Silver Stars 63-60 Comets (12 Aug, 2007) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

11-20, 4-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	16	13	16	15	60
SAS	16	13	16	18	63

San Antonio Silver Stars

19-11, 9-7 home

Sophia Young's Layup blocked by Crystal Smith.
Ruth Riley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed Layup.
Camille Little missed Layup.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young missed 5 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Sophia Young missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Helen Darling missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sophia Young.
Ruth Riley made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sophia Young.
Becky Hammon made Layup.
Becky Hammon made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Shanna Crossley's 8 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Tamecka Dixon.
Sophia Young made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Shanna Crossley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Camille Little made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Ruth Riley missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Helen Darling missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vickie Johnson's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Becky Hammon missed 12 ft Running Jumper.
Sophia Young's Layup blocked by Latasha Byears.
Sophia Young made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Sophia Young's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Shanna Crossley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vickie Johnson.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 18 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shanna Crossley missed 13 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ruth Riley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shanna Crossley missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Helen Darling missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sophia Young made 9 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Becky Hammon missed 9 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed 16 ft Jumper.
Camille Little missed 14 ft Jumper.
Helen Darling made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shanna Crossley.
Camille Little missed 19 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 7 ft Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Becky Hammon's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Shanna Crossley missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vickie Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Vickie Johnson missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shanna Crossley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shanna Crossley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 11 ft Running Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Camille Little made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Becky Hammon made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ruth Riley missed 11 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Smith made Layup.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup.
Erin Grant missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Sancho Lyttle made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson's 19 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Ruth Riley.
Tamecka Dixon made 20 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson's Layup blocked by Ruth Riley.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Grant made Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Sancho Lyttle made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamecka Dixon made Driving Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made 15 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner missed 20 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle missed 13 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Vickie Johnson.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 11 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Michelle Snow missed Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Crystal Smith made Layup.
Crystal Smith made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tina Thompson missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
Crystal Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Michelle Snow made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Tina Thompson's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Jumper.
Tina Thompson's Jumper blocked by Chantelle Anderson.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Michelle Snow made Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Crystal Smith's Layup blocked by Ruth Riley.
Crystal Smith missed 36 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Sancho Lyttle's Layup blocked by Sophia Young.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 14 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup.
Tina Thompson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tamecka Dixon missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Tamecka Dixon missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Grant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Grant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson missed 25 ft Three Pointer.
Tamecka Dixon missed Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made Tip Shot.

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
9:33	Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:30	Ruth Riley Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:26	Helen Darling Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	0	0
9:14	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Lost Ball. Stolen by Helen Darling.	0	0
9:08	Sophia Young's Layup blocked by Crystal Smith.	0	0
9:07	San Antonio Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:03	Ruth Riley missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:03	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:51	Tina Thompson Lost Ball. Stolen by Camille Little.	0	0
8:42	Becky Hammon missed Layup.	0	0
8:41	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:30	Sancho Lyttle Bad Pass	0	0
8:11	Becky Hammon Lost Ball. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	0	0
8:03	Crystal Smith made Layup.	2	0
7:45	Camille Little missed Layup.	2	0
7:43	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	2	0
7:31	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Traveling	2	0
7:16	Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.	2	2
6:54	Tina Thompson missed Layup.	2	2
6:50	Sancho Lyttle Offensive Rebound.	4	2
6:50	Sancho Lyttle made Layup.	4	2
6:37	Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	2
6:37	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	4	2
6:24	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Lost Ball. Stolen by Helen Darling.	4	2
6:18	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Personal Foul. Helen Darling gains possession.	4	2
6:18	Erin Grant enters the game for Crystal Smith.	4	2
6:09	Sophia Young missed 5 ft Jumper.	4	2
6:09	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	4	2
5:46	Erin Grant missed 13 ft Jumper.	4	2
5:46	Houston Defensive Rebound.	4	2
5:46	Sancho Lyttle Loose Ball Foul. Sophia Young gains possession.	4	2
5:26	Ruth Riley made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Helen Darling.	4	4
5:09	Tina Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Erin Grant.	6	4
4:56	Sophia Young missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.	6	4
4:52	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Defensive Rebound.	6	4
4:47	Sancho Lyttle made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	8	4
4:30	Sancho Lyttle Personal Foul. Becky Hammon gains possession.	8	4
4:30	Official Timeout.	8	4
4:30	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	8	4
4:24	Ruth Riley Bad Pass. Stolen by Tina Thompson.	8	4
4:18	Ruth Riley Shooting Foul. Tamecka Dixon gains possession.	8	4
4:18	Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	4
4:18	Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	4
3:55	Helen Darling missed 16 ft Jumper.	10	4
3:55	Ruth Riley Offensive Rebound.	10	4
3:55	Michelle Snow Personal Foul. Ruth Riley gains possession.	10	4
3:55	Shanna Crossley enters the game for Camille Little.	10	4
3:41	Shanna Crossley made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sophia Young.	10	7
3:19	Michelle Snow Bad Pass	10	7
3:19	Roneeka Hodges enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	10	7
3:08	Ruth Riley made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sophia Young.	10	9
2:46	Tina Thompson's 19 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Ruth Riley.	10	9
2:42	Sophia Young Defensive Rebound.	10	9
2:38	Becky Hammon made Layup.	10	11
2:17	Helen Darling Personal Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	10	11
2:17	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Michelle Snow.	10	11
2:06	Tamecka Dixon made 20 ft Jumper.	12	11
1:54	Becky Hammon made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ruth Riley.	12	14
1:34	Tina Thompson's Layup blocked by Ruth Riley.	12	14
1:31	Shanna Crossley Defensive Rebound.	12	14
1:23	Shanna Crossley's 8 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Tamecka Dixon.	12	14
1:21	Roneeka Hodges Defensive Rebound.	12	14
1:01	Erin Grant Offensive Foul. Shanna Crossley gains possession.	12	14
1:01	Erin Grant Foul	12	14
1:01	Camille Little enters the game for Helen Darling.	12	14
53.1	Becky Hammon Discontinue Dribble	12	14
42.1	Camille Little Personal Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	12	14
40.1	Sophia Young Inbound Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	12	14
40.1	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	14
40.1	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	14
28.1	Sophia Young made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ruth Riley.	14	16
9.9	Erin Grant made Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.	16	16
2.9	Becky Hammon Lost Ball. Stolen by Erin Grant.	16	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	16	16

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, 12 August 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

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