Mercury 83-69 Lynx (22 Aug, 2005) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

14-18, 3-13 away

	1	2	T
MIN	24	45	69
PHO	42	41	83

Phoenix Mercury

16-15, 11-5 home

Anna DeForge made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Penny Taylor missed 8 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 19 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.
Ashley Robinson made Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Ashley Robinson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Lisa Harrison made Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.
Anna DeForge made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.
Diana Taurasi made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Niele Ivey made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ashley Robinson's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Diana Taurasi made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge made Layup. Assisted by Angelina Williams.
Anna DeForge made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.
Ashley Robinson missed Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi's 15 ft Jumper blocked by Chandi Jones.
Ashley Robinson missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made 6 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Lisa Harrison made Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Lisa Harrison made 13 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lisa Harrison.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Niele Ivey missed Layup.
Sandora Irvin made 14 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Niele Ivey.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 5 ft Jumper.
Sandora Irvin missed Layup.
Sandora Irvin's Layup blocked by Amber Jacobs.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge missed Jumper.
Sandora Irvin made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Niele Ivey.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Angelina Williams made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Niele Ivey.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sandora Irvin made Layup. Assisted by Niele Ivey.
Belinda Snell's Layup blocked by Tynesha Lewis.
Sandora Irvin made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lisa Harrison.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Harrison made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sandora Irvin.
Niele Ivey made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Niele Ivey made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Belinda Snell missed Three Point Jumper.
Sandora Irvin missed Layup.
Sandora Irvin missed Tip Shot.
Angelina Williams missed Layup.
Sandora Irvin made Layup.
Sandora Irvin made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Angelina Williams.
Nicole Ohlde made Two Point Shot.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristi Harrower's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Chandi Jones made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chandi Jones missed 9 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Driving Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 13 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 10 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Jumper.
Kristi Harrower's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Kristi Harrower missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup.
Amanda Lassiter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Amber Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Mann missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann missed Layup.
Kristen Mann missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Mann made Driving Layup.
Tamika Williams missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kristi Harrower missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kristi Harrower missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 8 ft Jumper.
Chandi Jones's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Lisa Harrison.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Driving Layup.
Nicole Ohlde's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Ashley Robinson.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Nicole Ohlde missed 14 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Williams made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chandi Jones.
Kristi Harrower's 12 ft Jumper blocked by Ashley Robinson.
Tamika Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chandi Jones missed 8 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Two Point Shot.
Kristen Mann made 9 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Mann missed 8 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Kristen Mann missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Mann made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amber Jacobs missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tynesha Lewis missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Tynesha Lewis made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Amber Jacobs made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Kristen Mann made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Kristen Mann missed Two Point Shot.
Amber Jacobs made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chandi Jones.
Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann made Driving Layup.
Kristen Mann made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Chandi Jones.
Chandi Jones made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHO
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball: Nicole Ohlde vs. Ashley Robinson. Penny Taylor gains possession.	0	0
19:50	Anna DeForge made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	0	2
19:28	Nicole Ohlde made Two Point Shot.	2	2
19:15	Penny Taylor missed 8 ft Jumper.	2	2
19:14	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	2	2
18:45	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 13 ft Jumper.	2	2
18:45	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	2	2
18:24	Anna DeForge missed 19 ft Jumper.	2	2
18:22	Svetlana Abrosimova Defensive Rebound.	2	2
18:00	Anna DeForge Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	2	2
18:00	Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	2
18:00	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	2	2
18:00	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	2
17:49	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	3	4
17:38	Kristi Harrower's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.	3	4
17:36	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	3	4
17:32	Diana Taurasi missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.	3	4
17:30	Kristi Harrower Defensive Rebound.	3	4
17:24	Chandi Jones made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	4
17:09	Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	6	6
16:58	Kristi Harrower Bad Pass. Stolen by Ashley Robinson.	6	6
16:45	Nicole Ohlde Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	6	6
16:45	Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	7
16:45	Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	7
16:45	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	6	7
16:31	Chandi Jones missed 9 ft Jumper.	6	7
16:30	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	6	7
16:15	Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	6	10
15:47	Svetlana Abrosimova made Driving Layup.	8	10
15:23	Kamila Vodichkova made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	8	12
15:08	Svetlana Abrosimova made 13 ft Jumper.	10	12
14:52	Penny Taylor made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.	10	15
14:48	Minnesota Full Timeout.	10	15
14:30	Nicole Ohlde missed 13 ft Jumper.	10	15
