Mercury 81-78 Lynx (28 Jun, 2006) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

5-9, 1-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	17	19	20	22	78
PHO	20	17	20	24	81

Phoenix Mercury

6-7, 5-3 home

Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kelly Miller made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Belinda Snell missed 18 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 14 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Kamila Vodichkova made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 16 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith made Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Crystal Smith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Lacy.
Belinda Snell made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 12 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen made Layup.
Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Kelly Miller made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made Layup. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 10 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 13 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 3 of 3.
Kelly Miller made 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Layup.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kelly Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 15 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Amber Jacobs missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Layup.
Tamika Williams missed Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made 9 ft Jumper.
Megan Duffy missed 12 ft Jumper.
Tynesha Lewis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Megan Duffy missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 14 ft Jumper.
Megan Duffy made 19 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden.
Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tynesha Lewis made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Megan Duffy.
Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden missed 15 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Amber Jacobs made 15 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Amber Jacobs made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Seimone Augustus missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams's Layup blocked by Kelly Miller.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Tamika Williams made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Seimone Augustus missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 13 ft Jumper.
Amber Jacobs missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Layup.
Tamika Williams missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 17 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde made Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Amber Jacobs missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Seimone Augustus made 8 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed Three Point Jumper.
Amber Jacobs made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Amber Jacobs missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Vanessa Hayden made 8 ft Jumper.
Megan Duffy missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed 9 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 36 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.
Vanessa Hayden made 7 ft Hook Shot.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Seimone Augustus missed 7 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tynesha Lewis.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 9 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 19 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amber Jacobs missed 17 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 11 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 16 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Williams.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Nicole Ohlde vs. Kamila Vodichkova. Seimone Augustus gains possession.	0	0
9:41	Amber Jacobs missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:38	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:33	Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	0	3
9:11	Nicole Ohlde made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	2	3
9:03	Diana Taurasi missed Jumper.	2	3
9:02	Amber Jacobs Defensive Rebound.	2	3
8:56	Amber Jacobs Offensive Foul. Kelly Miller gains possession.	2	3
8:56	Amber Jacobs Foul	2	3
8:33	Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	2	6
8:15	Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	6
8:14	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	2	6
8:07	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	6
8:06	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	2	6
8:03	Diana Taurasi missed Layup.	2	6
8:02	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	2	6
7:52	Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.	4	6
7:31	Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	4	8
7:13	Nicole Ohlde missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	8
7:11	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	4	8
7:01	Kelly Miller made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	4	11
6:58	Minnesota Full Timeout.	4	11
6:43	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass. Stolen by Diana Taurasi.	4	11
6:35	Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.	4	11
6:31	Svetlana Abrosimova Defensive Rebound.	4	11
6:26	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass. Stolen by Kelly Miller.	4	11
6:22	Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	4	13
6:07	Cappie Pondexter Personal Foul. Amber Jacobs gains possession.	4	13
6:07	Megan Duffy enters the game for Amber Jacobs.	4	13
6:07	Tynesha Lewis enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	4	13
5:52	Tamika Williams missed Layup.	4	13
5:52	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	4	13
5:52	24 second	4	13
5:35	Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	4	15
5:18	Tamika Williams missed Jumper.	4	15
5:16	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	4	15
5:16	Tynesha Lewis Loose Ball Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	4	15
5:16	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	4	15
5:07	Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	15
5:07	Tynesha Lewis Defensive Rebound.	4	15
4:52	Vanessa Hayden made 9 ft Jumper.	6	15
4:33	Kristen Rasmussen Bad Pass	6	15
4:18	Megan Duffy missed 12 ft Jumper.	6	15
4:16	Vanessa Hayden Offensive Rebound.	6	15
4:11	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul. Tynesha Lewis gains possession.	6	15
4:11	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	6	15
4:11	Jen Derevjanik enters the game for Kelly Miller.	6	15
4:11	Tynesha Lewis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	15
4:11	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	6	15
4:11	Tynesha Lewis made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	15
4:00	Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	15
3:58	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	7	15
3:50	Seimone Augustus missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	15
3:48	Seimone Augustus Offensive Rebound.	7	15
3:43	Megan Duffy missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	15
3:43	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	7	15
3:35	Seimone Augustus missed 14 ft Jumper.	7	15
3:33	Vanessa Hayden Offensive Rebound.	7	15
3:27	Megan Duffy made 19 ft Jumper.	9	15
3:15	Kamila Vodichkova made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.	9	17
3:03	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul. Tamika Williams gains possession.	9	17
3:03	Tamika Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	17
3:03	Belinda Snell enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	10	17
3:03	Tamika Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	17
2:50	Cappie Pondexter Traveling	11	17
2:50	Adrian Williams enters the game for Tamika Williams.	11	17
2:31	Vanessa Hayden Bad Pass	11	17
2:31	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	11	17
2:20	Cappie Pondexter Bad Pass. Stolen by Vanessa Hayden.	11	17
2:05	Seimone Augustus made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden.	13	17
1:40	Jennifer Lacy Bad Pass	13	17
1:40	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	13	17
1:31	Tynesha Lewis missed 14 ft Jumper.	13	17
1:31	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	13	17
1:31	Adrian Williams Loose Ball Foul. Jennifer Lacy gains possession.	13	17
1:31	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	13	17
1:15	Belinda Snell missed 18 ft Jumper.	13	17
1:13	Adrian Williams Defensive Rebound.	13	17
1:06	Jennifer Lacy Shooting Foul. Adrian Williams gains possession.	13	17
1:06	Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	17
1:06	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	13	17
1:06	Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	17
56.7	Tynesha Lewis Shooting Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	14	17
56.7	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	17
56.7	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	14	17
56.7	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	18
47.9	Tynesha Lewis made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Megan Duffy.	17	18
36.9	Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.	17	18
33.9	Diana Taurasi Offensive Rebound.	17	18
27.6	Diana Taurasi made 14 ft Jumper.	17	20
18.9	Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Jumper.	17	20
17.9	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	17	20
1.9	Jennifer Lacy missed 14 ft Jumper.	17	20
0.1	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	17	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	17	20

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

8:30 PM, 28 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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