Fever 71-65 Mercury (18 Jul, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

9-12, 3-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHO	13	18	17	17	65
IND	18	13	23	17	71

Indiana Fever

15-8, 9-1 home

Tamika Whitmore missed 7 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed Layup.
Ebony Hoffman made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Tully Bevilaqua missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Technical Free Throw.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Tamika Whitmore's Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ebony Hoffman missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tan White made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Linda Frohlich made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Linda Frohlich missed 19 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 14 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Tamika Whitmore made Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Tan White missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tan White made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tan White missed 12 ft Jumper.
Charlotte Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 4 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charlotte Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Tamika Catchings missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charlotte Smith missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Tully Bevilaqua made Layup.
Tully Bevilaqua missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Ebony Hoffman made Hook Shot.
Tamika Whitmore missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tan White missed 7 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed Layup.
Linda Frohlich made Layup. Assisted by Tan White.
Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Layup.
Tully Bevilaqua made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tully Bevilaqua made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Linda Frohlich missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 20 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 15 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 7 ft Jumper.
Tan White made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Linda Frohlich made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Linda Frohlich made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Linda Frohlich made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tully Bevilaqua.
Tan White missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Linda Frohlich missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Linda Frohlich.
Linda Frohlich missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Linda Frohlich made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Tamika Catchings missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tully Bevilaqua missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Ebony Hoffman's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.
Tully Bevilaqua made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Tully Bevilaqua missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tan White missed Layup.
Linda Frohlich made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.
Tan White missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tan White made Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Anna DeForge.
Penny Taylor made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 3 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Kelly Miller missed Jumper.
Penny Taylor made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kamila Vodichkova's Layup blocked by Tamika Whitmore.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Driving Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Belinda Snell.
Penny Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.
Penny Taylor missed Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jen Derevjanik missed Layup.
Jennifer Lacy made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 17 ft Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen made 6 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Belinda Snell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Belinda Snell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Lacy.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Layup.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Penny Taylor made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Kelly Miller made Two Point Shot.
Belinda Snell missed Layup.
Jennifer Lacy made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Belinda Snell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Belinda Snell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Belinda Snell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen made Layup. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kamila Vodichkova made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Jen Derevjanik missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jen Derevjanik missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 13 ft Jumper.

