Mercury 87-80 Storm (22 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

4-6, 1-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHO	25	14	28	20	87
SEA	22	14	17	27	80

Seattle Storm

6-7, 3-3 home

Lauren Jackson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made 10 ft Jumper.
Janell Burse made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Iziane Castro Marques's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Janell Burse's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Janell Burse made Jumper. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Betty Lennox made 16 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Janell Burse made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Barbara Turner missed Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Janell Burse missed 6 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Jumper.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Layup.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird missed Layup.
Janell Burse made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Iziane Castro Marques missed Layup.
Janell Burse made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Janell Burse made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Janell Burse made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Lauren Jackson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Edwige Lawson.
Janell Burse missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed Jumper.
Edwige Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tiffani Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed 17 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Lauren Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox made Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Lauren Jackson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques missed Layup.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Sue Bird missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson missed Jumper.
Janell Burse made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Janell Burse missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox missed Driving Layup.
Sue Bird made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Tiffani Johnson made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Tanisha Wright missed 18 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Driving Layup.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Janell Burse missed Layup.
Sue Bird made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Janell Burse made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Janell Burse missed Layup.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Shaunzinski Gortman missed 18 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner made Layup. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Lauren Jackson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner made 5 ft Running Jumper.
Janell Burse made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Sue Bird missed 11 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Janell Burse made Layup. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Cappie Pondexter missed 12 ft Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik made Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Belinda Snell made Driving Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 41 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Crystal Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Sandora Irvin missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 15 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Janell Burse.
Diana Taurasi made 3 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 8 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 5 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 41 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Cappie Pondexter made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 6 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Cappie Pondexter missed Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Jennifer Lacy made Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Tiffani Johnson.
Diana Taurasi made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Kelly Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Diana Taurasi missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 7 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Kamila Vodichkova's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Cappie Pondexter made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 9 ft Running Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHO	SEA
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kamila Vodichkova vs. Janell Burse. Jen Derevjanik gains possession.	0	0
9:44	Kristen Rasmussen made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	2	0
9:22	Lauren Jackson missed 10 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:19	Janell Burse Offensive Rebound.	2	0
9:04	Betty Lennox made 10 ft Jumper.	2	2
8:51	Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	2
8:48	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	2	2
8:40	Janell Burse made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	2	4
8:29	Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:26	Betty Lennox Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:18	Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.	2	6
8:18	Kamila Vodichkova Shooting Foul. Lauren Jackson gains possession.	2	6
8:18	Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.	2	7
8:10	Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	7
8:07	Lauren Jackson Defensive Rebound.	2	7
8:04	Iziane Castro Marques's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.	2	7
8:04	Seattle Offensive Rebound.	2	7
8:02	Cappie Pondexter Shooting Foul. Betty Lennox gains possession.	2	7
8:02	Betty Lennox made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	8
8:02	Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	9
7:47	Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	5	9
7:33	Betty Lennox Lost Ball. Stolen by Cappie Pondexter.	5	9
7:28	Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.	5	9
7:26	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	5	9
7:22	Jen Derevjanik Shooting Foul. Sue Bird gains possession.	5	9
7:22	Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	10
7:22	Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.	5	11
7:05	Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	11
6:46	Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.	8	13
6:37	Diana Taurasi's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.	8	13
6:35	Iziane Castro Marques Defensive Rebound.	8	13
6:26	Janell Burse's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.	8	13
6:22	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	8	13
6:11	Betty Lennox Loose Ball Foul. Jen Derevjanik gains possession.	8	13
6:05	Cappie Pondexter missed 12 ft Jumper.	8	13
6:03	Lauren Jackson Defensive Rebound.	8	13
5:54	Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	13
5:52	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	8	13
5:46	Jen Derevjanik missed 4 ft Running Jumper.	8	13
5:43	Jen Derevjanik Offensive Rebound.	8	13
5:43	Jen Derevjanik made Layup.	10	13
5:26	Lauren Jackson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	10	16
5:11	Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	13	16
4:50	Janell Burse made Jumper. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.	13	18
4:41	Jen Derevjanik Lost Ball. Stolen by Janell Burse.	13	18
4:35	Betty Lennox made 16 ft Jumper.	13	20
4:20	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Iziane Castro Marques.	13	20
4:20	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul. Sue Bird gains possession.	13	20
4:20	Official Timeout.	13	20
4:20	Barbara Turner enters the game for Iziane Castro Marques.	13	20
4:20	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Sue Bird.	13	20
4:20	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	13	20
4:11	Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	20
4:07	Jennifer Lacy Defensive Rebound.	13	20
3:47	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	20
3:46	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	13	20
3:29	Betty Lennox Bad Pass. Stolen by Kamila Vodichkova.	13	20
3:19	Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	20
3:03	Janell Burse made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Turner.	16	22
2:49	Janell Burse Shooting Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	16	22
2:49	Kelly Miller enters the game for Jen Derevjanik.	16	22
2:49	Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	22
2:49	Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	22
2:42	Barbara Turner missed Jumper.	18	22
2:36	Betty Lennox Offensive Rebound.	18	22
2:23	Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	22
2:20	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	18	22
2:16	Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	20	22
2:02	Janell Burse missed 6 ft Jumper.	20	22
2:00	Seattle Defensive Rebound.	20	22
2:00	Shaunzinski Gortman enters the game for Betty Lennox.	20	22
1:49	Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	23	22
1:22	Barbara Turner missed Jumper.	23	22
1:20	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	23	22
1:14	Diana Taurasi missed Layup.	23	22
1:12	Jennifer Lacy Offensive Rebound.	23	22
1:01	Shaunzinski Gortman Personal Foul. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	23	22
1:01	Sue Bird enters the game for Lauren Jackson.	23	22
1:01	Sandora Irvin enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	23	22
1:01	Belinda Snell enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	23	22
56.9	Kelly Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Sue Bird.	23	22
37.9	Shaunzinski Gortman missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	23	22
35.9	Sandora Irvin Defensive Rebound.	23	22
32.6	Sue Bird Personal Foul. Belinda Snell gains possession.	23	22
32.6	Tiffani Johnson enters the game for Janell Burse.	23	22
24.5	Belinda Snell made Driving Layup.	25	22
2.9	Sue Bird missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	25	22
0.9	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	25	22
0.0	Kelly Miller missed 41 ft Three Point Jumper.	25	22
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	25	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	25	22

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 3-1

Storm
94
Mercury
81

Game 1

26/5

Mercury
87
Storm
97

Game 2

3/6

Mercury
87
Storm
80

Game 3

22/6

Storm
91
Mercury
85

Game 4

26/7

KeyArena

3:00 AM, 22 June 2006

Seattle, WA

Referees:
Daryl Humphrey
John Fullilove
Leslie Claybrook

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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