Lynx 94-82 Mercury (18 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

3-6, 0-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHO	16	23	16	27	82
MIN	29	23	22	20	94

Minnesota Lynx

5-6, 4-2 home

Nicole Ohlde missed 10 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup.
Amber Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Amber Jacobs's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Williams made Layup.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Ohlde missed 8 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Kristen Mann missed Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Amber Jacobs missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Williams missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Kristen Mann missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Nicole Ohlde made Driving Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Nicole Ohlde missed 9 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams made Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Tamika Williams's Layup blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Megan Duffy made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Seimone Augustus made 14 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Adrian Williams missed Two Point Shot.
Kristen Mann made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Svetlana Abrosimova's Layup blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 9 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Williams.
Nicole Ohlde made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Kristen Mann missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann missed 7 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Amber Jacobs's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Jen Derevjanik.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Mann made Running Jumper.
Kristen Mann missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 12 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Williams missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Williams.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Layup. Assisted by Megan Duffy.
Megan Duffy missed 13 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amber Jacobs missed 18 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Adrian Williams's Layup blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Adrian Williams made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 11 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Layup.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Seimone Augustus made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
Amber Jacobs made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Williams's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Kayte Christensen.
Megan Duffy made Layup.
Tynesha Lewis missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Kristen Mann.
Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter's 16 ft Jumper blocked by Seimone Augustus.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jen Derevjanik missed Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Jen Derevjanik made Driving Layup.
Jennifer Lacy missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 15 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Jen Derevjanik made 5 ft Running Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Cappie Pondexter missed Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jen Derevjanik missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 4 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 34 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 13 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 15 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Jen Derevjanik made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 18 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Belinda Snell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Lacy.
Kayte Christensen missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Smith made Driving Layup.
Crystal Smith made Driving Layup.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Belinda Snell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kayte Christensen made Layup.
Bridget Pettis missed 44 ft Three Point Jumper.

MERCURY

LYNX

TIME		PHO	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kamila Vodichkova vs. Nicole Ohlde. Kristen Mann gains possession.	0	0
9:41	Nicole Ohlde missed 10 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:40	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:38	Tamika Williams made Layup.	0	2
9:21	Kamila Vodichkova made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	2	2
8:57	Amber Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.	2	4
8:48	Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
8:48	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:27	Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	2	7
8:15	Kamila Vodichkova missed 8 ft Jumper.	2	7
8:14	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	2	7
8:11	Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Kristen Mann.	2	7
8:11	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	2	7
8:00	Amber Jacobs's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.	2	7
8:00	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	2	7
7:58	Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.	2	7
7:58	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	2	7
7:58	Kamila Vodichkova Shooting Foul. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	2	7
7:58	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	8
7:58	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	9
7:43	Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	9
7:33	Tamika Williams made Layup.	5	11
7:33	Kristen Rasmussen Shooting Foul. Tamika Williams gains possession.	5	11
7:33	Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	5	11
7:31	Amber Jacobs Offensive Rebound.	5	11
7:24	Nicole Ohlde missed 8 ft Jumper.	5	11
7:22	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	5	11
7:22	Nicole Ohlde missed 4 ft Jumper.	5	11
7:20	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	5	11
7:13	Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.	5	13
6:58	Cappie Pondexter's 16 ft Jumper blocked by Seimone Augustus.	5	13
6:58	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	5	13
6:58	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	5	13
6:54	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	13
6:50	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	5	13
6:41	Kristen Mann missed Jumper.	5	13
6:39	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	5	13
6:31	Seimone Augustus made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.	5	15
6:20	Amber Jacobs Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	5	15
6:20	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	15
6:20	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	15
6:03	Amber Jacobs missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	15
6:01	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	7	15
5:54	Jen Derevjanik missed Driving Layup.	7	15
5:52	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	7	15
5:05	Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	16
5:05	Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	17
4:56	Diana Taurasi Offensive Foul. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	7	17
4:56	Diana Taurasi Foul	7	17
4:56	Full Timeout.	7	17
4:43	Seimone Augustus Lost Ball. Stolen by Cappie Pondexter.	7	17
4:37	Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	17
4:35	Kristen Mann Defensive Rebound.	7	17
4:22	Tamika Williams missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	17
4:20	Jennifer Lacy Defensive Rebound.	7	17
4:01	Cappie Pondexter missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	17
4:00	Tamika Williams Defensive Rebound.	7	17
3:56	Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	7	19
3:36	Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Two Point Shot.	9	19
3:21	Kristen Mann missed 6 ft Running Jumper.	9	19
3:19	Jen Derevjanik Defensive Rebound.	9	19
3:15	Jen Derevjanik made Driving Layup.	11	19
2:53	Tamika Williams made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristen Mann.	11	21
2:34	Jennifer Lacy missed 15 ft Jumper.	11	21
2:33	Kamila Vodichkova Offensive Rebound.	11	21
2:31	Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.	11	21
2:30	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	11	21
2:20	Tamika Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Jennifer Lacy.	11	21
2:06	Diana Taurasi missed Layup.	11	21
2:04	Kristen Mann Defensive Rebound.	11	21
1:53	Amber Jacobs Traveling	11	21
1:53	Kelly Miller enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	11	21
1:53	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	11	21
1:53	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Kristen Mann.	11	21
1:38	Kristen Rasmussen missed 15 ft Jumper.	11	21
1:36	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	11	21
1:30	Nicole Ohlde made Driving Layup.	11	23
54.6	Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	11	23
54.5	Amber Jacobs Offensive Rebound.	11	23
48.6	Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.	11	25
35.5	Diana Taurasi made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	14	25
24.9	Nicole Ohlde missed 9 ft Jumper.	14	25
24.2	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	14	25
1.9	Diana Taurasi missed 11 ft Jumper.	14	25
0.4	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	14	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	14	25

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 2-1

Mercury
82
Lynx
94

Game 1

18/6

Lynx
78
Mercury
81

Game 2

28/6

Lynx
68
Mercury
99

Game 3

9/8

Target Center

11:00 PM, 18 June 2006

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Bob Trammell
Lamont Simpson
Cameron Inouye

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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