Mercury 71-56 Fever (25 Jul, 2004) Play-by-Play

Indiana Fever

12-12, 3-8 away

	1	2	T
IND	32	24	56
PHO	34	37	71

Phoenix Mercury

11-12, 7-5 home

Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Anna DeForge missed 14 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 16 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made Two Point Shot.
Plenette Pierson made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Diana Taurasi missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Plenette Pierson made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Penny Taylor made Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed Layup.
Plenette Pierson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tamara Moore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Anna DeForge made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Gwen Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kayte Christensen missed 9 ft Jumper.
Gwen Jackson made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 67 ft Three Point Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tamara Moore missed Layup.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed 7 ft Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 19 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Layup.
Plenette Pierson made 17 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup.
Jae Cross made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Gwen Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Anna DeForge made Layup. Assisted by Jae Cross.
Slobodanka Tuvic missed 18 ft Jumper.
Jae Cross missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Gwen Jackson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Jae Cross made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gwen Jackson.
Shereka Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shereka Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Slobodanka Tuvic made Layup.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup. Blocked by Tamika Catchings.
Jae Cross made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jae Cross missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shereka Wright missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tamara Moore missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamara Moore missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Natalie Williams missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stephanie White.
Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Stephanie White.
Stephanie White missed 19 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson missed Layup. Blocked by Slobodanka Tuvic.
Tamika Catchings missed 16 ft Jumper.
Stephanie White made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kelly Schumacher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Schumacher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Kelly Schumacher missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Schumacher.
Tamika Catchings missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Coretta Brown made 9 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephanie White.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Natalie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Coretta Brown.
Natalie Williams made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephanie White made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made 12 ft Jumper.
Stephanie White missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kelly Schumacher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Schumacher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Schumacher made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Tamika Catchings missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Kelly Miller missed Layup.
Natalie Williams made Two Point Shot.
Natalie Williams missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed 10 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made Layup.
Deanna Jackson missed Layup.
Tamika Catchings missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed Layup.
Kelly Schumacher missed Jumper.
Kelly Schumacher made 8 ft Jumper.
Kelly Schumacher missed Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Layup.
Kelly Schumacher missed Layup. Blocked by Gwen Jackson.
Coretta Brown made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Ebony Hoffman missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Kristen Rasmussen made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephanie White.
Kristen Rasmussen made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Schumacher.
Tamika Catchings missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephanie White.
Natalie Williams missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Jackson missed Layup. Blocked by Jae Cross.
Coretta Brown missed Layup.
Natalie Williams missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Coretta Brown made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deanna Jackson.
Coretta Brown missed 19 ft Jumper.

