Monarchs 72-63 Lynx (20 Sep, 2004) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

18-16, 7-10 away

	1	2	T
MIN	32	31	63
SAC	33	39	72

Sacramento Monarchs

18-16, 10-7 home

Tangela Smith made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Edna Campbell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Edna Campbell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper. Blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Kara Lawson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruthie Bolton missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ruthie Bolton.
Kara Lawson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed Jumper.
Ruthie Bolton made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Tangela Smith made Two Point Shot.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Edna Campbell.
Ruthie Bolton made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Tangela Smith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made Layup. Assisted by Ruthie Bolton.
Rebekkah Brunson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson made 4 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Edna Campbell.
DeMya Walker missed Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chantelle Anderson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Two Point Shot.
Chantelle Anderson missed 5 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed Jumper.
Ruthie Bolton made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Chantelle Anderson made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed 4 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup. Blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Tangela Smith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Ruthie Bolton missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
DeMya Walker made 5 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Tangela Smith made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Edna Campbell.
Tangela Smith made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Tangela Smith missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Tangela Smith missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Teresa Edwards missed Two Point Shot.
Nicole Ohlde made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Teresa Edwards.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 17 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Vanessa Hayden made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.
Tamika Williams missed 6 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Jumper.
Helen Darling made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tasha Butts.
Tasha Butts missed Layup.
Tamika Williams missed Layup. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 17 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 6 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 35 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Teresa Edwards missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Vanessa Hayden missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup.
Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 6 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 15 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made 5 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Layup.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden missed 7 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Tip Shot.
Vanessa Hayden missed Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Helen Darling made 18 ft Two Point Shot.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 4 ft Two Point Shot.

