langhorne (7) Powell (5) Verizon Center 13,109 8:00 Indiana @ San Antonio 75-61 SA Young (22) Snow (8) Snow, Hammon (6) AT&T Center 10,807 8:30 Connecticut @ Chicago NBA TV CN100 78-71 CON Montgomery (20) Griffin (11) Canty (7) Allstate Arena 5,598 10:00 Seattle @ Phoenix 78-73 SEA Braxton (15) Bird, Bonner (7) Bird (5) US Airways Center 12,459 10:30 Minnesota @ Los Angeles 98-91 LA Thompson (26) Thompson (9) Penicheiro (12) Staples Center 13,154 Sat 21 8:00 Chicago @ Tulsa NBA TV FSOK 84-71 TUL Crossley, Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Canty, Latta (5) BOK Center 6,321 11:00 Los Angeles @ Seattle ESPN2 75-74 SEA Little (22) Milton-Jones (9) Bird (9) KeyArena 9,686 Sun 22 3:00 Phoenix @ San Antonio 83-82 SA Hammon (30) Bonner (12) Hodges (6) AT&T Center 8,331 3:00 Washington @ Atlanta SSO 90-81 WAS Currie (20) Langhorne, Lyttle (11) Harding (8) Philips Arena 9,570 4:00 Connecticut @ New York MSG 88-87 (OT) NY Pondexter (31) Charles (13) Pondexter (6) Madison Square Garden 15,989 5:00 Minnesota @ Indiana NBA TV FSI 83-79 (OT) MIN Augustus (25) Catchings (14) January (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,015
2010 WNBA postseason
Conference Semifinals (August 25–September 1) Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Wed 25 8:00 Atlanta @ Washington NBA TV 95-90 ATL McCoughtry (28) Currie (11) Price (8) Verizon Center 10,322 11:00 Los Angeles @ Seattle ESPN2 79-66 SEA Cash (20) Jackson (9) Bird (12) KeyArena 10,589 Thu 26 7:00 Indiana @ New York NBA TV MSG 85-73 NY Pondexter (28) McWilliams-Franklin (10) McCarville (7) Madison Square Garden 14,624 9:00 San Antonio @ Phoenix ESPN2 106-93 PHO Dupree (32) Young (9) Taurasi (10) US Airways Center 8,927 Fri 27 7:30 Washington @ Atlanta NBA TV FSSO 101-77 ATL Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (9) Philips Arena 7,890 Sat 28 1:00 Phoenix @ San Antonio ESPN2 92-73 PHO Taurasi (23) Dupree (11) Taylor (12) AT&T Center 6,763 3:00 Seattle @ Los Angeles ESPN2 81-66 SEA Jackson (24) Jackson (9) Jackson, Cash (5) Staples Center 8,326 Sun 29 8:00 New York @ Indiana ESPN2 75-67 IND Pondexter (24) Catchings (13) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,535 Wed 1 7:30 Indiana @ New York NBA TV MSG 77-74 NY Pondexter (30) McWilliams-Franklin (11) Douglas, McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell Pondexter (4) Madison Square Garden 16,682
Conference Finals (September 2–8) Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Thu 2 10:00 Phoenix @ Seattle NBA TV 82-74 SEA Jackson (23) Jackson (17) Bird (10) KeyArena 9,686 Sun 5 3:00 Seattle @ Phoenix ABC 91-88 SEA Taurasi (28) Cash, Jackson, Little (8) Johnson (12) US Airways Center 9,010 7:00 Atlanta @ New York NBA TV MSG 81-75 ATL Pondexter (24) Lyttle (13) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 14,248 Tue 7 7:30 New York @ Atlanta NBA TV FSSO MSG 105-93 ATL McCoughtry (42) de Souza, McWilliams-Franklin (6) Pondexter (9) Philips Arena 9,045
WNBA Finals (September 12–21) Date Time (ET) Matchup TV Result High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Sun 12 3:00 Atlanta @ Seattle ABC 79-77 SEA Jackson (26) Lyttle (14) Bird (8) KeyArena 15,084 Tue 14 9:00 Atlanta @ Seattle ESPN2 87-84 SEA Jackson (26) Little, McCoughtry (9) C. Miller (8) KeyArena 13,898 Thu 16 8:00 Seattle @ Atlanta ESPN2 87-84 SEA McCoughtry (35) de Souza (14) Bird (7) Philips Arena 10,522

Playoffs and Finals

Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3

Conference Finals Best-of-3

WNBA Finals Best-of-5

E1

Washington

0

E4

Atlanta

2

E4

Atlanta

2

Eastern Conference

E2

New York

0

E2

New York

2

E3

Indiana

1

E4

Atlanta

0

W1

Seattle

3

W1

Seattle

2

W4

Los Angeles

0

W1

Seattle

2

Western Conference

W2

Phoenix

0

W2

Phoenix

2

W3

San Antonio

0

Season award winners

Player of the Week award

Player of the Month award

Rookie of the Month award

Postseason awards

See also

• WNBA
• WNBA Draft
• WNBA All-Star Game
• WNBA Playoffs
• WNBA Finals

References