14:27	Svetlana Abrosimova Offensive Rebound.	10	15
14:26	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass	10	15
14:04	Ashley Robinson made Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	10	17
13:48	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 10 ft Jumper.	10	17
13:45	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	10	17
13:41	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass. Stolen by Ashley Robinson.	10	17
13:32	Ashley Robinson missed 11 ft Jumper.	10	17
13:30	Svetlana Abrosimova Defensive Rebound.	10	17
13:22	Lisa Harrison enters the game for Penny Taylor.	10	17
13:11	Tamika Williams missed Jumper.	10	17
13:10	Ashley Robinson Defensive Rebound.	10	17
12:47	Kamila Vodichkova made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	10	19
12:17	Kristi Harrower's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.	10	19
12:17	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	10	19
12:14	24 second	10	19
11:56	Lisa Harrison made Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.	10	21
11:34	Kristi Harrower missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	21
11:33	Ashley Robinson Defensive Rebound.	10	21
11:27	Anna DeForge made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	10	23
11:08	Tamika Williams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	23
11:07	Chandi Jones Offensive Rebound.	10	23
11:03	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	23
11:00	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	10	23
10:59	Tamika Williams made Layup.	12	23
10:30	Chandi Jones Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	12	23
10:30	Phoenix Full Timeout.	12	23
10:30	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	12	23
10:30	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Tamika Williams.	12	23
10:30	Amanda Lassiter enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	12	23
10:30	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	24
10:30	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	25
10:15	Amanda Lassiter missed 19 ft Jumper.	12	25
10:14	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	12	25
10:03	Diana Taurasi made Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.	12	27
9:49	Tynesha Lewis Traveling	12	27
9:38	Diana Taurasi made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	12	29
9:21	Chandi Jones Bad Pass	12	29
9:21	Sandora Irvin enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	12	29
9:03	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	29
9:00	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	12	29
8:55	Amber Jacobs enters the game for Tynesha Lewis.	12	29
8:52	Amber Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.	14	29
8:42	Amanda Lassiter Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	14	29
8:42	Niele Ivey enters the game for Lisa Harrison.	14	29
8:23	Niele Ivey made Driving Layup.	14	31
8:18	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass	14	31
8:07	Amanda Lassiter Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	14	31
8:07	Minnesota Full Timeout.	14	31
8:07	Kristen Mann enters the game for Chandi Jones.	14	31
8:07	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	31
8:07	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	14	31
8:07	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	32
7:41	Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	32
7:39	Sandora Irvin Defensive Rebound.	14	32
7:22	Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	32
7:20	Kristen Mann Defensive Rebound.	14	32
7:03	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	16	32
6:33	Ashley Robinson's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Nicole Ohlde.	16	32
6:33	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	16	32
6:33	Belinda Snell enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	16	32
6:33	Kamila Vodichkova enters the game for Sandora Irvin.	16	32
6:18	Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.	18	32
6:15	Phoenix Full Timeout.	18	32
6:15	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Niele Ivey.	18	32
6:00	Diana Taurasi made 11 ft Two Point Shot.	18	34
5:45	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	20	34
5:26	Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	34
5:24	Kristen Mann Defensive Rebound.	20	34
5:13	Ashley Robinson Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	20	34
5:13	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	34
5:13	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	34
4:52	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	34
4:48	Belinda Snell Offensive Rebound.	22	34
4:33	Nicole Ohlde Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	22	34
4:33	Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	35
4:33	Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	35
4:31	Belinda Snell Offensive Rebound.	22	35
4:13	Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	35
4:11	Belinda Snell Offensive Rebound.	22	35
3:59	Kristen Mann Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	22	35
3:59	Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	35
3:59	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	22	35
3:59	Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	36
3:38	Kristen Mann missed 19 ft Jumper.	22	36
3:35	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	22	36
3:24	Amber Jacobs Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	22	36
3:24	Lisa Harrison enters the game for Ashley Robinson.	22	36
3:24	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	22	36
3:13	Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	36
3:11	Kristen Mann Defensive Rebound.	22	36
3:00	Kristen Mann missed Layup.	22	36
3:00	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	22	36
2:44	Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	36
2:42	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	22	36
2:26	Kristen Mann missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	36
2:24	Lisa Harrison Defensive Rebound.	22	36
2:16	Amanda Lassiter Shooting Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	22	36
2:16	Tamika Williams enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	22	36
2:16	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	37
2:16	Chandi Jones enters the game for Amanda Lassiter.	22	37
2:16	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	38
2:00	Angelina Williams enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	22	38
2:00	Kristi Harrower enters the game for Amber Jacobs.	22	38
1:51	Kristen Mann made Driving Layup.	24	38
1:31	Diana Taurasi made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	24	40
1:09	Tamika Williams missed 8 ft Jumper.	24	40
1:07	Kristen Mann Offensive Rebound.	24	40
1:02	Kristi Harrower missed 11 ft Jumper.	24	40
1:00	Svetlana Abrosimova Offensive Rebound.	24	40
55.9	Kristi Harrower missed Layup.	24	40
54.9	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	24	40
53.1	Belinda Snell Loose Ball Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	24	40
34.9	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 8 ft Jumper.	24	40
32.8	Kristen Mann Offensive Rebound.	24	40
10.9	Chandi Jones's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Lisa Harrison.	24	40
8.6	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	24	40
2.6	Anna DeForge made Layup. Assisted by Angelina Williams.	24	42
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	24	42

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 3-1

Mercury
59
Lynx
75

Game 1

23/6

Mercury
69
Lynx
65

Game 2

30/7

Lynx
64
Mercury
70

Game 3

4/8

Lynx
69
Mercury
83

Game 4

22/8

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 22 August 2005

Phoenix, AZ

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
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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