FEVER

MERCURY

TIME		IND	PHO
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball. Natalie Williams vs. Slobodanka Tuvic. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	0	0
19:47	Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	0	2
19:47	Deanna Jackson Shooting Foul	0	2
19:47	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	0	2
19:46	Natalie Williams Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:29	Natalie Williams missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	2
19:27	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:15	Anna DeForge missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	2
19:13	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:06	Tamika Catchings missed 17 ft Jumper.	0	2
19:04	Slobodanka Tuvic Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:55	Plenette Pierson missed Layup.	0	2
18:53	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:47	Tamika Catchings missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:45	Indiana Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:31	Slobodanka Tuvic missed 16 ft Jumper.	0	2
18:30	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:22	Tamika Catchings made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stephanie White.	2	2
17:52	Plenette Pierson made Two Point Shot.	2	4
17:43	Penny Taylor Personal Foul	2	4
17:37	Natalie Williams Offensive Foul	2	4
17:37	Natalie Williams Foul	2	4
17:16	Plenette Pierson made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Slobodanka Tuvic.	2	6
17:00	Natalie Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Anna DeForge.	2	6
16:53	Diana Taurasi missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.	2	6
16:50	Natalie Williams Defensive Rebound.	2	6
16:45	Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Stephanie White.	4	6
16:32	Plenette Pierson made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	4	8
16:25	Stephanie White missed 19 ft Jumper.	4	8
16:24	Plenette Pierson Defensive Rebound.	4	8
16:10	Penny Taylor made Two Point Shot.	4	10
16:04	Deanna Jackson missed Layup. Blocked by Slobodanka Tuvic.	4	10
16:01	Slobodanka Tuvic Defensive Rebound.	4	10
15:51	Anna DeForge made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.	4	12
15:34	Tamika Catchings missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	12
15:33	Stephanie White Offensive Rebound.	4	12
15:30	Stephanie White made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	12
15:07	Deanna Jackson Shooting Foul	7	12
15:07	Official Timeout.	7	12
15:07	Kelly Schumacher enters the game for Deanna Jackson.	7	12
15:07	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	13
15:07	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	13
15:06	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	7	13
14:38	Tamika Catchings missed 18 ft Jumper.	7	13
14:37	Kelly Schumacher Offensive Rebound.	7	13
14:37	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul	7	13
14:37	Kelly Schumacher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	13
14:37	Indiana Offensive Rebound.	7	13
14:37	Kelly Schumacher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	13
14:37	Slobodanka Tuvic Defensive Rebound.	7	13
14:26	Plenette Pierson missed 9 ft Jumper.	7	13
14:26	Penny Taylor Offensive Rebound.	7	13
14:00	Penny Taylor missed Layup.	7	13
14:00	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	7	13
14:00	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Stephanie White.	7	13
13:52	Plenette Pierson missed 7 ft Jumper.	7	13
13:49	Kelly Schumacher Defensive Rebound.	7	13
13:33	Natalie Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Anna DeForge.	7	13
13:18	Anna DeForge Bad Pass. Stolen by Natalie Williams.	7	13
13:07	Kristen Rasmussen Bad Pass. Stolen by Diana Taurasi.	7	13
13:02	Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	13
13:00	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	7	13
12:55	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass	7	13
12:37	Penny Taylor Personal Foul	7	13
12:37	Tamara Moore enters the game for Penny Taylor.	7	13
12:33	Tamara Moore Personal Foul	7	13
12:30	Kelly Miller missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.	7	13
12:27	Plenette Pierson Defensive Rebound.	7	13
12:27	Kelly Miller Personal Foul	7	13
12:17	Diana Taurasi made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamara Moore.	7	15
12:03	Kelly Schumacher missed 19 ft Jumper.	7	15
12:00	Tamara Moore Defensive Rebound.	7	15
11:55	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	15
11:52	Natalie Williams Defensive Rebound.	7	15
11:32	Natalie Williams Offensive Foul	7	15
11:32	Natalie Williams Foul	7	15
11:32	Official Timeout.	7	15
11:32	Coretta Brown enters the game for Natalie Williams.	7	15
11:32	Ashley Robinson enters the game for Slobodanka Tuvic.	7	15
11:22	Ashley Robinson Traveling	7	15
10:57	Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Schumacher.	10	15
10:33	Anna DeForge made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	10	17
10:17	Tamika Catchings missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	17
10:15	Ashley Robinson Defensive Rebound.	10	17
10:07	Tamara Moore Offensive Foul	10	17
10:07	Tamara Moore Foul	10	17
9:48	Kristen Rasmussen made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	13	17
9:23	Tamara Moore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	17
9:22	Coretta Brown Defensive Rebound.	13	17
9:15	Coretta Brown made 9 ft Jumper.	15	17
8:55	Stephanie White enters the game for Kelly Miller.	15	17
8:55	Shereka Wright enters the game for Tamara Moore.	15	17
