Storm 87-83 Mercury (23 May, 2008) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

3-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SEA	22	15	25	25	87
PHO	24	28	16	15	83

Phoenix Mercury

0-3, 0-2 home

Kelly Miller made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Tangela Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 14 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Kelly Miller made 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 15 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 6 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 9 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Kelly Miller made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Willnett Crockett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Willnett Crockett made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Farris.
Tangela Smith made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Yuko Oga missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yuko Oga made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tangela Smith made 18 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 16 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Tangela Smith missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 10 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Le'Coe Willingham made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante missed Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Diana Taurasi made Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham missed Layup.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 10 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed 9 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 19 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird made 14 ft Running Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash made Driving Layup.
Sue Bird made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Lauren Jackson made Driving Layup.
Swin Cash made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Shyra Ely missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shyra Ely made Layup. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Gearlds missed 8 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Swin Cash missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kelly Santos missed 5 ft Hook Shot.
Katie Gearlds missed 17 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Yolanda Griffith missed 7 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 11 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Swin Cash's Layup blocked by Le'Coe Willingham.
Lauren Jackson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sheryl Swoopes made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Lauren Jackson made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Gearlds made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Katie Gearlds made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Gearlds missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird missed 13 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Katie Gearlds.
Lauren Jackson made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Gearlds made 18 ft Jumper.
Ashley Robinson missed Layup.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Shyra Ely missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Shyra Ely missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 16 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tanisha Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Tanisha Wright made Jumper.
Katie Gearlds missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shyra Ely made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Shyra Ely made Layup. Assisted by Katie Gearlds.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Sue Bird missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 11 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird made 13 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.

STORM

MERCURY

TIME		SEA	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Lauren Jackson vs. Tangela Smith. Kelly Miller gains possession.	0	0
9:49	Kelly Miller made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	0	3
9:27	Swin Cash missed 19 ft Jumper.	0	3
9:26	Seattle Defensive Rebound.	0	3
9:14	Cappie Pondexter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	0	6
8:51	Sue Bird made 14 ft Running Jumper.	2	6
8:44	Cappie Pondexter Discontinue Dribble	2	6
8:34	Lauren Jackson missed 17 ft Jumper.	2	6
8:33	Sheryl Swoopes Offensive Rebound.	2	6
8:30	Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	6
8:27	Sue Bird Offensive Rebound.	2	6
8:26	Cappie Pondexter Jump Ball	2	6
8:15	Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.	2	6
8:15	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	2	6
8:15	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	2	6
8:15	Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	6
8:15	Seattle Offensive Rebound.	2	6
8:15	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	6
8:03	Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.	3	6
8:03	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	3	6
7:56	Tangela Smith made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	3	8
7:31	Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.	3	8
7:28	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	3	8
7:22	Sheryl Swoopes Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	3	8
7:13	Le'Coe Willingham made Layup.	3	10
6:56	Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	5	10
6:48	Kelly Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Lauren Jackson.	5	10
6:43	Sheryl Swoopes missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	10
6:43	Seattle Defensive Rebound.	5	10
6:18	Diana Taurasi missed 18 ft Jumper.	5	10
6:18	Swin Cash Defensive Rebound.	5	10
6:11	Diana Taurasi Personal Foul. Swin Cash gains possession.	5	10
6:00	Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Swin Cash.	7	10
5:45	Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	10
5:43	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	7	10
5:37	Swin Cash Traveling	7	10
5:28	Cappie Pondexter Bad Pass	7	10
5:16	Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	10
5:16	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	7	10
5:09	Le'Coe Willingham's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.	7	10
5:07	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	7	10
4:52	Swin Cash made Driving Layup.	9	10
4:47	Official Timeout.	9	10
4:47	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Sheryl Swoopes.	9	10
4:41	Le'Coe Willingham Bad Pass. Stolen by Sue Bird.	9	10
4:37	Sue Bird made Layup.	11	10
4:22	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	11	13
4:09	Lauren Jackson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	13	13
3:59	Tangela Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	13	16
3:39	Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.	16	16
3:28	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	16
3:27	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	16	16
3:19	Lauren Jackson made Driving Layup.	18	16
3:09	Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.	18	18
2:47	Swin Cash made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.	20	18
2:27	Kelly Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	18
2:27	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	20	18
2:27	Yolanda Griffith Loose Ball Foul. Le'Coe Willingham gains possession.	20	18
2:27	Shyra Ely enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	20	18
2:27	Katie Gearlds enters the game for Swin Cash.	20	18
2:27	Sheryl Swoopes enters the game for Tanisha Wright.	20	18
2:27	Barbara Farris enters the game for Le'Coe Willingham.	20	18
2:17	Diana Taurasi missed 14 ft Jumper.	20	18
2:16	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	20	18
2:04	Shyra Ely missed 11 ft Jumper.	20	18
2:02	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	20	18
1:58	Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.	20	20
1:45	Shyra Ely made Layup. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.	22	20
1:39	Katie Gearlds Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	22	20
1:39	Kelly Mazzante enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	22	20
1:35	Kelly Miller made 17 ft Jumper.	22	22
1:15	Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	22
1:14	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	22	22
1:08	Cappie Pondexter made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	22	24
47.9	Lauren Jackson missed 8 ft Jumper.	22	24
46.5	Kelly Mazzante Defensive Rebound.	22	24
28.9	Cappie Pondexter missed 7 ft Jumper.	22	24
27.5	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	22	24
6.9	Sue Bird missed 16 ft Jumper.	22	24
5.5	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	22	24
0.1	Kelly Miller missed 11 ft Jumper.	22	24
0.0	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	22	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	22	24

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 3-1

Storm
87
Mercury
83

Game 1

23/5

Mercury
77
Storm
83

Game 2

12/6

Mercury
78
Storm
89

Game 3

10/7

Storm
80
Mercury
94

Game 4

26/7

3:00 AM, 23 May 2008

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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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