Sting 62-55 Sun (2 Sep, 2004) Play-by-Play

Connecticut Sun

13-15, 6-9 away

	1	2	T
CT	24	31	55
CHA	36	26	62

Charlotte Sting

13-13, 8-5 home

Andrea Stinson missed Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley made Two Point Shot.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Allison Feaster made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Allison Feaster.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed Layup. Blocked by Asjha Jones.
Dawn Staley made 16 ft Jumper.
Tynesha Lewis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Nicole Powell made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Olympia Scott-Richardson.
Tynesha Lewis made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Mazzante made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Kelly Mazzante made Jumper. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Kelly Mazzante missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.
Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Dawn Staley missed 15 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Allison Feaster made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Dawn Staley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.
Dawn Staley missed 9 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Andrea Stinson made Two Point Shot.
Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tynesha Lewis made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Allison Feaster missed 14 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Allison Feaster made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley missed 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.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Allison Feaster missed 13 ft Jumper.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Charlotte Smith-Taylor made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Allison Feaster.
Dawn Staley made Layup. Assisted by Allison Feaster.
Nykesha Sales missed 14 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas made Two Point Shot.
Wendy Palmer made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Nykesha Sales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Wendy Palmer missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Nykesha Sales made Layup.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.
Nykesha Sales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Asjha Jones made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Asjha Jones missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nykesha Sales made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Jessica Brungo made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Debbie Black.
Lindsay Whalen made Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup. Assisted by Asjha Jones.
Lindsay Whalen missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Katie Douglas missed 19 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 15 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.
Nykesha Sales missed 18 ft Jumper.
Katie Douglas made Layup.
Katie Douglas missed Layup.
Nykesha Sales missed 15 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer missed Layup.
Isabel Sanchez made Layup. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Isabel Sanchez missed 9 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 14 ft Jumper.
Katie Douglas made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Douglas made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Wendy Palmer made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Katie Douglas missed Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.
Nykesha Sales missed 14 ft Jumper.
Nykesha Sales made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Tip Shot.
Nykesha Sales missed Tip Shot.
Katie Douglas missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas made Two Point Shot.
Debbie Black made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 10 ft Jumper.
Nykesha Sales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nykesha Sales made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Debbie Black.
Asjha Jones missed 11 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Two Point Shot.
Nykesha Sales missed 8 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 3 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tynesha Lewis.
Katie Douglas missed 5 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made 12 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Katie Douglas made Technical Free Throw.
Wendy Palmer missed 19 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 8 ft Jumper.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.