MERCURY

FEVER

TIME		PHO	IND
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kamila Vodichkova vs. Ebony Hoffman. Penny Taylor gains possession.	0	0
9:49	Diana Taurasi Lost Ball. Stolen by Tamika Catchings.	0	0
9:37	Ebony Hoffman Bad Pass. Stolen by Penny Taylor.	0	0
9:33	Diana Taurasi's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Anna DeForge.	0	0
9:27	Tully Bevilaqua Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Ebony Hoffman Lost Ball. Stolen by Kamila Vodichkova.	0	0
9:14	Penny Taylor made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	2	0
8:51	Tamika Whitmore missed 7 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:48	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:41	Kristen Rasmussen missed 14 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:40	Ebony Hoffman Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:30	Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
8:27	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:10	Diana Taurasi made 3 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	4	0
7:54	Tamika Catchings missed Layup.	4	0
7:52	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	4	0
7:37	Kelly Miller missed Jumper.	4	0
7:35	Kamila Vodichkova Offensive Rebound.	4	0
7:28	Penny Taylor made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	6	0
7:07	Ebony Hoffman made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.	6	2
6:54	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Ebony Hoffman.	6	2
6:35	Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Whitmore.	6	5
6:16	Kelly Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Catchings.	6	5
6:16	Penny Taylor Personal Foul. Tamika Catchings gains possession.	6	5
6:09	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul. Tamika Whitmore gains possession.	6	5
5:58	Tully Bevilaqua missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	5
5:56	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	6	5
5:43	Kamila Vodichkova's Layup blocked by Tamika Whitmore.	6	5
5:43	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	6	5
5:43	Charlotte Smith enters the game for Ebony Hoffman.	6	5
5:39	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	5
5:37	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	6	5
5:28	Anna DeForge Bad Pass. Stolen by Kamila Vodichkova.	6	5
5:26	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Anna DeForge.	6	5
5:24	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul. Anna DeForge gains possession.	6	5
5:24	Anna DeForge made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	6
5:24	Anna DeForge made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	7
5:13	Kelly Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Charlotte Smith.	6	7
5:09	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul. Tamika Catchings gains possession.	6	7
5:09	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	8
5:09	Belinda Snell enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	6	8
5:09	Diana Taurasi Technical Foul. Her 1st Technical Foul.	6	8
5:09	Tamika Catchings made Technical Free Throw.	6	9
5:09	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	10
5:03	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Foul. Charlotte Smith gains possession.	6	10
5:03	Kristen Rasmussen Foul	6	10
4:52	Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.	6	10
4:50	Belinda Snell Defensive Rebound.	6	10
4:50	Tamika Catchings Personal Foul. Kelly Miller gains possession.	6	10
4:50	Official Timeout.	6	10
4:39	Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	10
4:37	Kelly Miller Offensive Rebound.	6	10
4:30	Kelly Miller Offensive Foul. Tully Bevilaqua gains possession.	6	10
4:30	Kelly Miller Foul	6	10
4:13	Tamika Whitmore's Jumper blocked by Kristen Rasmussen.	6	10
4:09	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	6	10
4:01	Belinda Snell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	10
4:00	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	6	10
4:00	Tamika Whitmore Loose Ball Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	6	10
3:50	Kamila Vodichkova made Driving Layup.	8	10
3:50	Tamika Whitmore Shooting Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	8	10
3:50	Tan White enters the game for Anna DeForge.	8	10
3:50	Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	8	10
3:50	Ebony Hoffman enters the game for Tamika Whitmore.	8	10
3:50	Kamila Vodichkova missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	8	10
3:49	Ebony Hoffman Defensive Rebound.	8	10
3:32	Charlotte Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Kamila Vodichkova.	8	10
3:11	Kristen Rasmussen missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	10
3:09	Tully Bevilaqua Defensive Rebound.	8	10
3:00	Tan White Bad Pass. Stolen by Penny Taylor.	8	10
2:55	Kelly Miller missed 15 ft Jumper.	8	10
2:53	Charlotte Smith Defensive Rebound.	8	10
2:40	Belinda Snell Shooting Foul. Tamika Catchings gains possession.	8	10
2:40	Jen Derevjanik enters the game for Kelly Miller.	8	10
2:40	Jennifer Lacy enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	8	10
2:40	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	11
2:40	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	12
2:33	Charlotte Smith Personal Foul. Jennifer Lacy gains possession.	8	12
2:33	La'Tangela Atkinson enters the game for Tamika Catchings.	8	12
2:21	Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Belinda Snell.	10	12
2:05	Ebony Hoffman missed 5 ft Jumper.	10	12
2:03	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	10	12
1:42	Penny Taylor made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	13	12
1:28	Charlotte Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Penny Taylor.	13	12
1:22	Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	12
1:20	Jennifer Lacy Offensive Rebound.	13	12
1:17	Jennifer Lacy missed Layup.	13	12
1:16	Charlotte Smith Defensive Rebound.	13	12
1:04	Tully Bevilaqua Bad Pass. Stolen by Kamila Vodichkova.	13	12
59.9	Linda Frohlich enters the game for Charlotte Smith.	13	12
59.9	Anna DeForge enters the game for Tully Bevilaqua.	13	12
59.9	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	13	12
53.9	Penny Taylor missed Jumper.	13	12
51.9	La'Tangela Atkinson Defensive Rebound.	13	12
43.9	Tan White made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	13	15
25.9	Belinda Snell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	15
23.7	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	13	15
6.0	Linda Frohlich made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.	13	18
0.0	Jen Derevjanik missed Layup.	13	18
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	13	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	13	18

Regular Season Series

IND wins 2-0

Fever
83
Mercury
73

Game 1

24/6

Mercury
65
Fever
71

Game 2

18/7

6:00 PM, 18 July 2006

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Clarke Stevens
Scott Twardoski

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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