Comets 82-80 Mercury (31 Jul, 2006) Box Score

Houston Comets

16-12, 5-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	25	16	24	17	82
PHO	19	22	22	17	80

Phoenix Mercury

11-16, 6-7 home

Houston Comets

starters
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass
Michelle SnowM. Snow
Tamecka DixonT. Dixon
Dawn StaleyD. Staley
Sheryl SwoopesS. Swoopes
bench
Tari PhillipsT. Phillips
Tina ThompsonT. Thompson
Roneeka HodgesR. Hodges
Sancho LyttleS. Lyttle
Dominique CantyD. Canty
Astou Ndiaye-DiattaA. Ndiaye-Diatta
Anastasia KostakiA. Kostaki
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	1-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2
26	6-13	0-0	4-6	6	7	13	1	1	1	0	2	-1	16
33	4-8	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	-1	8
28	6-13	5-11	0-0	2	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	-1	17
37	5-14	3-5	0-1	0	5	5	3	0	1	2	0	-1	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	1-3	0-0	2-3	1	7	8	0	1	0	3	4	-1	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	-1	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	0
25	6-6	0-0	1-2	2	6	8	3	0	0	1	2	-1	13
10	3-4	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	-1	9
	32-69	11-22	7-12	14	28	42	16	3	3	12	16		82
	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Kelly MillerK. Miller
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter
Kristen RasmussenK. Rasmussen
Kamila VodichkovaK. Vodichkova
bench
Belinda SnellB. Snell
Penny TaylorP. Taylor
Jennifer LacyJ. Lacy
Kayte ChristensenK. Christensen
Jennifer DerevjanikJ. Derevjanik
Sandora IrvinS. Irvin
Ann StrotherA. Strother
Crystal SmithC. Smith
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	7-14	1-4	3-3	3	2	5	3	0	0	0	2	-1	18
33	9-21	4-10	2-4	3	2	5	5	1	3	4	2	-1	24
34	5-16	1-5	0-0	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	2	-1	11
27	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	2	2	2	2	5	-1	4
21	4-7	0-0	2-2	0	6	6	0	0	3	1	2	-1	10
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
26	4-11	2-5	1-2	2	6	8	2	1	0	1	2	-1	11
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	-1	0
7	1-1	1-1	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	5
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31-72	8-24	10-13	9	22	31	19	6	8	8	17		80
	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%

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

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 2-1

Mercury
95
Comets
98

Game 1

28/7

Comets
82
Mercury
80

Game 2

31/7

Mercury
111
Comets
110

Game 3

11/8

12:00 AM, 31 July 2006

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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Houston Comets

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Regular Season Series

HOU wins 2-1

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