Mercury 90-77 Sky (26 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Chicago Sky

1-13, 1-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	15	22	21	19	77
PHO	23	28	23	16	90

Phoenix Mercury

5-7, 4-3 home

Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter missed Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi made 17 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.
Diana Taurasi made 15 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Kelly Miller missed Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Kelly Miller missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Crystal Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Belinda Snell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Jennifer Lacy's Layup blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Kelly Miller made Technical Free Throw.
Cappie Pondexter made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Jennifer Lacy's Layup blocked by Candice Dupree.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Jen Derevjanik missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jen Derevjanik missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter's 17 ft Jumper blocked by Amanda Lassiter.
Diana Taurasi missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 19 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed 11 ft Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Jen Derevjanik made Driving Layup.
Jen Derevjanik missed Layup.
Belinda Snell missed Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova's Layup blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Jia Perkins.
Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller's Layup blocked by Jia Perkins.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Kamila Vodichkova made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Crystal Smith made Driving Layup.
Sandora Irvin made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Lacy.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy's Layup blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Crystal Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sandora Irvin missed 15 ft Jumper.
Bridget Pettis missed 9 ft Jumper.
Bridget Pettis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sandora Irvin missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy's Layup blocked by Jia Perkins.
Jia Perkins missed 18 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 17 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 16 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 8 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made 8 ft Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 7 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree's Jumper blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.
Amanda Lassiter missed 18 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed 11 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed Jumper.
Brooke Wyckoff missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup.
Candice Dupree missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made 13 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Bernadette Ngoyisa.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup. Assisted by Deanna Jackson.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made 6 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made 7 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Deanna Jackson made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Elaine Powell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Candice Dupree made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Elaine Powell.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Jackson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 14 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins made Jumper.
Candice Dupree's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Amanda Lassiter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.
Jia Perkins made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amanda Lassiter missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brooke Wyckoff missed 17 ft Jumper.
Brooke Wyckoff missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup.
Bernadette Ngoyisa's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Elaine Powell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Brooke Wyckoff.
Elaine Powell made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Amanda Lassiter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Elaine Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elaine Powell.
Chelsea Newton's Layup blocked by Jennifer Lacy.
Elaine Powell made Driving Layup.
Amanda Lassiter missed 12 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made Driving Layup.
Deanna Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Deanna Jackson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed Layup.
Chelsea Newton missed 12 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins made Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 16 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.
Deanna Jackson made Layup.
Deanna Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Jackson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 13 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 14 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.

SKY

MERCURY

TIME		CHI	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Candice Dupree vs. Kamila Vodichkova. Kelly Miller gains possession.	0	0
9:40	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:38	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:17	Jia Perkins missed 18 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:15	Jia Perkins Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:00	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 17 ft Jumper.	0	0
8:57	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:55	Kamila Vodichkova Bad Pass. Stolen by Candice Dupree.	0	0
8:48	Amanda Lassiter made 16 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:37	Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.	2	0
8:37	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:27	Jia Perkins missed 8 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:26	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:18	Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	2	3
8:03	Candice Dupree missed Jumper.	2	3
8:00	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	2	3
8:00	Diana Taurasi Loose Ball Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	2	3
7:52	Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	3
7:50	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	2	3
7:41	Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	3
7:39	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	2	3
7:26	Candice Dupree made 8 ft Jumper.	4	3
7:16	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Shooting Foul. Kelly Miller gains possession.	4	3
7:16	Bernadette Ngoyisa enters the game for Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	4	3
7:16	Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	4
7:16	Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	5
6:58	Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 7 ft Jumper.	4	5
6:56	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	4	5
6:46	Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	5
6:43	Cappie Pondexter Offensive Rebound.	4	5
6:33	Kelly Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	4	8
6:07	Candice Dupree's Jumper blocked by Kamila Vodichkova.	4	8
6:05	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	4	8
6:00	Cappie Pondexter missed Three Point Jumper.	4	8
5:58	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	4	8
5:41	Amanda Lassiter missed 18 ft Jumper.	4	8
5:39	Candice Dupree Offensive Rebound.	4	8
5:37	Candice Dupree made 14 ft Two Point Shot.	6	8
5:24	Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	6	10
4:58	Bernadette Ngoyisa made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	8	10
4:50	Kamila Vodichkova Traveling	8	10
4:50	Official Timeout.	8	10
4:50	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	8	10
4:50	Jen Derevjanik enters the game for Kelly Miller.	8	10
4:50	Chelsea Newton enters the game for Amanda Lassiter.	8	10
4:37	Kamila Vodichkova Shooting Foul. Bernadette Ngoyisa gains possession.	8	10
4:37	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	10
4:37	Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	10
4:35	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	9	10
4:24	Diana Taurasi made 17 ft Jumper.	9	12
4:09	Candice Dupree missed 11 ft Jumper.	9	12
4:09	Jumpball: Bernadette Ngoyisa vs. Kamila Vodichkova. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	9	12
4:09	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	9	12
3:59	Kamila Vodichkova's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.	9	12
3:56	Jennifer Lacy Offensive Rebound.	9	12
3:45	Diana Taurasi made 15 ft Jumper.	9	14
3:19	Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.	9	14
3:17	Jennifer Lacy Defensive Rebound.	9	14
3:00	Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	9	17
2:39	Jia Perkins missed Jumper.	9	17
2:36	Jennifer Lacy Defensive Rebound.	9	17
2:30	Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	9	19
2:20	Chicago Full Timeout.	9	19
2:20	Kelly Miller enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	9	19
2:06	Brooke Wyckoff missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	19
2:03	Bernadette Ngoyisa Offensive Rebound.	11	19
2:03	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup.	11	19
1:52	Candice Dupree Jump Ball	11	19
1:44	Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	19
1:43	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	11	19
1:39	Kelly Miller made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.	11	21
1:22	Candice Dupree missed 6 ft Hook Shot.	11	21
1:19	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	11	21
1:15	Kelly Miller missed Jumper.	11	21
1:13	Bernadette Ngoyisa Defensive Rebound.	11	21
56.4	Jennifer Lacy Shooting Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	11	21
56.4	Cappie Pondexter enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	11	21
56.4	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	21
56.4	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	12	21
56.4	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	21
35.9	Kristen Rasmussen missed 16 ft Jumper.	13	21
33.9	Jen Derevjanik Offensive Rebound.	13	21
28.5	Brooke Wyckoff Shooting Foul. Kristen Rasmussen gains possession.	13	21
28.5	Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	22
28.5	Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	23
28.5	Chicago Full Timeout.	13	23
11.4	Candice Dupree made 13 ft Jumper.	15	23
0.9	Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.	15	23
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	15	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	15	23

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 2-0

Sky
77
Mercury
90

Game 1

26/6

Mercury
90
Sky
70

Game 2

2/8

2:00 AM, 26 June 2006

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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