Mercury 90-76 Monarchs (7 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

3-3, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	18	18	25	15	76
PHO	20	29	29	12	90

Phoenix Mercury

1-4, 1-2 home

Kamila Vodichkova made Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made 12 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Jennifer Lacy made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 7 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.
Crystal Smith's Three Point Jumper blocked by Kristin Haynie.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Jen Derevjanik made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made 20 ft Jumper.
Bridget Pettis made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Bridget Pettis made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bridget Pettis missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Lacy.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Cappie Pondexter made 14 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 15 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Crystal Smith made Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Jen Derevjanik's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Nicole Powell.
Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Cappie Pondexter made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Jen Derevjanik missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Three Point Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Crystal Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 15 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 11 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 10 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Driving Layup.
Nicole Powell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Yolanda Griffith missed 10 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Driving Layup.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 5 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 16 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristin Haynie missed 17 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Yolanda Griffith's Layup blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Kristin Haynie made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Hamchetou Maiga made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson made Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Kim Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher's Layup blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kara Lawson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher's Layup blocked by Cappie Pondexter.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ticha Penicheiro made Layup.
Kristin Haynie made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Nicole Powell missed 9 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 51 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell's 21 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Kristin Haynie missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Kristin Haynie missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.

MONARCHS

MERCURY

TIME		SAC	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Kamila Vodichkova. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	0	0
9:48	Rebekkah Brunson made 11 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:30	Kamila Vodichkova made Driving Layup.	2	2
9:11	Nicole Powell missed Layup.	2	2
9:10	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:10	Jen Derevjanik Shooting Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	2	2
9:10	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	2
9:10	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	2
8:48	Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.	4	2
8:47	Kamila Vodichkova Offensive Rebound.	4	2
8:47	Kara Lawson Shooting Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	4	2
8:47	Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	3
8:47	Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	4
8:29	Yolanda Griffith missed 10 ft Jumper.	4	4
8:27	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	4	4
8:15	Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	4
8:12	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
7:52	Yolanda Griffith Bad Pass. Stolen by Diana Taurasi.	4	4
7:47	Cappie Pondexter made Two Point Shot.	4	6
7:33	Ticha Penicheiro missed Layup.	4	6
7:31	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	4	6
7:22	Jen Derevjanik Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	4	6
7:09	Rebekkah Brunson missed 15 ft Jumper.	4	6
7:07	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	4	6
6:54	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	4	6
6:50	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	6
6:48	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	4	6
6:41	Yolanda Griffith made Driving Layup.	6	6
6:28	Kamila Vodichkova Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	6	6
6:22	Nicole Powell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	8	6
6:07	Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.	8	8
5:47	Yolanda Griffith missed 10 ft Jumper.	8	8
5:45	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	8	8
5:37	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	8	8
5:22	Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.	8	8
5:20	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	8	8
5:13	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.	8	10
4:54	Nicole Powell made Jumper.	10	10
4:37	Cappie Pondexter made 12 ft Jumper.	10	12
4:16	Kara Lawson made Driving Layup.	12	12
4:07	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	12
4:05	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	12	12
4:00	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	15	12
3:42	Official Timeout.	15	12
3:42	Scholanda Dorrell enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	15	12
3:42	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	15	12
3:42	Erin Buescher enters the game for Kara Lawson.	15	12
3:42	Crystal Smith enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	15	12
3:42	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Jen Derevjanik.	15	12
3:39	Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.	15	12
3:36	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	15	12
3:21	Hamchetou Maiga missed 5 ft Jumper.	15	12
3:20	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	15	12
3:11	Hamchetou Maiga Shooting Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	15	12
3:11	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	12
3:11	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	15	12
3:11	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	13
2:55	Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	13
2:53	Scholanda Dorrell Offensive Rebound.	15	13
2:51	Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.	15	13
2:50	Jennifer Lacy Defensive Rebound.	15	13
2:32	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	15	13
2:19	Hamchetou Maiga missed 16 ft Jumper.	15	13
2:17	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	15	13
2:13	Cappie Pondexter made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	15	15
1:55	Jennifer Lacy Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga gains possession.	15	15
1:55	Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	15
1:55	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	15	15
1:55	Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	15
1:55	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	15	15
1:46	Jennifer Lacy made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.	15	17
1:39	Kristin Haynie Lost Ball. Stolen by Crystal Smith.	15	17
1:36	Kamila Vodichkova missed 7 ft Jumper.	15	17
1:34	Scholanda Dorrell Defensive Rebound.	15	17
1:23	Cappie Pondexter Personal Foul. Scholanda Dorrell gains possession.	15	17
1:23	Bridget Pettis enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	15	17
1:23	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	15	17
1:15	Kristin Haynie missed 17 ft Jumper.	15	17
1:14	Kristin Haynie Offensive Rebound.	15	17
1:12	Bridget Pettis Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga gains possession.	15	17
1:12	Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	17
1:12	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Goaltending	16	17
1:12	Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	17
1:12	Crystal Smith Defensive Rebound.	16	17
49.0	Jumpball: Hamchetou Maiga vs. Cappie Pondexter. Kristin Haynie gains possession.	16	17
49.0	Cappie Pondexter Lost Ball. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	16	17
43.1	Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.	18	17
29.9	Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.	18	17
28.6	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	18	17
16.2	Hamchetou Maiga Traveling	18	17
16.2	Kim Smith enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	18	17
6.7	Scholanda Dorrell Personal Foul. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	18	17
4.9	Crystal Smith's Three Point Jumper blocked by Kristin Haynie.	18	17
4.3	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	18	17
2.9	Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.	18	17
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	18	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	18	17

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

3:30 AM, 7 June 2006

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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