Comets 69-63 Silver Stars (28 Jul, 2007) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

8-16, 3-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	22	15	14	18	69
SAS	13	16	16	18	63

San Antonio Silver Stars

15-8, 6-4 home

Sophia Young missed 8 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Ruth Riley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley's Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.
Helen Darling made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Sophia Young missed 16 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Vickie Johnson missed Layup.
Ruth Riley's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Becky Hammon made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Helen Darling missed Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley made Layup.
Ruth Riley made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young missed 15 ft Jumper.
Camille Little missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed 16 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 7 ft Jumper.
Vickie Johnson missed Layup.
Becky Hammon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Shanna Crossley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sophia Young.
Shanna Crossley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Helen Darling made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Helen Darling made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sophia Young's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.
Ruth Riley missed 20 ft Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shanna Crossley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marie Ferdinand-Harris.
Camille Little made Layup.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made 20 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sophia Young.
Sophia Young missed 8 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley missed Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 46 ft Three Point Running Jumper.
Sophia Young missed 7 ft Jumper.
Helen Darling missed 12 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Sophia Young made Layup.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Helen Darling made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Helen Darling missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sophia Young made Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Helen Darling missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed Layup.
Sophia Young made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Vickie Johnson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Camille Little made 5 ft Jumper.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sophia Young made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Ruth Riley made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Vickie Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vickie Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ruth Riley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ruth Riley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ruth Riley made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.
Ruth Riley missed 6 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed Layup.
Shanna Crossley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Tina Thompson.
Shanna Crossley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Sandora Irvin.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Becky Hammon made Technical Free Throw.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon missed Two Point Shot.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed 14 ft Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made Layup. Assisted by Camille Little.
Sophia Young's Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.
Shanna Crossley made 17 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley's Three Point Jumper blocked by Tamecka Dixon.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Tina Thompson's Layup blocked by Ruth Riley.
Sancho Lyttle missed 9 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 14 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Crystal Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made Layup.
Tamecka Dixon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Tamecka Dixon made 16 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made Two Point Shot.
Ashley Shields missed Layup.
Latasha Byears missed 9 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Tina Thompson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Crystal Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 17 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner made Layup. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Tamecka Dixon missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Tamecka Dixon made 14 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Crystal Smith missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Roneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Smith's 21 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Camille Little.
Michelle Snow missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Crystal Smith.
Crystal Smith's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.
Tina Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Roneeka Hodges made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Tamecka Dixon made Layup.
Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed Technical Free Throw.
Michelle Snow missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 19 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 7 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tamecka Dixon made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tamecka Dixon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.

