Comets 73-66 Monarchs (15 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

4-4, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
SAC	15	16	16	14	5	66
HOU	19	17	13	12	12	73

Houston Comets

7-3, 5-1 home

Tina Thompson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Tina Thompson missed Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Layup.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Dominique Canty made 14 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anastasia Kostaki missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Sheryl Swoopes made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anastasia Kostaki.
Michelle Snow's Jumper blocked by Erin Buescher.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Dominique Canty missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dominique Canty's Layup blocked by Nicole Powell.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Tina Thompson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup.
Dominique Canty missed 45 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Dawn Staley made 13 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon missed Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Three Point Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Tina Thompson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 19 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed Driving Layup.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made Driving Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made 18 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tina Thompson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Tamecka Dixon missed Driving Layup.
Dominique Canty's Driving Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Tamecka Dixon missed 8 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith made 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Kim Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Kristin Haynie missed 14 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kim Smith missed 20 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Kim Smith made Driving Layup.
Kim Smith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 12 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Nicole Powell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Kara Lawson missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 15 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Driving Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 17 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kim Smith made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Yolanda Griffith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 9 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 6 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 7 ft Running Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Powell made 15 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Kristin Haynie made Layup.

MONARCHS

COMETS

TIME		SAC	HOU
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Michelle Snow. Dawn Staley gains possession.	0	0
9:52	Tina Thompson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	0	2
9:25	Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.	0	2
9:22	Kara Lawson Offensive Rebound.	0	2
9:03	Rebekkah Brunson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	2	2
8:38	Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	2	4
8:21	Nicole Powell made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	4	4
8:11	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	4	4
8:08	Tina Thompson missed Jumper.	4	4
8:07	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
7:47	Nicole Powell made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.	6	4
7:20	Dominique Canty made Layup.	6	6
6:54	Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.	6	6
6:54	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	6	6
6:52	Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	6
6:50	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	6	6
6:37	Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	6	8
6:22	Ticha Penicheiro Traveling	6	8
6:11	Dominique Canty made 14 ft Jumper.	6	10
5:58	Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	9	10
5:45	Dawn Staley Bad Pass	9	10
5:24	Yolanda Griffith made 17 ft Jumper.	11	10
5:07	Tina Thompson Bad Pass	11	10
4:54	Sheryl Swoopes Shooting Foul. Kara Lawson gains possession.	11	10
4:54	Full Timeout.	11	10
4:54	Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	10
4:54	Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	10
4:43	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	13	10
4:43	Kim Smith enters the game for Nicole Powell.	13	10
4:33	Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.	13	10
4:31	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	13	10
4:24	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Sheryl Swoopes.	13	10
4:16	Kara Lawson missed 12 ft Jumper.	13	10
4:15	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	13	10
3:56	Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.	13	12
3:40	Rebekkah Brunson missed 7 ft Jumper.	13	12
3:38	Ticha Penicheiro Offensive Rebound.	13	12
3:30	Yolanda Griffith missed 14 ft Jumper.	13	12
3:28	Tamecka Dixon Defensive Rebound.	13	12
3:18	Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.	13	14
2:55	Yolanda Griffith missed 13 ft Jumper.	13	14
2:54	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	13	14
2:46	Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.	13	14
2:45	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	13	14
2:32	Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	14
2:31	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	13	14
2:20	Tina Thompson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	17
1:59	Dominique Canty Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	13	17
1:59	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	13	17
1:59	Sheryl Swoopes enters the game for Dominique Canty.	13	17
1:59	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	17
1:59	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	13	17
1:59	Scholanda Dorrell enters the game for Kara Lawson.	13	17
1:59	Erin Buescher enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	13	17
1:59	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	17
1:59	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	13	17
1:54	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	13	17
1:53	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	13	17
1:53	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	13	17
1:52	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	13	17
1:52	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	13	17
1:52	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Tina Thompson.	13	17
1:52	Jumpball: Erin Buescher vs. Michelle Snow. Kristin Haynie gains possession.	13	17
1:38	Scholanda Dorrell Turnover	13	17
1:38	Tari Phillips enters the game for Michelle Snow.	13	17
1:21	Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.	13	17
1:19	Scholanda Dorrell Defensive Rebound.	13	17
1:17	Scholanda Dorrell Turnover	13	17
1:08	Kim Smith Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	13	17
53.9	Tamecka Dixon missed 18 ft Jumper.	13	17
51.9	Hamchetou Maiga Defensive Rebound.	13	17
40.0	Jumpball: Erin Buescher vs. Tamecka Dixon. Kristin Haynie gains possession.	13	17
34.9	Kim Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	17
33.8	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	13	17
33.4	Erin Buescher Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	13	17
20.9	Dawn Staley Bad Pass. Stolen by Scholanda Dorrell.	13	17
15.9	Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.	13	17
14.9	Tamecka Dixon Defensive Rebound.	13	17
13.9	Tamecka Dixon Lost Ball. Stolen by Scholanda Dorrell.	13	17
7.5	Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.	15	17
0.8	Sheryl Swoopes made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	15	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	15	19

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 3-1

Comets
81
Monarchs
66

Game 1

26/5

Monarchs
66
Comets
73

Game 2

15/6

Monarchs
62
Comets
77

Game 3

2/7

Comets
62
Monarchs
74

Game 4

2/8

1:30 AM, 15 June 2006

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Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
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Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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