Storm 90-67 Sparks (22 May, 2006) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LOS	16	16	19	16	67
SEA	18	23	23	26	90

Seattle Storm

1-0, 1-0 home

Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 4 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 16 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird made 16 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made Driving Layup.
Tiffani Johnson's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Christi Thomas.
Tanisha Wright missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird made Driving Layup.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tiffani Johnson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Shaunzinski Gortman made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Iziane Castro Marques made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Iziane Castro Marques made Driving Layup.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 6 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed 15 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Driving Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird made 14 ft Running Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 12 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Layup.
Iziane Castro Marques made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Lauren Jackson made Driving Layup.
Sue Bird missed 7 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made 15 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made 4 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Betty Lennox made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Tanisha Wright missed 16 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shaunzinski Gortman's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Christi Thomas.
Lauren Jackson made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Betty Lennox made Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird's 12 ft Jumper blocked by Doneeka Hodges.
Tanisha Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Betty Lennox made 18 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Tiffani Johnson missed Hook Shot.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Lauren Jackson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Driving Layup.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tiffani Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Shaunzinski Gortman made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shaunzinski Gortman made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie missed Jumper.
Temeka Johnson made 17 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 13 ft Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamara Moore missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie missed 10 ft Jumper.
Christi Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson missed Layup.
Mwadi Mabika missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Mwadi Mabika made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Mwadi Mabika missed Free Throw 3 of 3.
Christi Thomas missed 6 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made 16 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Doneeka Hodges missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Murriel Page's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Doneeka Hodges made Driving Layup. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Mwadi Mabika missed 18 ft Jumper.
Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Emmeline Ndongue missed 12 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Brandi Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Brandi Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Mwadi Mabika missed 12 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed Layup.
Temeka Johnson made 9 ft Jumper.
Brandi Davis missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brandi Davis missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 4 ft Hook Shot.
Temeka Johnson's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Lisa Leslie's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Wendy Palmer-Daniel.
Lisa Leslie's Layup blocked by Wendy Palmer-Daniel.
Mwadi Mabika missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Driving Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Doneeka Hodges made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mwadi Mabika.
Lisa Leslie made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Christi Thomas.
Doneeka Hodges's 23 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Shaunzinski Gortman.
Lisa Leslie made Driving Layup.
Christi Thomas made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Christi Thomas made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Willis's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Christi Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Willis missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Doneeka Hodges missed 4 ft Jumper.
Lisa Willis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made 15 ft Jumper.
Brandi Davis made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Lisa Leslie made 3 ft Jumper. Assisted by Brandi Davis.
Mwadi Mabika made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Emmeline Ndongue missed 4 ft Jumper.
Christi Thomas missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brandi Davis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Brandi Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 4 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Willis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Emmeline Ndongue missed 5 ft Jumper.
Mwadi Mabika made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mwadi Mabika made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Brandi Davis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brandi Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.