COMETS

SILVER STARS

TIME		HOU	SAS
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Ruth Riley. Crystal Smith gains possession.	0	0
9:49	Michelle Snow missed Layup.	0	0
9:48	Tina Thompson Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:48	Tina Thompson's Layup blocked by Ruth Riley.	0	0
9:45	Sancho Lyttle Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:37	Helen Darling Personal Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	0	0
9:37	Michelle Snow Traveling	0	0
9:21	Sophia Young missed 8 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:18	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:08	Sancho Lyttle missed 9 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:07	Ruth Riley Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:56	Becky Hammon's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.	0	0
8:56	San Antonio Offensive Rebound.	0	0
8:56	Crystal Smith Jump Ball	0	0
8:49	Ruth Riley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
8:49	San Antonio Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:36	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Bad Pass. Stolen by Helen Darling.	0	0
8:30	Ruth Riley's Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.	0	0
8:30	San Antonio Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:30	Ruth Riley Loose Ball Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	0	0
8:11	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.	2	0
8:00	Crystal Smith Personal Foul. Helen Darling gains possession.	2	0
7:50	Helen Darling made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.	2	3
7:31	Tina Thompson Bad Pass. Stolen by Ruth Riley.	2	3
7:28	Helen Darling Bad Pass	2	3
7:11	Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	3
7:09	Ruth Riley Defensive Rebound.	2	3
7:01	Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.	2	5
6:39	Michelle Snow made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	4	5
6:26	Sophia Young missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	5
6:24	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	4	5
6:16	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 18 ft Jumper.	4	5
6:13	Helen Darling Defensive Rebound.	4	5
6:05	Ruth Riley made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.	4	7
5:50	Ruth Riley Shooting Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	4	7
5:50	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	7
5:50	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	7
5:37	Vickie Johnson missed Layup.	6	7
5:33	Ruth Riley Offensive Rebound.	6	7
5:33	Ruth Riley's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.	6	7
5:30	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	6	7
5:18	Tina Thompson made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	8	7
4:56	Sophia Young missed Layup.	8	7
4:54	Sophia Young Offensive Rebound.	8	7
4:41	Becky Hammon made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruth Riley.	8	10
4:22	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.	8	10
4:20	Houston Offensive Rebound.	8	10
4:20	Official Timeout.	8	10
4:20	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	8	10
4:01	Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	10	10
3:34	Helen Darling missed Three Point Jumper.	10	10
3:32	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	10	10
3:26	Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper.	12	10
3:04	Ruth Riley missed Jumper.	12	10
3:02	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	12	10
2:53	Michelle Snow missed 14 ft Jumper.	12	10
2:50	Helen Darling Defensive Rebound.	12	10
2:42	Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	10
2:42	Ruth Riley Offensive Rebound.	12	10
2:42	Ruth Riley made Layup.	12	12
2:42	Michelle Snow Shooting Foul. Ruth Riley gains possession.	12	12
2:42	Ruth Riley made Free Throw 1 of 1.	12	13
2:24	Crystal Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	15	13
2:08	Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	13
2:06	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	15	13
1:57	Vickie Johnson Shooting Foul. Crystal Smith gains possession.	15	13
1:57	Camille Little enters the game for Ruth Riley.	15	13
1:57	Roneeka Hodges enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	15	13
1:57	Crystal Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	13
1:57	Houston Offensive Rebound.	15	13
1:57	Shanna Crossley enters the game for Vickie Johnson.	15	13
1:57	Crystal Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	13
1:42	Sophia Young missed 15 ft Jumper.	16	13
1:39	Tamecka Dixon Defensive Rebound.	16	13
1:35	Tamecka Dixon made Layup.	18	13
1:28	Camille Little missed Layup.	18	13
1:27	Roneeka Hodges Defensive Rebound.	18	13
1:20	Tamecka Dixon missed 17 ft Jumper.	18	13
1:19	Shanna Crossley Defensive Rebound.	18	13
1:15	San Antonio Full Timeout.	18	13
1:15	Latasha Byears enters the game for Tina Thompson.	18	13
1:15	Ashley Shields enters the game for Crystal Smith.	18	13
1:06	Sophia Young Lost Ball. Stolen by Latasha Byears.	18	13
1:00	Tamecka Dixon made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.	20	13
45.5	Latasha Byears Personal Foul. Sophia Young gains possession.	20	13
35.9	Sophia Young missed 16 ft Jumper.	20	13
33.9	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	20	13
17.2	Tamecka Dixon made 16 ft Jumper.	22	13
1.9	Becky Hammon missed 7 ft Jumper.	22	13
0.0	San Antonio Offensive Rebound.	22	13
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	22	13

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Silver Stars
82
Comets
71

Game 1

30/5

Silver Stars
67
Comets
75

Game 2

27/6

Comets
69
Silver Stars
63

Game 3

28/7

Comets
60
Silver Stars
63

Game 4

12/8

1:00 AM, 28 July 2007

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

Minnesota set for road matchup with the Sun

Minnesota Lynx (30-10, 14-6 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (28-12, 14-6 Eastern Conference)

Jackie Young's 24 points and Aces' 16-point run staves off elimination in 95-81 win over Liberty

— On the verge of elimination, the Aces showed Friday night as the two-time defending WNBA champions they weren't ready to go quietly.

Napheesa Collier scores 26 to help Lynx top Sun 90-81 and take 2-1 lead in semifinal series

— After struggling in the last game offensively, Napheesa Collier wasn't going to let it happen again.

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