Monarchs 79-59 Sparks (30 Jul, 2005) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

11-11, 4-6 away

	1	2	T
LOS	30	29	59
SAC	38	41	79

Sacramento Monarchs

16-7, 10-2 home

Chelsea Newton missed Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Yolanda Griffith made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Powell's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Jumper.
Kara Lawson's 18 ft Jumper blocked by Christi Thomas.
Hamchetou Maiga's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.
Kristin Haynie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made 11 ft Running Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Tip Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed 12 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Nicole Powell made 10 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 17 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Yolanda Griffith made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 6 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Kara Lawson made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Erin Buescher missed Two Point Shot.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristin Haynie made 11 ft Running Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Hamchetou Maiga made Two Point Shot.
Olympia Scott-Richardson missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made Tip Shot.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Miao Lijie.
Miao Lijie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Miao Lijie.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Miao Lijie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Miao Lijie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Miao Lijie missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Olympia Scott-Richardson missed Layup.
Mwadi Mabika missed Layup.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed 16 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 8 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Doneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 17 ft Jumper.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made Jumper. Assisted by Chamique Holdsclaw.
Chamique Holdsclaw made 7 ft Running Jumper.
Doneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chamique Holdsclaw made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Laura Macchi.
Laura Macchi made Driving Layup.
Lisa Leslie missed 8 ft Jumper.
Laura Macchi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Laura Macchi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Laura Macchi.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie missed 11 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Chamique Holdsclaw.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed Layup.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Layup.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ediesha Curry made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Doneeka Hodges.
Lisa Leslie's Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Tamika Whitmore missed Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie missed 10 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Driving Layup.
Doneeka Hodges missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed 11 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed Jumper.
Christi Thomas missed Layup.
Laura Macchi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ediesha Curry.
Raffaella Masciadri missed 15 ft Jumper.
Raffaella Masciadri made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ediesha Curry.
Raffaella Masciadri missed Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ediesha Curry made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jessica Moore.
Tamika Whitmore made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Raffaella Masciadri.
Raffaella Masciadri made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ediesha Curry.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jessica Moore missed Layup.
Raffaella Masciadri missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed Layup.
Ediesha Curry missed Layup.
Tamika Whitmore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chamique Holdsclaw missed Layup.
Laura Macchi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Raffaella Masciadri missed Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ediesha Curry missed 13 ft Jumper.
Laura Macchi made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Laura Macchi's Layup blocked by Erin Buescher.
Laura Macchi missed 8 ft Jumper.
Laura Macchi made 11 ft Jumper.
Raffaella Masciadri made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Raffaella Masciadri made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.

