Comets 80-72 Mercury (26 Aug, 2005) Box Score

Houston Comets

18-15, 8-9 away

	1	2	T
HOU	26	54	80
PHO	23	49	72

Phoenix Mercury

16-17, 11-6 home

Houston Comets

starters
T. Thompson F
M. Snow C
D. Canty G
J. Arcain NA
S. Swoopes NA
bench
T. Phillips F
R. Hodges F
S. Lyttle F
F. Ragland NA
D. Staley NA
E. Lawson-Wade NA
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	7-9	0-1	4-4	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	2	-1	18
36	8-15	0-0	1-2	2	9	11	4	0	2	1	1	-1	17
32	5-9	0-0	2-2	2	1	3	2	3	0	2	4	-1	12
28	2-5	0-0	6-7	0	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	-1	10
40	5-13	0-2	5-7	1	12	13	7	2	3	2	1	-1	15
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	-1	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30-56	0-4	20-24	6	34	40	15	6	5	14	13		80
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
P. Taylor F
A. Robinson C
D. Taurasi G
A. DeForge NA
K. Vodichkova NA
bench
L. Harrison F
B. Snell F
N. Ivey NA
S. Wright NA
A. Williams NA
S. Irvin NA
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-14	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	-1	11
23	0-5	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	2	0	2	-1	0
37	7-19	2-11	3-3	1	1	2	8	1	2	5	4	-1	19
33	4-12	2-6	1-2	2	1	3	2	3	0	2	4	-1	11
38	6-13	0-1	0-1	3	8	11	3	2	1	3	2	-1	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0
15	3-4	2-3	2-2	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	-1	10
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	1-2	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	5
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	1-3	1-2	1-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	4
	27-73	9-27	9-12	9	18	27	18	7	5	10	20		72
	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 3-1

Mercury
57
Comets
59

Game 1

4/6

Comets
75
Mercury
80

Game 2

6/8

Mercury
66
Comets
77

Game 3

19/8

Comets
80
Mercury
72

Game 4

26/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 26 August 2005

Phoenix, AZ

Referees:
Bonita Spence
Tina Napier
Denise Brooks-Clauser

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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