Monarchs 63-57 Mercury (28 Jun, 2004) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

6-7, 1-3 away

	1	2	T
PHO	21	36	57
SAC	28	35	63

Sacramento Monarchs

5-7, 3-4 home

DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 9 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson made 13 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lady Grooms missed 18 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chantelle Anderson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lady Grooms missed Jumper.
Lady Grooms made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Tamara Moore.
Ruthie Bolton missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruthie Bolton made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
DeMya Walker missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
DeMya Walker missed Layup. Blocked by Ashley Robinson.
DeMya Walker made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Tangela Smith missed Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Giuliana Mendiola made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Tangela Smith made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Giuliana Mendiola.
Tangela Smith missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Penny Taylor.
Yolanda Griffith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Tangela Smith made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
DeMya Walker made 6 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed Layup. Blocked by Lindsay Taylor.
Tangela Smith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 8 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Yolanda Griffith missed 8 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chantelle Anderson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chantelle Anderson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Two Point Shot.
Ticha Penicheiro made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tangela Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made 14 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tangela Smith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Tangela Smith.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Anna DeForge missed 9 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Nikki McCray missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Shereka Wright missed Two Point Shot.
Shereka Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shereka Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shereka Wright.
Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 13 ft Jumper.
Ashley Robinson missed 5 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tangela Smith.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamara Moore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamara Moore made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Blocked by Tangela Smith.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Tamara Moore made Layup. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shereka Wright.
Shereka Wright missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Taylor.
Shereka Wright missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Lindsay Taylor missed Layup.
Kayte Christensen made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Taylor.
Kayte Christensen missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 15 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kayte Christensen.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nikki McCray missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Tamara Moore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamara Moore made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.

