Comets 71-69 Liberty (28 Jul, 2005) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

14-9, 7-4 away

	1	2	T
HOU	30	41	71
NYL	43	26	69

New York Liberty

11-10, 5-5 home

Elena Baranova made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Elena Baranova made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Elena Baranova missed Free Throw 3 of 3.
Vickie Johnson made Driving Layup.
Ann Wauters made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Elena Baranova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Elena Baranova made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Ann Wauters made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elena Baranova.
Ann Wauters missed 8 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elena Baranova.
Vickie Johnson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Vickie Johnson made 11 ft Jumper.
Ann Wauters made Driving Layup.
Becky Hammon missed Driving Layup.
Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup.
Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Vickie Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Laapos;Keshia Frett made 8 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Shameka Christon made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vickie Johnson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shameka Christon.
Shameka Christon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Driving Layup.
Becky Hammon made Driving Layup.
Shameka Christon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Laapos;Keshia Frett made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Laapos;Keshia Frett missed Jumper.
Ann Wauters made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ann Wauters made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Elena Baranova missed Driving Layup.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ann Wauters made Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Vickie Johnson missed Driving Layup.
Ann Wauters missed 18 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 8 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Robinson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed Driving Layup.
Shameka Christon missed Layup.
Shameka Christon made Layup.
Shameka Christon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shameka Christon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon made Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Elena Baranova made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.
Crystal Robinson made Jumper.
Shameka Christon's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Shameka Christon missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shameka Christon made Driving Layup.
Vickie Johnson missed Driving Layup.
Crystal Robinson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed Layup.
Michelle Snow missed 13 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Michelle Snow's Driving Layup blocked by Ann Wauters.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Dominique Canty missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes's Driving Layup blocked by Ann Wauters.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.
Janeth Arcain missed Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 11 ft Jumper.
Adrienne Goodson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Janeth Arcain made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made 18 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Shameka Christon.
Tina Thompson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Janeth Arcain made Driving Layup.
Edwige Lawson missed Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Janeth Arcain made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Janeth Arcain missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Janeth Arcain made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Tari Phillips missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tari Phillips missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed 11 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.
Dominique Canty's Layup blocked by Elena Baranova.
Tina Thompson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Driving Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Dominique Canty made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Janeth Arcain missed Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Janeth Arcain missed Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Layup.
Tina Thompson made Driving Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed Two Point Shot.
Adrienne Goodson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrienne Goodson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Janeth Arcain made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Janeth Arcain made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Driving Layup.
Michelle Snow missed 14 ft Jumper.
Janeth Arcain made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.
Janeth Arcain made Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 9 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Janeth Arcain missed 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup.