LYNX

MONARCHS

TIME		MIN	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball. Nicole Ohlde vs. Yolanda Griffith. Edna Campbell gains possession.	0	0
19:39	Tangela Smith made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	0	2
19:22	Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.	2	2
19:07	DeMya Walker made Layup.	2	4
18:51	Yolanda Griffith Shooting Foul	2	4
18:51	Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	4
18:51	Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	4
18:34	Yolanda Griffith Bad Pass	4	4
18:15	Kicked Ball	4	4
18:12	Teresa Edwards missed Two Point Shot.	4	4
18:10	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
17:31	Nicole Ohlde made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.	6	4
17:21	Yolanda Griffith made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	6	6
17:13	Teresa Edwards Bad Pass	6	6
17:00	Nicole Ohlde Shooting Foul	6	6
17:00	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	7
17:00	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	8
16:40	Svetlana Abrosimova missed Three Point Jumper.	6	8
16:38	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	6	8
16:31	Edna Campbell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	8
16:30	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	6	8
16:21	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass	6	8
16:06	DeMya Walker Traveling	6	8
15:53	Official Timeout.	6	8
15:37	Svetlana Abrosimova made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Teresa Edwards.	9	8
15:22	DeMya Walker made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tangela Smith.	9	10
15:14	Teresa Edwards Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	9	10
15:04	Edna Campbell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	10
15:03	Teresa Edwards Defensive Rebound.	9	10
14:59	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 17 ft Jumper.	9	10
14:57	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	9	10
14:57	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert enters the game for Teresa Edwards.	9	10
14:57	Jumpball. Helen Darling vs. Edna Campbell. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	9	10
14:45	Kara Lawson Personal Foul	9	10
14:37	Kicked Ball	9	10
14:37	Ruthie Bolton enters the game for Edna Campbell.	9	10
14:37	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass	9	10
14:25	Tangela Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Williams.	9	10
14:17	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.	12	10
13:56	Tangela Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.	12	10
13:53	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	12	10
13:52	Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper. Blocked by Nicole Ohlde.	12	10
13:51	Helen Darling Defensive Rebound.	12	10
13:48	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Offensive Foul	12	10
13:48	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Foul	12	10
13:37	Kara Lawson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	12	12
13:07	DeMya Walker Personal Foul	12	12
13:07	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Tangela Smith.	12	12
13:07	Amanda Lassiter enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	12	12
13:07	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Tamika Williams.	12	12
13:07	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for DeMya Walker.	12	12
12:53	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.	14	12
12:36	Amanda Lassiter Personal Foul	14	12
12:19	Hamchetou Maiga Traveling	14	12
12:10	Rebekkah Brunson Personal Foul	14	12
11:57	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Foul	14	12
11:57	Nicole Ohlde Foul	14	12
11:57	Official Timeout.	14	12
11:57	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	14	12
11:57	Chantelle Anderson enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	14	12
11:41	Hamchetou Maiga missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Svetlana Abrosimova.	14	12
11:37	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	14	12
11:36	Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	12
11:33	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Defensive Rebou.	14	12
11:25	Hamchetou Maiga Personal Foul	14	12
11:06	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.	14	12
11:04	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	14	12
10:55	Svetlana Abrosimova Personal Foul	14	12
10:55	Amber Jacobs enters the game for Helen Darling.	14	12
10:41	Ruthie Bolton missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	12
10:41	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	14	12
10:36	Hamchetou Maiga made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ruthie Bolton.	14	14
10:12	Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	16	14
10:02	Kara Lawson missed 4 ft Jumper.	16	14
10:00	Amanda Lassiter Defensive Rebound.	16	14
9:52	Vanessa Hayden made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.	18	14
9:37	Chantelle Anderson missed Jumper.	18	14
9:37	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	18	14
9:23	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.	18	14
9:22	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	18	14
9:15	Ruthie Bolton made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	18	16
8:55	Hamchetou Maiga Shooting Foul	18	16
8:55	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Kara Lawson.	18	16
8:55	Tangela Smith enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	18	16
8:55	Lady Grooms enters the game for Chantelle Anderson.	18	16
8:55	Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	16
8:55	Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	16
8:41	Hamchetou Maiga Bad Pass. Stolen by Amber Jacobs.	20	16
8:32	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass. Stolen by Tangela Smith.	20	16
8:29	Tangela Smith made Two Point Shot.	20	18
8:11	Vanessa Hayden made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.	22	18
7:52	Amanda Lassiter Shooting Foul	22	18
7:52	Official Timeout.	22	18
7:52	Edna Campbell enters the game for Ruthie Bolton.	22	18
7:52	Tamika Williams enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	22	18
7:52	Tasha Butts enters the game for Amanda Lassiter.	22	18
7:52	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	19
7:52	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	20
7:31	Amber Jacobs Lost Ball. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	22	20
7:28	Tangela Smith Bad Pass	22	20
7:13	Tamika Williams missed 6 ft Jumper.	22	20
7:11	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	22	20
6:47	Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.	22	20
6:45	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	22	20
6:43	Vanessa Hayden Shooting Foul	22	20
6:43	Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	20
6:43	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	22	20
6:43	Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	21
6:28	Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Jumper.	22	21
6:28	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Offensive Rebou.	22	21
6:24	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Jumper.	24	21
6:11	Vanessa Hayden Shooting Foul	24	21
6:11	DeMya Walker enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	24	21
6:11	Helen Darling enters the game for Amber Jacobs.	24	21
6:11	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	22
6:11	Kara Lawson enters the game for Lady Grooms.	24	22
6:11	Nicole Ohlde enters the game for Vanessa Hayden.	24	22
6:11	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	24	23
5:54	Helen Darling Lost Ball. Stolen by Tangela Smith.	24	23
5:31	Kara Lawson Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Williams.	24	23
5:03	Helen Darling made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tasha Butts.	27	23
4:52	Yolanda Griffith made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Edna Campbell.	27	25
4:39	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Bad Pass	27	25
4:39	Minnesota 20 Sec. Timeout.	27	25
4:39	Ruthie Bolton enters the game for Edna Campbell.	27	25
4:24	DeMya Walker Bad Pass. Stolen by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	27	25
4:18	Tasha Butts missed Layup.	27	25
4:18	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	27	25
4:11	Ruthie Bolton made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	27	27
3:45	Helen Darling Bad Pass. Stolen by Kara Lawson.	27	27
3:42	Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	27	29
3:20	Tamika Williams missed Layup. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.	27	29
3:18	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	27	29
3:17	Tangela Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	27	29
3:15	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 17 ft Jumper.	27	29
3:14	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	27	29
2:50	Tangela Smith missed 13 ft Jumper.	27	29
2:49	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	27	29
2:26	Nicole Ohlde missed 6 ft Jumper.	27	29
2:25	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	27	29
2:23	Nicole Ohlde made Layup.	29	29
1:55	DeMya Walker Lost Ball. Stolen by Helen Darling.	29	29
1:51	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.	29	29
1:50	Ruthie Bolton Defensive Rebound.	29	29
1:45	Tangela Smith made Layup. Assisted by Ruthie Bolton.	29	31
1:42	Minnesota Full Timeout.	29	31
1:42	Amanda Lassiter enters the game for Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	29	31
1:42	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Tasha Butts.	29	31
1:42	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Tangela Smith.	29	31
1:20	Nicole Ohlde missed Layup. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.	29	31
1:17	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	29	31
1:10	Rebekkah Brunson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	29	33
56.2	Ruthie Bolton Personal Foul	29	33
56.2	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Tamika Williams.	29	33
52.7	Svetlana Abrosimova made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.	32	33
43.7	Yolanda Griffith Bad Pass	32	33
43.7	Jumpball. Svetlana Abrosimova vs. DeMya Walker. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	32	33
26.9	Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.	32	33
25.9	Ruthie Bolton Defensive Rebound.	32	33
2.9	Kara Lawson Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Ohlde.	32	33
0.0	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 35 ft Three Point Jumper.	32	33
0.0	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	32	33
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	32	33

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Lynx
69
Monarchs
61

Game 1

23/5

Monarchs
60
Lynx
50

Game 2

18/6

Monarchs
73
Lynx
83

Game 3

12/7

Lynx
63
Monarchs
72

Game 4

20/9

3:00 AM, 20 September 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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