SPARKS

STORM

TIME		LOS	SEA
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Lisa Leslie vs. Lauren Jackson. Sue Bird gains possession.	0	0
9:37	Lauren Jackson Bad Pass	0	0
9:26	Lisa Leslie missed Jumper.	0	0
9:26	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:12	Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.	0	3
9:00	Temeka Johnson made 17 ft Jumper.	2	3
8:38	Betty Lennox Turnover	2	3
8:33	Mwadi Mabika missed 13 ft Jumper.	2	3
8:32	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Defensive Rebound.	2	3
8:21	Wendy Palmer-Daniel missed 4 ft Jumper.	2	3
8:19	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Offensive Rebound.	2	3
8:19	Lisa Leslie Shooting Foul. Wendy Palmer-Daniel gains possession.	2	3
8:19	Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	4
8:19	Wendy Palmer-Daniel made Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	4
8:12	Lauren Jackson Personal Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	3	4
8:11	Mwadi Mabika Offensive Foul. Wendy Palmer-Daniel gains possession.	3	4
8:11	Mwadi Mabika Foul	3	4
7:50	Lauren Jackson missed 11 ft Jumper.	3	4
7:48	Mwadi Mabika Defensive Rebound.	3	4
7:33	Temeka Johnson missed 13 ft Jumper.	3	4
7:31	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Defensive Rebound.	3	4
7:20	Wendy Palmer-Daniel 3 second	3	4
7:09	Lisa Leslie made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	5	4
7:09	Lauren Jackson Shooting Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	5	4
7:09	Tiffani Johnson enters the game for Lauren Jackson.	5	4
7:09	Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 1.	6	4
6:48	Betty Lennox missed 16 ft Jumper.	6	4
6:46	Mwadi Mabika Defensive Rebound.	6	4
6:41	Temeka Johnson Bad Pass	6	4
6:22	Iziane Castro Marques made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	6	7
6:09	Tamara Moore missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	7
6:07	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Defensive Rebound.	6	7
5:56	Sue Bird made 16 ft Jumper.	6	9
5:39	Lisa Leslie missed 5 ft Running Jumper.	6	9
5:37	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Defensive Rebound.	6	9
5:20	Iziane Castro Marques Bad Pass	6	9
5:20	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Sue Bird.	6	9
5:20	Shaunzinski Gortman enters the game for Betty Lennox.	6	9
5:03	Mwadi Mabika made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	8	9
4:52	Iziane Castro Marques made Driving Layup.	8	11
4:43	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Personal Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	8	11
4:43	Official Timeout.	8	11
4:43	Christi Thomas enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	8	11
4:33	Temeka Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	11
4:31	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	8	11
4:18	Wendy Palmer-Daniel Bad Pass. Stolen by Christi Thomas.	8	11
4:03	Mwadi Mabika made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	11	11
4:01	Sue Bird enters the game for Iziane Castro Marques.	11	11
4:01	Mwadi Mabika Personal Foul. Iziane Castro Marques gains possession.	33	42
3:47	Tiffani Johnson's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Christi Thomas.	11	11
3:47	Jumpball: Christi Thomas vs. Tiffani Johnson. Tanisha Wright gains possession.	11	11
3:47	Seattle Offensive Rebound.	11	11
3:38	Tanisha Wright missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	11
3:34	Mwadi Mabika Defensive Rebound.	11	11
3:21	Temeka Johnson Bad Pass. Stolen by Sue Bird.	11	11
3:15	Christi Thomas Personal Foul. Sue Bird gains possession.	11	11
3:06	Sue Bird Bad Pass	11	11
3:06	Lisa Leslie enters the game for Jessica Moore.	15	15
2:58	Doneeka Hodges enters the game for Tamara Moore.	11	11
2:48	Tiffani Johnson Personal Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	11	11
2:48	Lisa Leslie missed 10 ft Jumper.	11	11
2:47	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	11	11
2:42	Sue Bird made Driving Layup.	11	13
2:42	Temeka Johnson Shooting Foul. Sue Bird gains possession.	11	13
2:42		11	13
2:42	Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 1.	11	14
2:42	Lisa Leslie Bad Pass. Stolen by Shaunzinski Gortman.	11	14
2:28	Tiffani Johnson missed 6 ft Jumper.	11	14
2:26	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	11	14
2:15	Christi Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	13	14
1:55	Doneeka Hodges Personal Foul. Shaunzinski Gortman gains possession.	13	14
1:55	Shaunzinski Gortman made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	15
1:55	Barbara Turner enters the game for Sue Bird.	13	15
1:55	Shaunzinski Gortman missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	15
1:28	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	13	15
1:21	Lisa Leslie Jump Ball	13	15
1:15	Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	15
1:15	Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	15
53.2	Barbara Turner missed Three Point Jumper.	15	15
51.0	Seattle Offensive Rebound.	15	15
51.0	24 second	15	15
42.8	Barbara Turner Personal Foul. Doneeka Hodges gains possession.	15	15
42.8	Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	15
42.8	Emmeline Ndongue enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	16	15
42.8	Doneeka Hodges made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	15
18.2	Tanisha Wright missed 16 ft Jumper.	23	24
16.0	Tiffani Johnson Offensive Rebound.	17	15
15.0	Christi Thomas Shooting Foul. Tiffani Johnson gains possession.	17	15
15.0	Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	16
15.0	Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	17
1.0	Temeka Johnson missed Layup.	17	17
0.0	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	17	17
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	17	17

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 2-1

Sparks
67
Storm
90

Game 1

22/5

Storm
75
Sparks
67

Game 2

29/6

Sparks
71
Storm
70

Game 3

31/7

KeyArena

2:00 AM, 22 May 2006

Seattle, WA

Referees:
Kurt Walker
Shelley Nakasone
Tina Napier

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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