SPARKS

MONARCHS

TIME		LOS	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball: Lisa Leslie vs. Yolanda Griffith. Tamika Whitmore gains possession.	0	0
19:42	Mwadi Mabika Bad Pass	0	0
19:15	Chelsea Newton missed Layup.	0	0
19:12	Chelsea Newton Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:07	Chelsea Newton Bad Pass. Stolen by Lisa Leslie.	0	0
19:02	Mwadi Mabika missed Layup.	0	0
19:00	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:43	Ticha Penicheiro missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
18:42	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	0	0
18:42	Chamique Holdsclaw Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	0	0
18:28	Rebekkah Brunson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.	0	2
18:19	Chamique Holdsclaw made Jumper.	2	2
18:06	Yolanda Griffith made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	2	4
17:51	Chelsea Newton Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	2	4
17:42	Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.	4	4
17:25	Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	4
17:22	Chelsea Newton Offensive Rebound.	4	4
17:08	Tamika Whitmore Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	4	4
17:08	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	5
17:08	Lisa Leslie Defensive Goaltending	4	5
17:08	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	5
17:07	Tamika Whitmore Defensive Rebound.	4	5
17:00	Chamique Holdsclaw missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	5
16:59	Chelsea Newton Defensive Rebound.	4	5
16:35	Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Jumper.	4	7
16:35	Mwadi Mabika Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	4	7
16:35	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 1.	4	8
16:12	Mwadi Mabika missed 8 ft Jumper.	4	8
16:10	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	4	8
15:55	Nicole Powell's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.	4	8
15:52	Tamika Whitmore Defensive Rebound.	4	8
15:52	Ticha Penicheiro Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	4	8
15:52	Sacramento Full Timeout.	4	8
15:48	Mwadi Mabika missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	8
15:42	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	4	8
15:37	Nicole Powell Bad Pass. Stolen by Lisa Leslie.	4	8
15:33	Rebekkah Brunson Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	4	8
15:33	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Mwadi Mabika.	4	8
15:33	Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	8
15:33	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	4	8
15:33	Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	5	8
15:07	Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.	5	8
15:06	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	5	8
15:03	Rebekkah Brunson missed 4 ft Jumper.	5	8
15:02	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	5	8
14:40	Chelsea Newton Traveling	5	8
14:30	Doneeka Hodges Bad Pass	5	8
14:15	Chelsea Newton Offensive Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	5	8
14:15	Chelsea Newton Foul	5	8
14:04	Chamique Holdsclaw Bad Pass	5	8
13:48	Yolanda Griffith's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.	5	8
13:45	Chamique Holdsclaw Defensive Rebound.	5	8
13:33	Doneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.	8	8
13:15	Lisa Leslie Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	8	8
13:15	Kara Lawson enters the game for Chelsea Newton.	8	8
13:15	Erin Buescher enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	8	8
13:10	Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.	8	11
13:00	Chamique Holdsclaw missed 17 ft Jumper.	8	11
12:57	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	8	11
12:44	Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	11
12:41	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	8	11
12:40	Erin Buescher Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	8	11
12:40	Raffaella Masciadri enters the game for Doneeka Hodges.	8	11
12:40	Olympia Scott-Richardson enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	8	11
12:32	Lisa Leslie missed 17 ft Jumper.	8	11
12:30	Chamique Holdsclaw Offensive Rebound.	8	11
12:29	Chamique Holdsclaw missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	11
12:26	Raffaella Masciadri Offensive Rebound.	8	11
12:18	Tamecka Dixon Traveling	8	11
12:18	Christi Thomas enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	8	11
11:59	Ticha Penicheiro made Jumper.	8	13
11:44	Tamika Whitmore made Jumper. Assisted by Chamique Holdsclaw.	10	13
11:34	Olympia Scott-Richardson 3 second	10	13
11:34	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	10	13
11:34	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Nicole Powell.	10	13
11:34	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	10	13
11:30	Kristin Haynie Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	10	13
11:14	Tamecka Dixon Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	10	13
11:03	Hamchetou Maiga Bad Pass. Stolen by Chamique Holdsclaw.	10	13
10:59	Tamecka Dixon Bad Pass. Stolen by Kristin Haynie.	10	13
10:52	Raffaella Masciadri Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	10	13
10:52	Doneeka Hodges enters the game for Tamika Whitmore.	10	13
10:52	Lisa Leslie enters the game for Tamecka Dixon.	10	13
10:52	Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	13
10:52	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	10	13
10:52	Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	14
10:34	Jumpball: Lisa Leslie vs. Kara Lawson. Doneeka Hodges gains possession.	10	14
10:27	Raffaella Masciadri Lost Ball. Stolen by Kristin Haynie.	10	14
10:26	Raffaella Masciadri Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	10	14
10:14	Hamchetou Maiga missed 18 ft Jumper.	10	14
10:11	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	10	14
10:03	Kara Lawson made Jumper.	10	16
9:47	Doneeka Hodges Bad Pass. Stolen by Kara Lawson.	10	16
9:22	Kara Lawson's 18 ft Jumper blocked by Christi Thomas.	10	16
9:19	Chamique Holdsclaw Defensive Rebound.	10	16
9:17	Chamique Holdsclaw made 7 ft Running Jumper.	12	16