COMETS

LIBERTY

TIME		HOU	NYL
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Ann Wauters. Dominique Canty gains possession.	0	0
19:44	Michelle Snow missed 13 ft Jumper.	0	0
19:42	Ann Wauters Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:37	Becky Hammon Bad Pass. Stolen by Dominique Canty.	0	0
19:32	Dominique Canty made Driving Layup.	2	0
19:10	Tina Thompson Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	2	0
19:10	Elena Baranova made Free Throw 1 of 3.	2	1
19:10	Elena Baranova made Free Throw 2 of 3.	2	2
19:10	Elena Baranova missed Free Throw 3 of 3.	2	2
19:09	Ann Wauters Offensive Rebound.	2	2
18:59	Vickie Johnson made Driving Layup.	2	4
18:43	Tina Thompson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.	2	4
18:40	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	2	4
18:25	Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.	2	4
18:23	Tina Thompson Offensive Rebound.	2	4
18:22	Tina Thompson made Layup.	4	4
18:02	Ann Wauters made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.	4	6
17:44	Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.	6	6
17:17	Elena Baranova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.	6	8
17:00	Sheryl Swoopes made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	9	8
16:45	Elena Baranova made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.	9	11
16:30	Tina Thompson Turnover	9	11
16:17	Elena Baranova Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	9	11
16:15	Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.	11	11
15:56	Ann Wauters made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elena Baranova.	11	14
15:47	Janeth Arcain Bad Pass. Stolen by Vickie Johnson.	11	14
15:37	Ann Wauters missed 8 ft Jumper.	11	14
15:36	Janeth Arcain Defensive Rebound.	11	14
15:29	Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	14	14
15:14	Becky Hammon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elena Baranova.	14	17
14:47	Sheryl Swoopes Lost Ball. Stolen by Becky Hammon.	14	17
14:41	Vickie Johnson missed 10 ft Jumper.	14	17
14:40	New York Offensive Rebound.	14	17
14:40	New York Full Timeout.	14	17
14:30	Ann Wauters Traveling	14	17
14:14	Michelle Snow's Driving Layup blocked by Ann Wauters.	14	17
14:11	Tina Thompson Offensive Rebound.	14	17
14:11	Tina Thompson missed Layup.	14	17
14:10	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	14	17
14:07	Michelle Snow made Layup.	16	17
13:45	Vickie Johnson made 11 ft Jumper.	16	19
13:27	Laapos;Keshia Frett enters the game for Elena Baranova.	16	19
13:27	Shameka Christon enters the game for Vickie Johnson.	16	19
13:27	Jumpball: Dominique Canty vs. Becky Hammon. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	16	19
13:19	Dominique Canty missed 16 ft Jumper.	16	19
13:18	Shameka Christon Defensive Rebound.	16	19
13:03	Ann Wauters made Driving Layup.	16	21
12:45	Sheryl Swoopes's Driving Layup blocked by Ann Wauters.	16	21
12:44	Houston Offensive Rebound.	16	21
12:44	Catherine Kraayeveld enters the game for Ann Wauters.	16	21
12:44	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Michelle Snow.	16	21
12:30	24 second	16	21
12:02	Becky Hammon missed Driving Layup.	16	21
12:00	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	16	21
11:53	Becky Hammon Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	16	21
11:53	Houston Full Timeout.	16	21
11:53	Adrienne Goodson enters the game for Tina Thompson.	16	21
11:53	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Dominique Canty.	16	21
11:49	Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.	16	21
11:48	Becky Hammon Defensive Rebound.	16	21
11:37	Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup.	16	23
11:30	Loree Moore enters the game for Becky Hammon.	16	23
11:30	New York Full Timeout.	16	23
11:18	Janeth Arcain missed Jumper.	16	23
11:17	Shameka Christon Defensive Rebound.	16	23
11:12	Shameka Christon Bad Pass	16	23
10:49	Sancho Lyttle missed 11 ft Jumper.	16	23
10:48	Shameka Christon Defensive Rebound.	16	23
10:26	Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.	16	25
10:03	Adrienne Goodson missed 11 ft Jumper.	16	25
10:00	Loree Moore Defensive Rebound.	16	25
9:34	Laapos;Keshia Frett made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.	16	27
9:25	Houston Full Timeout.	16	27
9:25	Michelle Snow enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	16	27
9:25	Elena Baranova enters the game for Crystal Robinson.	16	27
9:25	Ann Wauters enters the game for Laapos;Keshia Frett.	16	27
9:25	Vickie Johnson enters the game for Catherine Kraayeveld.	16	27
9:11	Janeth Arcain made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	18	27
8:37	24 second	18	27
8:37	Dominique Canty enters the game for Janeth Arcain.	18	27
8:12	Vickie Johnson Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	18	27
8:12	Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	27
8:12	Tina Thompson enters the game for Adrienne Goodson.	19	27
8:12	Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	19	27
8:11	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	19	27
8:00	Tina Thompson made 18 ft Jumper.	21	27
7:37	Vickie Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	21	27
7:35	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	21	27
7:35	Ann Wauters Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	21	27
7:35	Becky Hammon enters the game for Loree Moore.	21	27
7:35	Laapos;Keshia Frett enters the game for Elena Baranova.	21	27
7:16	Michelle Snow Bad Pass. Stolen by Laapos;Keshia Frett.	21	27
7:11	Ann Wauters Offensive Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	21	27
7:11	Ann Wauters Foul	21	27
7:11	Crystal Robinson enters the game for Ann Wauters.	21	27
6:52	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Shameka Christon. Becky Hammon gains possession.	21	27
6:52	Michelle Snow Lost Ball. Stolen by Shameka Christon.	21	27
6:37	Laapos;Keshia Frett made 8 ft Jumper.	21	29
6:20	Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.	21	29
6:18	Sheryl Swoopes Offensive Rebound.	21	29
6:16	Sheryl Swoopes made Layup.	23	29
5:48	Becky Hammon made 8 ft Running Jumper.	23	31
5:20	Sheryl Swoopes's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Shameka Christon.	23	31
5:18	Crystal Robinson Defensive Rebound.	23	31
5:15	Shameka Christon made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Robinson.	23	33
4:48	Kristen Rasmussen Bad Pass. Stolen by Vickie Johnson.	23	33
4:46	Dominique Canty Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	23	33
4:46	Janeth Arcain enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	23	33
4:46	Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	23	34
4:46	Edwige Lawson enters the game for Dominique Canty.	23	34
4:46	Tari Phillips enters the game for Michelle Snow.	23	34
4:46	Vickie Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	23	35
4:24	Tina Thompson missed 12 ft Jumper.	23	35
4:22	Becky Hammon Defensive Rebound.	23	35
4:03	Vickie Johnson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shameka Christon.	23	37
3:45	Janeth Arcain made Driving Layup.	25	37
3:23	Shameka Christon missed 18 ft Jumper.	25	37
3:21	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	25	37
3:14	Edwige Lawson missed Driving Layup.	25	37
3:12	Laapos;Keshia Frett Defensive Rebound.	25	37
3:03	New York Full Timeout.	25	37
3:03	Erin Thorn enters the game for Vickie Johnson.	25	37
2:47	Becky Hammon made Driving Layup.	25	39
2:29	Tina Thompson missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.	25	39
2:27	Becky Hammon Defensive Rebound.	25	39
2:02	Becky Hammon made Driving Layup.	25	41
1:47	Crystal Robinson Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	25	41
1:47	Roneeka Hodges enters the game for Edwige Lawson.	25	41
1:35	Erin Thorn Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	25	41
1:35	Janeth Arcain made Free Throw 1 of 2.	26	41
1:35	Vickie Johnson enters the game for Crystal Robinson.	26	41
1:35	Janeth Arcain missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	26	41
1:34	Tina Thompson Offensive Rebound.	26	41
1:29	Tina Thompson made 11 ft Two Point Shot.	28	41
1:13	Shameka Christon missed 17 ft Jumper.	28	41
1:10	Janeth Arcain Defensive Rebound.	28	41
1:00	Vickie Johnson Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	28	41
45.8	Janeth Arcain made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	30	41
20.5	Laapos;Keshia Frett made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Becky Hammon.	30	43
11.0	Laapos;Keshia Frett Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	30	43
11.0	Tari Phillips missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	30	43
11.0	Houston Offensive Rebound.	30	43
11.0	Tari Phillips missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	30	43
9.9	Erin Thorn Defensive Rebound.	30	43
2.0	Laapos;Keshia Frett missed Jumper.	30	43
0.1	Tari Phillips Defensive Rebound.	30	43
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	30	43

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Liberty
68
Comets
65

Game 1

13/7

Comets
71
Liberty
69

Game 2

28/7

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 28 July 2005

New York, NY

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Leslie Claybrook
Melissa Barlow

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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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