MERCURY

MONARCHS

TIME		PHO	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00		0	0
19:37	DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	0	2
19:23	Diana Taurasi Offensive Foul	0	2
19:23	Diana Taurasi Foul	0	2
19:10	Kayte Christensen Shooting Foul	0	2
19:10	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	3
19:10	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	4
18:52	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	4
18:51	Kayte Christensen Offensive Rebound.	0	4
18:39	Anna DeForge Bad Pass. Stolen by Kara Lawson.	0	4
18:30	Tangela Smith made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	0	6
18:20	Phoenix 20 Sec. Timeout.	0	6
18:10	Penny Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Tangela Smith.	0	6
18:08	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	0	6
17:46	Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	0	9
17:30	Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.	2	9
17:04	Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	9
17:02	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	2	9
16:38	Slobodanka Tuvic Offensive Foul	2	9
16:38	Slobodanka Tuvic Foul	2	9
16:22	DeMya Walker made 9 ft Jumper.	2	11
15:56	Anna DeForge missed 9 ft Jumper.	2	11
15:53	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	2	11
15:30	Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	2	11
15:29	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	2	11
15:17	Penny Taylor made 14 ft Jumper.	4	11
14:53	Kara Lawson made 13 ft Jumper.	4	13
14:38	Penny Taylor Bad Pass	4	13
14:38	Official Timeout.	4	13
14:38	Tamara Moore enters the game for Anna DeForge.	4	13
14:38	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for DeMya Walker.	4	13
14:38	Lady Grooms enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	4	13
14:07	Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.	4	13
14:07	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	4	13
14:07	24 second	4	13
13:56	Slobodanka Tuvic Offensive Foul	4	13
13:56	Slobodanka Tuvic Foul	4	13
13:27	Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.	4	13
13:26	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	4	13
13:11	Lady Grooms missed 18 ft Jumper.	4	13
13:10	Kayte Christensen Defensive Rebound.	4	13
13:08	Shereka Wright enters the game for Penny Taylor.	4	13
13:08	Jumpball. Kayte Christensen vs. Hamchetou Maiga. Kara Lawson gains possession.	4	13
13:03	Slobodanka Tuvic Shooting Foul	4	13
13:03	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	14
13:03	Ashley Robinson enters the game for Slobodanka Tuvic.	4	14
13:03	Chantelle Anderson enters the game for Tangela Smith.	4	14
13:03	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	15
12:56	Lady Grooms Personal Foul	4	15
12:51	Tamara Moore Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	4	15
12:48	Hamchetou Maiga Bad Pass. Stolen by Kayte Christensen.	4	15
12:47	Kayte Christensen Traveling	4	15
12:37	Chantelle Anderson missed 6 ft Jumper.	4	15
12:37	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	4	15
12:15	Diana Taurasi missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.	4	15
12:12	Kayte Christensen Offensive Rebound.	4	15
12:03	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.	6	15
11:42	Yolanda Griffith missed 13 ft Jumper.	6	15
11:41	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	6	15
11:41	Official Timeout.	6	15
11:41	Penny Taylor enters the game for Kayte Christensen.	6	15
11:41	Ticha Penicheiro enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	6	15
11:41	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Kara Lawson.	6	15
11:30	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Ashley Robinson.	6	15
11:21	Diana Taurasi made 12 ft Two Point Shot.	8	15
11:07	Ashley Robinson Personal Foul	8	15
10:55	Lady Grooms missed Jumper.	8	15
10:53	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	8	15
10:45	Diana Taurasi Lost Ball. Stolen by Ticha Penicheiro.	8	15
10:41	Lady Grooms made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	8	17
10:26	Penny Taylor missed Layup. Blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.	8	17
10:25	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	8	17
10:25	Nikki McCray enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	8	17
10:18	Nikki McCray missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	17
10:17	Lady Grooms Defensive Rebound.	8	17
10:12	Ashley Robinson Personal Foul	8	17
10:12	Ruthie Bolton enters the game for Lady Grooms.	8	17
10:12	Lindsay Taylor enters the game for Ashley Robinson.	8	17
9:56	Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	17
9:56	Lindsay Taylor Defensive Rebound.	8	17
9:30	Lindsay Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	11	17
9:06	Chantelle Anderson missed 10 ft Jumper.	11	17
9:03	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	11	17
9:00	Ticha Penicheiro missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Tamara Moore.	11	17
8:59	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	11	17
8:56	Ruthie Bolton missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	17
8:56	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	11	17
8:56	24 second	11	17
8:48	Tamara Moore Backcourt	11	17
8:48	Chantelle Anderson Offensive Foul	11	17
8:48	Chantelle Anderson Foul	11	17
8:41	Shereka Wright missed Two Point Shot.	11	17
8:41	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	11	17
8:29	Ruthie Bolton made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.	11	20
8:11	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Tamara Moore.	11	20
8:11	DeMya Walker enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	11	20
8:11	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Chantelle Anderson.	11	20
7:47	DeMya Walker missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	20
7:46	Lindsay Taylor Defensive Rebound.	11	20
7:45	Rebekkah Brunson Personal Foul	11	20
7:45	Official Timeout.	11	20
7:45	Kayte Christensen enters the game for Lindsay Taylor.	11	20
7:13	Shereka Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	20
7:11	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	11	20
7:05	DeMya Walker missed Layup.	11	20
7:03	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	11	20
7:03	Anna DeForge enters the game for Nikki McCray.	11	20
6:41	Shereka Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	20
6:39	Shereka Wright Offensive Rebound.	11	20
6:26	Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shereka Wright.	14	20
5:54	Kayte Christensen Shooting Foul	14	20
5:54	Tangela Smith enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	14	20
5:54	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	21
5:54	Kara Lawson enters the game for Ruthie Bolton.	14	21
5:54	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	22
5:41	Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	17	22
5:31	Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.	17	22
5:31	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	17	22
5:11	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	22
5:09	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	17	22
4:58	DeMya Walker 3 second	17	22
4:58	Ashley Robinson enters the game for Kayte Christensen.	17	22
4:41	Anna DeForge missed 13 ft Jumper.	17	22
4:39	Penny Taylor Offensive Rebound.	17	22
4:28	Penny Taylor Offensive Foul	17	22
4:28	Penny Taylor Foul	17	22
4:28	Giuliana Mendiola enters the game for Kara Lawson.	17	22
4:16	DeMya Walker missed Layup. Blocked by Ashley Robinson.	17	22
4:16	Tamara Moore enters the game for Shereka Wright.	17	22
4:16	Jumpball. Ashley Robinson vs. DeMya Walker. Penny Taylor gains possession.	17	22
4:16	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	17	22
3:57	Official Timeout.	17	22
3:47	Ashley Robinson missed 5 ft Jumper.	17	22
3:46	Penny Taylor Offensive Rebound.	17	22
3:46	Tangela Smith Personal Foul	17	22
3:41	Penny Taylor missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tangela Smith.	17	22
3:39	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	17	22
3:25	DeMya Walker made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	17	24
3:09	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.	19	24
2:36	Tangela Smith missed Jumper.	19	24
2:36	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	19	24
2:36	Ashley Robinson Personal Foul	19	24
2:24	Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	24
2:21	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	19	24
2:14	Anna DeForge missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	24
2:12	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	19	24
1:52	Giuliana Mendiola made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeMya Walker.	19	26
1:38	Ticha Penicheiro Personal Foul	19	26
1:38	Lindsay Taylor enters the game for Anna DeForge.	19	26
1:38	Shereka Wright enters the game for Ashley Robinson.	19	26
1:38	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for DeMya Walker.	19	26
1:29	Ticha Penicheiro Shooting Foul	19	26
1:29	Tamara Moore made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	26
1:29	Tamara Moore made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	26
1:00	Tangela Smith made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Giuliana Mendiola.	21	28
47.9	Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Blocked by Tangela Smith.	21	28
45.6	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	21	28
44.7	Tangela Smith missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Penny Taylor.	21	28
44.7	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	21	28
30.9	Yolanda Griffith missed 17 ft Jumper.	21	28
28.5	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	21	28
28.5	Phoenix Full Timeout.	21	28
28.5	DeMya Walker enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	21	28
5.5	Shereka Wright Offensive Foul	21	28
5.5	Shereka Wright Foul	21	28
5.5	Sacramento 20 Sec. Timeout.	21	28
5.5	Sacramento Full Timeout.	21	28
5.5	Ruthie Bolton enters the game for DeMya Walker.	21	28
5.5	Ticha Penicheiro enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	21	28
0.0	Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.	21	28
0.0	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	21	28
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	21	28

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 2-1

Monarchs
72
Mercury
66

Game 1

20/5

Mercury
57
Monarchs
63

Game 2

28/6

Mercury
71
Monarchs
69

Game 3

23/7

3:00 AM, 28 June 2004

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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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