Mercury 90-70 Sky (2 Aug, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

12-16, 6-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHO	24	26	18	22	90
CHI	22	12	18	18	70

Chicago Sky

4-24, 3-12 home

Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed 9 ft Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Layup.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 16 ft Jumper.
Stacey Dales missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Dales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Dales made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Candice Dupree missed 12 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Coretta Brown.
Katie Cronin made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Cronin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Liz Shimek missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Cronin missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Coretta Brown made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Katie Cronin missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liz Shimek.
Coretta Brown missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Hook Shot.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed Layup.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 9 ft Jumper.
Stacey Dales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree's Layup blocked by Penny Taylor.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Dales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 10 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed Layup.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candice Dupree missed 9 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stacey Dales.
Amanda Lassiter missed Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Stacey Dales.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Coretta Brown missed 19 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Driving Layup.
Stacey Dales missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Stacey Dales missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Dales missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins's 12 ft Jumper blocked by Kelly Miller.
Amanda Lassiter missed Three Point Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Layup. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Amanda Lassiter missed Layup.
Jia Perkins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jia Perkins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Dales missed Layup.
Amanda Lassiter missed Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup.
Amanda Lassiter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Liz Shimek missed Layup.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Layup.
Chelsea Newton made Layup.
Katie Cronin missed Layup.
Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Cronin missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Cronin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Liz Shimek.
Coretta Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liz Shimek.
Coretta Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liz Shimek.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Cronin missed 17 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 13 ft Jumper.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Layup.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Stacey Dales made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bernadette Ngoyisa.
Amanda Lassiter made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Amanda Lassiter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Layup.
Stacey Dales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stacey Dales missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Stacey Dales made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stacey Dales.
Liz Shimek made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Liz Shimek missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Coretta Brown missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 14 ft Jumper.
Liz Shimek made Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kristen Rasmussen made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Penny Taylor made Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter missed 7 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 18 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Penny Taylor missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi's Layup blocked by Candice Dupree.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Kelly Miller missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed Layup.
Belinda Snell's Three Point Jumper blocked by Amanda Lassiter.
Belinda Snell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed Layup.
Penny Taylor made Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Jumper. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Kamila Vodichkova made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Candice Dupree.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Jen Derevjanik.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Liz Shimek.
Jen Derevjanik's Layup blocked by Liz Shimek.
Penny Taylor made Driving Layup.
Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Belinda Snell made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Belinda Snell made Layup.
Belinda Snell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Belinda Snell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kamila Vodichkova missed 9 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Chelsea Newton.
Kamila Vodichkova made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Belinda Snell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kelly Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Belinda Snell missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Jennifer Lacy missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kayte Christensen.