9:03	Hamchetou Maiga's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.	12	16
9:03	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	12	16
9:03	Laura Macchi enters the game for Raffaella Masciadri.	12	16
8:45	Doneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	16
8:41	Laura Macchi Offensive Rebound.	12	16
8:37	Chamique Holdsclaw made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Laura Macchi.	14	16
8:23	Nicole Powell enters the game for Kara Lawson.	14	16
8:23	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Erin Buescher.	14	16
8:21	Nicole Powell Traveling	14	16
8:03	Laura Macchi made Driving Layup.	16	16
7:43	Christi Thomas Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	16	16
7:43	Sacramento Full Timeout.	16	16
7:43	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	17
7:43	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	18
7:35	Yolanda Griffith Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	16	18
7:22	Olympia Scott-Richardson Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	16	18
7:13	Lisa Leslie missed 8 ft Jumper.	16	18
7:13	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	16	18
7:13	Christi Thomas Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	16	18
7:13	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	19
7:13	Tamika Whitmore enters the game for Christi Thomas.	16	19
7:13	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	20
6:50	Chamique Holdsclaw Offensive Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	16	20
6:50	Chamique Holdsclaw Foul	16	20
6:28	Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.	16	20
6:26	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	16	20
6:15	Kristin Haynie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.	16	23
6:09	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	16	23
6:09	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	16	23
6:09	Kara Lawson enters the game for Olympia Scott-Richardson.	16	23
6:09	Laura Macchi made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	23
6:09	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Chamique Holdsclaw.	17	23
6:09	Laura Macchi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	23
5:50	Nicole Powell enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	18	23
5:50	Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.	18	25
5:30	Lisa Leslie made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Laura Macchi.	20	25
5:13	Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	28
4:52	Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.	20	28
4:50	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	20	28
4:39	Laura Macchi Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	20	28
4:39	Chamique Holdsclaw enters the game for Laura Macchi.	20	28
4:39	Ticha Penicheiro enters the game for Kristin Haynie.	20	28
4:39	Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	29
4:39	Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	30
4:20	Chelsea Newton enters the game for Kara Lawson.	20	30
4:09	Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.	20	30
4:07	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	20	30
4:00	Nicole Powell Bad Pass	20	30
4:00	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	20	30
3:47	Lisa Leslie Offensive Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	20	30
3:47	Lisa Leslie Foul	20	30
3:31	Nicole Powell made 11 ft Running Jumper.	20	32
3:12	Ticha Penicheiro Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	20	32
3:12	Mwadi Mabika enters the game for Tamecka Dixon.	20	32
3:12	Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	32
3:12	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	20	32
3:12	Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	32
2:56	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	21	34
2:45	Lisa Leslie missed 11 ft Jumper.	21	34
2:43	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	21	34
2:35	Mwadi Mabika Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	21	34
2:35	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	35
2:35	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	36
2:16	Lisa Leslie made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Chamique Holdsclaw.	23	36
1:50	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Chamique Holdsclaw.	23	36
1:45	Chamique Holdsclaw missed Layup.	23	36
1:44	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	23	36
1:39	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Lisa Leslie.	23	36
1:35	Chamique Holdsclaw made Layup.	25	36
1:17	Yolanda Griffith made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.	25	38
53.8	Nicole Powell Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	25	38
53.8	Erin Buescher enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	25	38
53.8	Jessica Moore enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	25	38
53.8	Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 1 of 2.	26	38
53.8	Kara Lawson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	26	38
53.8	Ediesha Curry enters the game for Mwadi Mabika.	26	38
53.8	Chamique Holdsclaw made Free Throw 2 of 2.	27	38
46.9	Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.	27	38
44.9	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	27	38
44.9	Rebekkah Brunson missed Tip Shot.	27	38
43.7	Chamique Holdsclaw Defensive Rebound.	27	38
15.6	Ediesha Curry made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Doneeka Hodges.	30	38
0.0	Rebekkah Brunson missed 11 ft Jumper.	30	38
0.0	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	30	38
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	30	38

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 3-1

Sparks
53
Monarchs
81

Game 1

4/6

Monarchs
74
Sparks
81

Game 2

12/6

Sparks
59
Monarchs
79

Game 3

30/7

Monarchs
72
Sparks
63

Game 4

17/8

3:00 AM, 30 July 2005

Referees:
Darla Foutz Stevens
Michael Price
John Fullilove

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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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