Monarchs 105-78 Mercury (20 May, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHO	24	6	22	26	78
SAC	23	26	31	25	105

Sacramento Monarchs

1-0, 1-0 home

105

Scholanda Dorrell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 7 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kim Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Kim Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Kim Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kim Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kim Smith's Layup blocked by Ann Strother.
Hamchetou Maiga made 4 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 5 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Mandisa Stevenson.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ticha Penicheiro made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell made 8 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Driving Layup.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Hook Shot.
Nicole Powell made 19 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed Layup.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Kara Lawson missed 41 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Nicole Powell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Kim Smith's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Kim Smith's Layup blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Scholanda Dorrell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Kim Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed 8 ft Jumper.
Brittany Wilkins's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Layup.
Kim Smith made Layup.
Kara Lawson made Layup.
Brittany Wilkins missed 8 ft Jumper.
Brittany Wilkins made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Brittany Wilkins made Layup.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brittany Wilkins made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Cappie Pondexter made 17 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Tamicha Jackson missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed 4 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Bridget Pettis made Layup. Assisted by Tamicha Jackson.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Bridget Pettis missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Belinda Snell missed 18 ft Jumper.
Belinda Snell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Tamicha Jackson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Kelly Miller missed Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mandisa Stevenson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed Three Point Jumper.
Mandisa Stevenson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 7 ft Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 6 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson made Driving Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 14 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 8 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ann Strother made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamicha Jackson made 15 ft Jumper.
Ann Strother made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamicha Jackson.
Tamicha Jackson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ann Strother.
Cappie Pondexter made 8 ft Jumper.
Ann Strother missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Pettis missed Layup.
Ann Strother made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson made Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Tamicha Jackson.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Tamicha Jackson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.
Bridget Pettis made Layup.
Bridget Pettis missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ann Strother missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Pettis missed Layup.
Tamicha Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ann Strother made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell made Layup.
Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ann Strother.
Tamicha Jackson made 17 ft Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamicha Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamicha Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamicha Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamicha Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup.

MERCURY

MONARCHS

TIME		PHO	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kamila Vodichkova vs. Rebekkah Brunson. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	0	0
9:53	Cappie Pondexter made 17 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:38	Scholanda Dorrell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
9:37	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	2	0
9:21	Nicole Powell Bad Pass. Stolen by Kelly Miller.	2	0
9:15	Kamila Vodichkova made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	4	0
8:56	Jennifer Lacy Shooting Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	4	0
8:56	Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	0
8:56	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	4	0
8:56	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	1
8:40	Nicole Powell Shooting Foul. Kelly Miller gains possession.	4	1
8:40	Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	1
8:40	Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	1
8:26	Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.	6	1
8:23	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	6	1
8:14	Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	9	1
8:07	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Diana Taurasi.	9	1
8:03	Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	1
8:03	Sacramento Full Timeout.	12	1
7:50	Ticha Penicheiro Lost Ball. Stolen by Jennifer Lacy.	12	1
7:43	Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	1
7:41	Scholanda Dorrell Defensive Rebound.	12	1
7:35	Cappie Pondexter Personal Foul. Scholanda Dorrell gains possession.	12	1
7:26	Yolanda Griffith missed 7 ft Jumper.	12	1
7:24	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	12	1
7:07	Jennifer Lacy missed 16 ft Jumper.	12	1
7:05	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	12	1
7:01	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	12	1
7:01	Kara Lawson enters the game for Scholanda Dorrell.	12	1
6:52	Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	12	1
6:50	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	12	1
6:37	Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	14	1
6:33	Cappie Pondexter Personal Foul. Kara Lawson gains possession.	14	1
6:33	Kim Smith enters the game for Kara Lawson.	14	1
6:09	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kim Smith.	14	4
6:01	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Nicole Powell.	14	4
5:41	Hamchetou Maiga Bad Pass	14	4
5:41	Bridget Pettis enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	14	4
5:28	Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.	17	4
5:11	Jennifer Lacy Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	17	4
5:11	Tamicha Jackson enters the game for Kelly Miller.	17	4
5:11	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	5
5:11	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	6
5:09		17	6
5:09	Nicole Powell enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	17	6
4:58	Jennifer Lacy Traveling	17	6
4:48	Rebekkah Brunson made Two Point Shot.	17	8
4:39	Tamicha Jackson missed 5 ft Running Jumper.	17	8
4:37	Jennifer Lacy Offensive Rebound.	17	8
4:37	Jennifer Lacy missed 4 ft Jumper.	17	8
4:35	Defensive Rebound.	17	8
4:18	Rebekkah Brunson missed 8 ft Jumper.	17	8
4:18	Bridget Pettis Defensive Rebound.	17	8
4:01	Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.	17	8
4:01	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	17	8
3:56	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Jennifer Lacy.	17	8
3:56	Belinda Snell enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	17	8
3:56	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	17	8
3:45	Kim Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.	17	11
3:38	Belinda Snell Traveling	17	11
3:21	Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.	17	11
3:20	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	17	11
3:19	Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.	17	11
3:18	Belinda Snell Defensive Rebound.	17	11
3:13	Bridget Pettis made Layup. Assisted by Tamicha Jackson.	19	11
3:00	Kim Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	11
2:59	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	19	11
2:59	Tamicha Jackson Loose Ball Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	19	11
2:45	Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.	19	11
2:44	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	19	11
2:33	Hamchetou Maiga missed Jumper.	19	11
2:31	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	19	11
2:30	Yolanda Griffith made Layup.	19	13
2:15	Bridget Pettis missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	13
2:13	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	19	13
2:13	Ann Strother enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	19	13
2:00	Tamicha Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.	21	13
1:55		21	13
1:47	Belinda Snell missed 18 ft Jumper.	21	13
1:45	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	21	13
1:28	Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.	21	15
1:10	Belinda Snell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bridget Pettis.	24	15
1:00	Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kim Smith.	24	17
54.9	Tamicha Jackson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	17
53.6	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	24	17
53.6	Belinda Snell Loose Ball Foul. Kim Smith gains possession.	24	17
53.6	Cappie Pondexter enters the game for Bridget Pettis.	24	17
53.6	Kim Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	17
53.6	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	24	17
53.6	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	24	17
53.6	Kim Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	24	18
39.9	Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	18
37.9	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	24	18
30.9	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	24	21
10.9	Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.	24	21
8.9	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	24	21
1.0	Kim Smith's Layup blocked by Ann Strother.	24	21
0.0	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	24	21
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	24	21

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 2-1

Mercury
78
Monarchs
105

Game 1

20/5

Monarchs
76
Mercury
90

Game 2

7/6

Monarchs
71
Mercury
81

Game 3

14/8

9:00 PM, 20 May 2006

Referees:
Kurt Walker
Michael Price
Tina Napier

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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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