MERCURY

SKY

TIME		PHO	CHI
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Kamila Vodichkova vs. Bernadette Ngoyisa. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	0	0
9:41	Kamila Vodichkova Lost Ball. Stolen by Amanda Lassiter.	0	0
9:29	Kristen Rasmussen Shooting Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	0	0
9:29	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	1
9:29	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	2
9:22	Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	2	2
8:59	Kristen Rasmussen Shooting Foul. Bernadette Ngoyisa gains possession.	2	2
8:59	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	3
8:59	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	4
8:48	Jia Perkins Shooting Foul. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	2	4
8:48	Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	4
8:48	Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	4
8:32	Kamila Vodichkova Shooting Foul. Bernadette Ngoyisa gains possession.	4	4
8:32	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	5
8:32	Bernadette Ngoyisa made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	6
8:29	Bernadette Ngoyisa Personal Foul. Kamila Vodichkova gains possession.	4	6
8:23	Kamila Vodichkova made Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	6	6
8:00	Candice Dupree missed 9 ft Jumper.	6	6
7:58	Bernadette Ngoyisa Offensive Rebound.	6	6
7:56	Bernadette Ngoyisa missed Layup.	6	6
7:54	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	6	6
7:50	Kristen Rasmussen made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	8	6
7:31	Bernadette Ngoyisa missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	6
7:28	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	8	6
7:22	Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	11	6
6:56	Stacey Dales missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	6
6:56	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	11	6
6:56	Kelly Miller Loose Ball Foul. Amanda Lassiter gains possession.	11	6
6:43	Stacey Dales missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	6
6:41	Kamila Vodichkova Defensive Rebound.	11	6
6:37	Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.	11	6
6:33	Bernadette Ngoyisa Defensive Rebound.	11	6
6:26	Amanda Lassiter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	9
6:03	Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	9
6:01	Bernadette Ngoyisa Defensive Rebound.	11	9
5:43	Stacey Dales made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.	11	12
5:37	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	12
5:33	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	11	12
5:33	Kelly Miller missed Layup.	11	12
5:31	Bernadette Ngoyisa Defensive Rebound.	11	12
5:20	Candice Dupree missed 12 ft Jumper.	11	12
5:18	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	11	12
5:05	Kamila Vodichkova made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	13	12
4:48	Bernadette Ngoyisa Bad Pass	13	12
4:48	Penny Taylor enters the game for Kristen Rasmussen.	13	12
4:48	Chelsea Newton enters the game for Candice Dupree.	13	12
4:48	Liz Shimek enters the game for Amanda Lassiter.	13	12
4:48	Katie Cronin enters the game for Bernadette Ngoyisa.	13	12
4:48	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert enters the game for Jia Perkins.	13	12
4:48	Coretta Brown enters the game for Stacey Dales.	13	12
4:48	Full Timeout.	13	12
4:26	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamila Vodichkova.	16	12
4:03	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Layup. Assisted by Coretta Brown.	16	14
3:47	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	14
3:47	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	16	14
3:47	Kelly Miller Loose Ball Foul. Katie Cronin gains possession.	16	14
3:47	Katie Cronin made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	15
3:47	Katie Cronin missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	15
3:46	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	16	15
3:40	Kelly Miller made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	18	15
3:16	Liz Shimek missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	15
3:15	Coretta Brown Offensive Rebound.	18	15
3:14	Penny Taylor Personal Foul. Chelsea Newton gains possession.	18	15
3:14	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Kamila Vodichkova.	18	15
3:14	Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 1 of 2.	18	16
3:14	Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	16
3:12	Chelsea Newton Offensive Rebound.	18	16
3:08	Liz Shimek Traveling	18	16
3:01	Penny Taylor made Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	20	16
2:40	Katie Cronin missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	16
2:40	Chicago Defensive Rebound.	20	16
2:40	Jen Derevjanik enters the game for Kelly Miller.	20	16
2:30	Katie Cronin Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	20	16
2:26	Cappie Pondexter missed 7 ft Jumper.	20	16
2:24	Liz Shimek Defensive Rebound.	20	16
2:05	Chelsea Newton Bad Pass	20	16
1:50	Katie Cronin Shooting Foul. Penny Taylor gains possession.	20	16
1:50	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	16
1:50	Kelly Miller enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	21	16
1:50	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	16
1:37	Coretta Brown made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.	22	19
1:25	Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.	24	19
1:10	Katie Cronin missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	19
1:09	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Offensive Rebound.	24	19
1:06	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	19
1:04	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	24	19
49.6	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass	24	19
49.6	Cappie Pondexter enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	24	19
29.5	Chelsea Newton made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liz Shimek.	24	22
17.9	Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	22
15.8	Kelly Miller Offensive Rebound.	24	22
12.9	Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.	24	22
11.9	Kristen Rasmussen Offensive Rebound.	24	22
10.9	Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.	24	22
9.9	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Defensive Rebound.	24	22
0.0	Coretta Brown missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	22
0.0	Kelly Miller Defensive Rebound.	24	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	24	22

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 2-0

Sky
77
Mercury
90

Game 1

26/6

Mercury
90
Sky
70

Game 2

2/8

1:00 AM, 2 August 2006

Referees:
Bonita Spence
Kurt Walker
Leslie Claybrook

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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