8:55	Penny Taylor enters the game for Ashley Robinson.	15	17
8:45	Diana Taurasi Offensive Foul	15	17
8:45	Diana Taurasi Foul	15	17
8:29	Kelly Schumacher 3 second	15	17
8:18	Kelly Schumacher Shooting Foul	15	17
8:18	Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	17
8:18	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	15	17
8:18	Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	17
8:17	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	15	17
8:07	Penny Taylor Personal Foul	15	17
8:07	Natalie Williams enters the game for Kelly Schumacher.	15	17
8:07	Slobodanka Tuvic enters the game for Penny Taylor.	15	17
7:56	Tamika Catchings missed Layup.	15	17
7:54	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	15	17
7:50	Diana Taurasi Lost Ball. Stolen by Kristen Rasmussen.	15	17
7:30	Kristen Rasmussen made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephanie White.	17	17
7:30	Shereka Wright Away From Ball Foul	17	17
7:30	Shereka Wright Foul	17	17
7:30	Official Timeout.	17	17
7:30	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 1.	18	17
7:00	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	18	17
6:54	Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	17
6:50	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	18	17
6:28	Jae Cross enters the game for Shereka Wright.	18	17
6:07	Anna DeForge made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	18	20
5:50	Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	20
5:48	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	18	20
5:33	Natalie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Coretta Brown.	20	20
5:33	Plenette Pierson Shooting Foul	20	20
5:33	Kelly Miller enters the game for Coretta Brown.	20	20
5:33	Kelly Schumacher enters the game for Tamika Catchings.	20	20
5:33	Natalie Williams made Free Throw 1 of 1.	21	20
5:18	Anna DeForge made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	21	23
5:07	Kelly Schumacher Bad Pass. Stolen by Diana Taurasi.	21	23
5:01	Stephanie White Shooting Foul	21	23
5:01	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	23
5:01	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	21	23
5:01	Gwen Jackson enters the game for Plenette Pierson.	21	23
5:01	Kayte Christensen enters the game for Slobodanka Tuvic.	21	23
5:01	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	24
4:45	Kristen Rasmussen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	21	24
4:43	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	21	24
4:33	Anna DeForge made Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	21	26
4:28	Indiana 20 Sec. Timeout.	21	26
4:28	Tamika Catchings enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	21	26
4:03	Stephanie White made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	24	26
3:50	Gwen Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	24	28
3:31	Anna DeForge Shooting Foul	24	28
3:31	Official Timeout.	24	28
3:31	Penny Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	24	28
3:31	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.	25	28
3:31	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.	26	28
3:14	Gwen Jackson Bad Pass	26	28
3:00	Tamika Catchings made 12 ft Jumper.	28	28
2:40	Kayte Christensen missed 9 ft Jumper.	28	28
2:38	Kelly Schumacher Defensive Rebound.	28	28
2:34	Kelly Schumacher Lost Ball. Stolen by Jae Cross.	28	28
2:30	Gwen Jackson made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	28	30
2:02	Stephanie White missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	28	30
2:00	Kelly Schumacher Offensive Rebound.	28	30
2:00	Kelly Schumacher Bad Pass. Stolen by Anna DeForge.	28	30
1:53	Phoenix 20 Sec. Timeout.	28	30
1:53	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Penny Taylor.	28	30
1:53	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Kayte Christensen.	28	30
1:53	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kelly Schumacher.	28	30
1:45	Natalie Williams Shooting Foul	28	30
1:45	Kelly Schumacher enters the game for Natalie Williams.	28	30
1:45	Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	28	31
1:45	Gwen Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	28	32
1:27	Tamika Catchings missed 9 ft Jumper.	28	32
1:25	Kelly Schumacher Offensive Rebound.	28	32
1:25	Plenette Pierson Shooting Foul	28	32
1:25	Kelly Schumacher made Free Throw 1 of 2.	29	32
1:25	Deanna Jackson enters the game for Stephanie White.	29	32
1:25	Kelly Schumacher made Free Throw 2 of 2.	30	32
1:13	Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	30	32
1:09	Kelly Schumacher Defensive Rebound.	30	32
54.5	Kelly Schumacher made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	32	32
34.9	Plenette Pierson missed 15 ft Jumper.	32	32
32.9	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	32	32
28.5	Indiana Full Timeout.	32	32
28.5	Stephanie White enters the game for Deanna Jackson.	32	32
28.5	Slobodanka Tuvic enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	32	32
28.5	Tamara Moore enters the game for Gwen Jackson.	32	32
2.9	Tamika Catchings missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.	32	32
0.2	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	32	32
0.1	Anna DeForge missed 67 ft Three Point Jumper.	32	32
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	32	32
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	32	32

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Mercury
60
Fever
61

Game 1

4/7

Fever
56
Mercury
71

Game 2

25/7

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 25 July 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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