Sting 59-51 Mercury (12 Jun, 2004) Play-by-Play

Charlotte Sting

3-5, 2-3 away

	1	2	T
CHA	33	26	59
PHO	25	26	51

Phoenix Mercury

4-4, 3-2 home

Adrian Williams made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nikki McCray missed 14 ft Jumper.
Nikki McCray missed 9 ft Jumper. Blocked by Nicole Powell.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Anna DeForge missed Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge missed 10 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Jumper. Assisted by Shereka Wright.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 10 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shereka Wright missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kayte Christensen.
Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kayte Christensen made Layup.
Penny Taylor made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Penny Taylor made Two Point Shot.
Nikki McCray missed 9 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 11 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Layup.
Penny Taylor made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor made Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi missed 8 ft Jumper.
Shereka Wright missed Layup.
Shereka Wright missed Layup. Blocked by Nicole Powell.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Shereka Wright missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Slobodanka Tuvic made 18 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Plenette Pierson made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Plenette Pierson made 8 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tamara Moore missed Layup.
Tamara Moore missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Anna DeForge.
Dawn Staley missed 13 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Penny Taylor.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Andrea Stinson made 8 ft Hook Shot.
Nicole Powell made Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tynesha Lewis missed Layup.
Dawn Staley missed 14 ft Jumper. Blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Dawn Staley made Layup. Assisted by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.
Tynesha Lewis made Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tynesha Lewis missed Layup.
Tynesha Lewis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Andrea Stinson missed 18 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tamara Moore.
Nicole Powell made 9 ft Jumper.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 9 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Kelly Mazzante missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 11 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Mazzante made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 9 ft Jumper.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.
Andrea Stinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Andrea Stinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tynesha Lewis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Andrea Stinson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 6 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 13 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 15 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Jumper.
Tynesha Lewis made 9 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Tynesha Lewis made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Andrea Stinson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made Layup.
Allison Feaster missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Allison Feaster missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Dawn Staley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dawn Staley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 2 of 2.