SUN

STING

TIME		CT	CHA
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball. Taj McWilliams-Franklin vs. Tammy Sutton-Brown. Dawn Staley gains possession.	0	0
19:31	Andrea Stinson missed Jumper.	0	0
19:30	Tammy Sutton-Brown Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:29	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.	0	0
19:27	Allison Feaster Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:22	Wendy Palmer Shooting Foul	0	0
19:22	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	1
19:22	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	1
19:22	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Defensive Re.	0	1
18:57	Nykesha Sales missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	1
18:55	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Defensive Rebound.	0	1
18:38	Dawn Staley made Two Point Shot.	0	3
18:14	Lindsay Whalen missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
18:12	Dawn Staley Defensive Rebound.	0	3
17:59	Allison Feaster Bad Pass. Stolen by Katie Douglas.	0	3
17:55	Katie Douglas made Two Point Shot.	2	3
17:37	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Personal Foul	2	3
17:28	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Shooting Foul	2	3
17:28	Le'Coe Willingham enters the game for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	2	3
17:28	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	4
17:28	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	5
17:12	Wendy Palmer made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	4	5
16:58	Dawn Staley made Layup. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.	4	7
16:29	Nykesha Sales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	7
16:27	Le'Coe Willingham Offensive Rebound.	4	7
16:02	Katie Douglas Bad Pass	4	7
15:41	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Bad Pass. Stolen by Nykesha Sales.	4	7
15:32	Wendy Palmer missed Layup. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	4	7
15:30	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	4	7
15:26	Tammy Sutton-Brown Bad Pass	4	7
15:26	Official Timeout.	4	7
15:11	Nykesha Sales made Layup.	6	7
14:53	Allison Feaster made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Andrea Stinson.	6	9
14:36	Andrea Stinson Personal Foul	6	9
14:23	Nykesha Sales missed Layup.	6	9
14:22	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Defensive Rebound.	6	9
14:18	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Allison Feaster.	6	11
13:52	Andrea Stinson Personal Foul	6	11
13:52	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Andrea Stinson.	6	11
13:52	Wendy Palmer Offensive Foul	6	11
13:52	Wendy Palmer Foul	6	11
13:37	Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	11
13:36	Wendy Palmer Defensive Rebound.	6	11
13:29	Nykesha Sales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	11
13:26	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Defensive Rebound.	6	11
13:19	Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	11
13:18	Le'Coe Willingham Defensive Rebound.	6	11
13:11	Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.	6	11
13:07	Asjha Jones enters the game for Wendy Palmer.	6	11
13:07	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	6	11
13:07		6	11
13:07	Lindsay Whalen Lost Ball. Stolen by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	6	11
13:07	Debbie Black enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	6	11
13:07	Olympia Scott-Richardson enters the game for Tammy Sutton-Brown.	6	11
12:52	Allison Feaster missed Layup. Blocked by Asjha Jones.	6	11
12:48	Nykesha Sales Defensive Rebound.	6	11
12:29	Asjha Jones made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	8	11
12:12	Dawn Staley made 16 ft Jumper.	8	13
11:41	Asjha Jones missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.	8	13
11:38	Olympia Scott-Richardson Defensive Rebou.	8	13
11:18	Tynesha Lewis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	8	15
10:52	Nykesha Sales made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.	10	15
10:37	Tynesha Lewis Lost Ball. Stolen by Nykesha Sales.	10	15
10:37	Official Timeout.	10	15
10:37	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Nykesha Sales.	10	15
10:37	Jessica Brungo enters the game for Katie Douglas.	10	15
10:37	Nicole Powell enters the game for Charlotte Smith-Taylor.	10	15
10:37	Kelly Mazzante enters the game for Allison Feaster.	10	15
10:37	Jessica Brungo Bad Pass	10	15
10:19	Nicole Powell made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Olympia Scott-Richardson.	10	17
9:56	Asjha Jones Offensive Foul	10	17
9:56	Asjha Jones Foul	10	17
9:41	Tynesha Lewis made 15 ft Two Point Shot.	10	19
9:06	Lindsay Whalen Shooting Foul	10	19
9:06	Tammy Sutton-Brown enters the game for Olympia Scott-Richardson.	10	19
9:06	Connecticut 20 Sec. Timeout.	10	19
9:06	Taj McWilliams-Franklin enters the game for Le'Coe Willingham.	10	19
9:06	Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	20
9:06	Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	21
8:52	Jessica Brungo made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Debbie Black.	13	21
8:26	Kelly Mazzante made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	13	24
8:12	Lindsay Whalen made Two Point Shot.	15	24
8:12	Tynesha Lewis Shooting Foul	15	24
8:12	Andrea Stinson enters the game for Dawn Staley.	15	24
8:12	Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.	16	24
7:52	Nicole Powell Lost Ball. Stolen by Jessica Brungo.	16	24
7:52	Official Timeout.	16	24
7:37	Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup. Assisted by Asjha Jones.	18	24
7:05	Kelly Mazzante made Jumper. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.	18	26
6:35	Lindsay Whalen Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	18	26
6:30	Kelly Mazzante missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	26
6:28	Jessica Brungo Defensive Rebound.	18	26
6:22	Lindsay Whalen missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	18	26
6:22	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	18	26
6:22	Nykesha Sales enters the game for Jessica Brungo.	18	26
6:22	Katie Douglas enters the game for Debbie Black.	18	26
6:20	Katie Douglas missed 19 ft Jumper.	18	26
6:18	Tynesha Lewis Defensive Rebound.	18	26
6:05	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.	18	26
6:01	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Layup.	18	26
6:01	Tammy Sutton-Brown Offensive Rebound.	18	26
6:01	Katie Douglas Defensive Rebound.	18	26
5:54	Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 15 ft Jumper.	18	26
5:52	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	18	26
5:33	Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.	18	26
5:31	Charlotte Offensive Rebound.	18	26
5:31	Allison Feaster enters the game for Tynesha Lewis.	18	26
5:31	Dawn Staley enters the game for Kelly Mazzante.	18	26
5:31	Wendy Palmer enters the game for Asjha Jones.	18	26
5:26	Nicole Powell Bad Pass	18	26
5:13	Lindsay Whalen Offensive Foul	18	26
5:13	Lindsay Whalen Foul	18	26
5:03	Katie Douglas Personal Foul	18	26
4:56	Allison Feaster made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	18	28
4:43	Tammy Sutton-Brown Shooting Foul	18	28
4:43	Charlotte Smith-Taylor enters the game for Nicole Powell.	18	28
4:43	Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	28
4:43	Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	28
4:31	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Bad Pass. Stolen by Nykesha Sales.	20	28
3:58	Katie Douglas made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.	22	28
3:41	Dawn Staley missed 15 ft Jumper.	22	28
3:39	Nykesha Sales Defensive Rebound.	22	28
3:27	Nykesha Sales missed 18 ft Jumper.	22	28
3:23	Katie Douglas made Layup.	24	28
3:23	Katie Douglas Offensive Rebound.	24	28
3:06	Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	28
3:05	Charlotte Defensive Rebound.	24	28
3:05	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Loose Ball Foul	24	28
3:05	Official Timeout.	24	28
3:05	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Andrea Stinson.	24	28
2:56	Katie Douglas missed Layup.	24	28
2:53	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Defensive Rebound.	24	28
2:29	Charlotte Smith-Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	24	31
2:19	Nykesha Sales Bad Pass. Stolen by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.	24	31
1:57	Tynesha Lewis Lost Ball. Stolen by Katie Douglas.	24	31
1:31	Nykesha Sales missed 15 ft Jumper.	24	31
1:29	Dawn Staley Defensive Rebound.	24	31
1:20	Allison Feaster made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charlotte Smith-Taylor.	24	34
1:12	Connecticut Full Timeout.	24	34
1:12	Isabel Sanchez enters the game for Tammy Sutton-Brown.	24	34
56.6	Wendy Palmer missed Layup.	24	34
55.4	Isabel Sanchez Defensive Rebound.	24	34
40.2	Isabel Sanchez made Layup. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.	24	34
33.7	Lindsay Whalen Bad Pass. Stolen by Allison Feaster.	24	34
5.7	Isabel Sanchez missed 9 ft Jumper.	24	34
3.7	Charlotte Smith-Taylor Offensive Rebound.	24	34
0.7	Charlotte Smith-Taylor missed 16 ft Jumper.	24	34
0.0	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Defensive Re.	24	34
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	24	34

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Sting
62
Sun
71

Game 1

4/6

Sting
63
Sun
58

Game 2

19/6

Sun
55
Sting
62

Game 3

2/9

Sun
81
Sting
67

Game 4

16/9

12:00 AM, 2 September 2004

Referees:
Sally Bell
Bonita Spence
Cameron Inouye

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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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