Comets 77-73 Lynx (5 Aug, 2006) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

17-13, 6-10 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
HOU	21	10	16	16	14	77
MIN	17	13	22	11	10	73

Minnesota Lynx

9-21, 7-9 home

Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.
Seimone Augustus missed 12 ft Jumper.
Amber Jacobs missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Nicole Ohlde made Driving Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Kristen Mann made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Two Point Shot.
Vanessa Hayden missed Jumper.
Kristen Mann made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Vanessa Hayden made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shona Thorburn missed 12 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams missed 15 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Amber Jacobs missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Amber Jacobs missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Amber Jacobs made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amber Jacobs's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Mann missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Amber Jacobs made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Amber Jacobs made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann made 13 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Ohlde missed 13 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Nicole Ohlde made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Amber Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amber Jacobs missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Kristen Mann missed Driving Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made Driving Layup.
Seimone Augustus made 6 ft Running Jumper. Assisted by Megan Duffy.
Kristen Mann made 12 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Mann.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Kristen Mann missed 17 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 7 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 41 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 12 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Megan Duffy.
Nicole Ohlde missed 5 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Mann missed 11 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann made Driving Layup.
Kristen Mann made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Vanessa Hayden missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed 15 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Amber Jacobs made 11 ft Jumper.
Amber Jacobs missed 55 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.
Kristen Mann missed Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Seimone Augustus missed 18 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 7 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Astou Ndiaye-Diatta.
Seimone Augustus made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 13 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Two Point Shot.
Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.
Roneeka Hodges made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Mistie Williams's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Roneeka Hodges made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Sancho Lyttle missed 12 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley made Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Roneeka Hodges missed Layup.
Michelle Snow's Layup blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Anastasia Kostaki made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anastasia Kostaki made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made 15 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 7 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams missed Layup.
Mistie Williams's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta made Layup. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 12 ft Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta made Layup. Assisted by Sancho Lyttle.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 17 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 13 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dawn Staley made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Roneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 16 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley made Driving Layup.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Astou Ndiaye-Diatta.
Dawn Staley made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Dawn Staley missed 19 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 6 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Technical Free Throw.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Roneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Dawn Staley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 12 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 16 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 13 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Two Point Shot.
Mistie Williams missed 5 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Roneeka Hodges missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Michelle Snow missed 16 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Mistie Williams missed Layup.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 14 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 5 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 16 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed Layup.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 7 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dawn Staley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Dawn Staley missed 17 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Sheryl Swoopes made 14 ft Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes made 14 ft Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 14 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Roneeka Hodges made Free Throw 2 of 2.

COMETS

LYNX

TIME		HOU	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Nicole Ohlde. Michelle Snow gains possession.	0	0
9:48	Michelle Snow missed Two Point Shot.	0	0
9:47	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:34	Kristen Mann Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	0	0
9:30	Sheryl Swoopes made Driving Layup.	2	0
9:19	Seimone Augustus Bad Pass. Stolen by Mistie Williams.	2	0
8:59	Roneeka Hodges made 12 ft Two Point Shot.	4	0
8:41	Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.	4	0
8:40	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	4	0
8:30	Sheryl Swoopes missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	0
8:27	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	4	0
8:11	Seimone Augustus's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.	4	0
8:08	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	4	0
8:03	Seimone Augustus missed 12 ft Jumper.	4	0
8:02	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	4	0
7:56	Sheryl Swoopes Discontinue Dribble	4	0
7:39	Amber Jacobs missed 15 ft Jumper.	4	0
7:37	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	4	0
7:20	Michelle Snow made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	6	0
7:07	Tamika Williams Double Dribble	6	0
6:56	Mistie Williams's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.	6	0
6:54	Amber Jacobs Defensive Rebound.	6	0
6:37	Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Mann.	6	2
6:22	Roneeka Hodges made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	9	2
6:03	Nicole Ohlde made Driving Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	9	4
6:03	Mistie Williams Shooting Foul. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	9	4
6:03	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Tamika Williams.	9	4
6:03	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 1.	9	5
5:50	Michelle Snow made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.	11	5
5:30	Vanessa Hayden missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.	11	5
5:28	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	11	5
5:13	Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.	11	5
5:11	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	11	5
5:01	Kristen Mann made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	11	8
4:39	Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	14	8
4:18	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass. Stolen by Michelle Snow.	14	8
4:07	Amber Jacobs Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	14	8
4:07	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Mistie Williams.	14	8
4:07	Turnover	14	8
4:07	Full Timeout.	14	8
3:48	Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	8
3:47	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	14	8
3:45	Nicole Ohlde made Two Point Shot.	14	10
3:26	Sancho Lyttle missed 12 ft Jumper.	14	10
3:24	Dawn Staley Offensive Rebound.	14	10
3:13	Dawn Staley missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	10
3:11	Sancho Lyttle Offensive Rebound.	14	10
3:10	Sancho Lyttle made Layup.	16	10
2:47	Vanessa Hayden missed Jumper.	16	10
2:46	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	16	10
2:26	Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.	16	10
2:24	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	16	10
2:21	Vanessa Hayden Shooting Foul. Sancho Lyttle gains possession.	16	10
2:21	Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	10
2:21	Houston Offensive Rebound.	16	10
2:21	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	16	10
2:21	Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	10
2:21	Vanessa Hayden Defensive Rebound.	16	10
2:09	Kristen Mann made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.	16	13
1:47	Dawn Staley made Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	18	13
1:28	Vanessa Hayden made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.	18	15
1:07	Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	21	15
51.2	Sancho Lyttle Shooting Foul. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	21	15
51.2	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta enters the game for Sheryl Swoopes.	21	15
51.2	Shona Thorburn enters the game for Amber Jacobs.	21	15
51.2	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	16
51.2	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	17
28.9	Roneeka Hodges missed Layup.	21	17
27.8	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	21	17
26.4	Michelle Snow's Layup blocked by Vanessa Hayden.	21	17
26.4	Houston Offensive Rebound.	21	17
26.4	Anastasia Kostaki enters the game for Dawn Staley.	21	17
26.4	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Vanessa Hayden. Houston gains possession.	21	17
26.4	Vanessa Hayden Lane Violation	21	17
10.9	Michelle Snow missed Layup.	21	17
9.8	Vanessa Hayden Defensive Rebound.	21	17
0.9	Shona Thorburn missed 12 ft Jumper.	21	17
0.3	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Defensive Rebound.	21	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	21	17

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 3-1

Lynx
62
Comets
85

Game 1

4/6

Comets
62
Lynx
75

Game 2

11/6

Lynx
55
Comets
78

Game 3

21/7

Comets
77
Lynx
73

Game 4

5/8

Target Center

1:00 AM, 5 August 2006

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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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