STING

MERCURY

TIME		CHA	PHO
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball. Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Adrian Williams. Andrea Stinson gains possession.	0	0
19:46	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Anna DeForge.	0	0
19:45	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:25	Adrian Williams made 8 ft Two Point Shot.	0	2
19:06	Dawn Staley missed 13 ft Jumper.	0	2
19:04	Dawn Staley Offensive Rebound.	0	2
19:00	Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:59	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:43	Dawn Staley Shooting Foul	0	2
18:43	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	3
18:43	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	4
18:37	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.	2	4
18:13	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
18:13	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	2	4
17:42	Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Penny Taylor.	2	4
17:42	Charlotte Offensive Rebound.	2	4
17:42	24 second	2	4
17:22	Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	4
17:20	Andrea Stinson Defensive Rebound.	2	4
16:59	Dawn Staley Bad Pass. Stolen by Adrian Williams.	2	4
16:54	Adrian Williams Bad Pass	2	4
16:40	Nikki McCray Shooting Foul	2	4
16:40	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	4
16:40	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	4
16:36	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass	4	4
16:20	Adrian Williams Shooting Foul	4	4
16:20	Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	4
16:20	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Adrian Williams.	5	4
16:20	Charlotte Smith-Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	4
15:56	Nikki McCray missed 14 ft Jumper.	6	4
15:53	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	6	4
15:38	Andrea Stinson made 8 ft Hook Shot.	8	4
15:18	Dawn Staley Personal Foul	8	4
15:18	Official Timeout.	8	4
15:18	Nicole Powell enters the game for Andrea Stinson.	8	4
15:06	Nikki McCray missed 9 ft Jumper. Blocked by Nicole Powell.	8	4
15:03	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	8	4
14:42	Nicole Powell made Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	10	4
14:25	Plenette Pierson missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	10	4
14:21	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	10	4
14:18	Allison Feaster Lost Ball. Stolen by Anna DeForge.	10	4
14:07	Anna DeForge missed Three Point Jumper.	10	4
14:04	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	10	4
14:00	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Bad Pass	10	4
14:00	Phoenix 20 Sec. Timeout.	10	4
14:00	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Allison Feaster.	10	4
13:34	Anna DeForge made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	10	6
13:18	Tynesha Lewis missed Layup.	10	6
13:17	Plenette Pierson Defensive Rebound.	10	6
13:02	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	6
13:00	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	10	6
12:45	Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	6
12:44	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	10	6
12:33	Plenette Pierson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	10	8
12:11	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul	10	8
12:11	Tamara Moore enters the game for Nikki McCray.	10	8
12:11	Olympia Scott-Richardson enters the game for Tammy Sutton-Brown.	10	8
11:56	Penny Taylor Personal Foul	10	8
11:56	Official Timeout.	10	8
11:38	Dawn Staley missed 14 ft Jumper. Blocked by Diana Taurasi.	10	8
11:34	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	10	8
11:25	Olympia Scott-Richardson Personal Foul	10	8
11:19	Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	10	8
11:18	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	10	8
10:57	Dawn Staley made Layup. Assisted by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.	12	8
10:33	Anna DeForge missed 10 ft Jumper.	12	8
10:32	Olympia Scott-Richardson Defensive Rebou.	12	8
10:11	Tynesha Lewis made Two Point Shot.	14	8
9:57	Shereka Wright enters the game for Anna DeForge.	14	8
9:57	Slobodanka Tuvic enters the game for Penny Taylor.	14	8
9:56	Diana Taurasi made Jumper. Assisted by Shereka Wright.	14	10
9:37	Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	10
9:19	Slobodanka Tuvic missed 10 ft Jumper.	17	10
9:18	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	17	10
9:18	Andrea Stinson enters the game for Dawn Staley.	17	10
9:10	Plenette Pierson missed 14 ft Jumper.	17	10
9:07	Shereka Wright Offensive Rebound.	17	10
8:55	Plenette Pierson missed 9 ft Jumper.	17	10
8:52	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	17	10
8:48	Tynesha Lewis missed Layup.	17	10
8:48	Charlotte Defensive Rebound.	17	10
8:48	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Loose Ball Foul	17	10
8:48	Kelly Mazzante enters the game for Charlotte Smith-Taylor.	17	10
8:36	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.	17	12
8:36	Tynesha Lewis Shooting Foul	17	12
8:36	Tammy Sutton-Brown enters the game for Olympia Scott-Richardson.	17	12
8:36	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.	17	13
8:22	Tynesha Lewis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	13
8:19	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	17	13
8:11	Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.	17	13
8:08	Kelly Mazzante Defensive Rebound.	17	13
7:41	Andrea Stinson missed 18 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tamara Moore.	17	13
7:39	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	17	13
7:37	Nicole Powell made 9 ft Jumper.	19	13
7:28	Tamara Moore Offensive Foul	19	13
7:28	Tamara Moore Foul	19	13
7:28	Official Timeout.	19	13
7:28	Charlotte Smith-Taylor enters the game for Nicole Powell.	19	13
7:28	Dawn Staley enters the game for Tynesha Lewis.	19	13
7:28	Penny Taylor enters the game for Plenette Pierson.	19	13
7:28	Anna DeForge enters the game for Tamara Moore.	19	13
7:03	Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 9 ft Jumper.	19	13
7:01	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	19	13
6:54	Shereka Wright missed Layup.	19	13
6:54	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	19	13
6:37	Tammy Sutton-Brown made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	21	13
6:20	Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.	21	13
6:18	Andrea Stinson Defensive Rebound.	21	13
6:00	Slobodanka Tuvic Personal Foul	21	13
6:00	Kayte Christensen enters the game for Slobodanka Tuvic.	21	13
5:48	Charlotte 20 Sec. Timeout.	21	13
5:47	Andrea Stinson Bad Pass. Stolen by Kayte Christensen.	21	13
5:43	Kayte Christensen Bad Pass	21	13
5:26	Kelly Mazzante missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	21	13
5:26	Charlotte Defensive Rebound.	21	13
5:26	Andrea Stinson Loose Ball Foul	21	13
5:05	Shereka Wright Lost Ball. Stolen by Kelly Mazzante.	21	13
4:37	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 11 ft Jumper.	21	13
4:35	Tammy Sutton-Brown Offensive Rebound.	21	13
4:35	Penny Taylor Shooting Foul	21	13
4:35	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	13
4:35	Nikki McCray enters the game for Shereka Wright.	22	13
4:35	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.	23	13
4:18	Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	23	13
4:16	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	23	13
4:16	Jumpball. Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Kayte Christensen. Charlotte Smith-Taylor gains possession.	23	13
4:01	Kelly Mazzante made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	25	13
3:51	Phoenix Full Timeout.	25	13
3:29	Anna DeForge made Three Point Jumper.	25	16
3:12	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.	27	16
2:51	Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kayte Christensen.	27	19
2:20	Tammy Sutton-Brown made 9 ft Jumper.	29	19
1:55	Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Jumper.	29	19
1:53	Kayte Christensen Offensive Rebound.	29	21
1:53	Kayte Christensen made Layup.	29	21
1:25	Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Layup.	29	21
1:23	Tammy Sutton-Brown Offensive Rebound.	31	21
1:23	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.	31	21
1:00	Penny Taylor made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	31	23
32.1	Nikki McCray Shooting Foul	31	23
32.1	Olympia Scott-Richardson enters the game for Tammy Sutton-Brown.	31	23
32.1	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Dawn Staley.	31	23
32.1	Mery Andrade enters the game for Kelly Mazzante.	31	23
32.1	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Kayte Christensen.	31	23
32.1	Andrea Stinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	32	23
32.1	Andrea Stinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	33	23
31.8	Mery Andrade Personal Foul	33	23
31.8	Allison Feaster enters the game for Andrea Stinson.	33	23
5.6	Penny Taylor made Two Point Shot.	33	25
0.1	Tynesha Lewis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	33	25
0.0	Charlotte Offensive Rebound.	33	25
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	33	25

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sting
59
Mercury
51

Game 1

12/6

Mercury
71
Sting
59

Game 2

2/7

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 12 June 2004

Phoenix, AZ

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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