Lynx 80-76 Monarchs (27 Jun, 2008) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

6-8, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	17	22	16	21	76
MIN	20	22	17	21	80

Minnesota Lynx

8-6, 5-3 home

Noelle Quinn missed 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge made Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Nicky Anosike missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
Lindsey Harding made Driving Layup.
Candice Wiggins made Layup.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Lindsey Harding made 13 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 64 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsey Harding missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Noelle Quinn made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Noelle Quinn missed Two Point Shot.
Nicky Anosike missed 8 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 13 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Noelle Quinn made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 11 ft Jumper.
Lindsey Harding missed 11 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 10 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Anna DeForge missed Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 14 ft Jumper.
LaToya Thomas made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 6 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Layup. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Seimone Augustus made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Nicky Anosike missed 16 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Nicole Ohlde made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Anna DeForge missed 18 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 12 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 12 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed Layup.
Lindsey Harding made Driving Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 5 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 9 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 20 ft Jumper.
Lindsey Harding made Layup.
Lindsey Harding missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Lindsey Harding missed 20 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Three Point Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made 11 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Charde Houston made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Charde Houston's Layup blocked by Nicole Powell.
Candice Wiggins made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Candice Wiggins missed 15 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Layup. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Charde Houston missed 6 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Anna DeForge missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsey Harding missed 14 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.
Charde Houston's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Seimone Augustus made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Adrian Williams-Strong missed 7 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams-Strong made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Adrian Williams-Strong missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Adrian Williams-Strong made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Crystal Kelly missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Kelly made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
A'Quonesia Franklin missed 7 ft Jumper.
Laura Harper missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed 9 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Pointer.
Laura Harper's Layup blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Kara Lawson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made 12 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed 11 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Nicole Powell missed Technical Free Throw.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A'Quonesia Franklin.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Crystal Kelly made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Laura Harper made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Robinson.
Nicole Powell made 15 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams-Strong missed 8 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Layup.
Scholanda Robinson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson made 7 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed Layup.
Crystal Kelly made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Kelly made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Wiggins.
A'Quonesia Franklin made 18 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Adrian Williams-Strong missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams-Strong made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 20 ft Three Pointer.
Ticha Penicheiro made 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Chelsea Newton missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Scholanda Robinson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 11 ft Jumper.
A'Quonesia Franklin missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson made Driving Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Laura Harper missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Running Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.

MONARCHS

LYNX

TIME		SAC	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Nicky Anosike. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	0	0
9:42	Adrian Williams-Strong missed 7 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:41	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:29	Noelle Quinn missed 13 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:23	Anna DeForge Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:12	Nicole Ohlde missed 16 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:11	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:57	Adrian Williams-Strong made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	2	0
8:41	Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:41	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:32	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	5	0
8:15	Anna DeForge made Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.	5	2
7:52	Adrian Williams-Strong missed 11 ft Jumper.	5	2
7:50	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:45	Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.	5	4
7:30	Kara Lawson made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	7	4
7:07	Seimone Augustus made Driving Layup.	7	6
7:03	Ticha Penicheiro Turnover	7	6
7:03	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Seimone Augustus gains possession.	7	6
6:56	Seimone Augustus Bad Pass. Stolen by Adrian Williams-Strong.	7	6
6:52	Adrian Williams-Strong made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	9	6
6:35	Nicky Anosike missed Layup.	9	6
6:33	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	9	6
6:31	Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.	9	6
6:30	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	9	6
6:05	Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.	9	6
6:03	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	9	6
5:46	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	9	6
5:45	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	9	6
5:43	Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.	9	6
5:43	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	9	6
5:35	Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.	9	6
5:33	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	9	6
5:31	Ticha Penicheiro Turnover	9	6
5:31	Crystal Kelly enters the game for Adrian Williams-Strong.	9	6
5:31	Scholanda Robinson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	9	6
5:31	Candice Wiggins enters the game for Noelle Quinn.	9	6
5:31	Charde Houston enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	9	6
5:24	Ticha Penicheiro Shooting Foul. Nicky Anosike gains possession.	9	6
5:24	Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	7
5:24	Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	8
5:09	Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	8
5:09	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	9	8
5:00	Charde Houston missed Layup.	9	8
4:58	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	9	8
4:58	Full Timeout.	9	8
4:58	Lindsey Harding enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	9	8
4:58	Chelsea Newton enters the game for Kara Lawson.	9	8
4:39	Chelsea Newton made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	11	8
4:24	Chelsea Newton Shooting Foul. Charde Houston gains possession.	11	8
4:24	Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	9
4:24	Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	10
4:05	Nicky Anosike Personal Foul. Crystal Kelly gains possession.	11	10
4:01	Charde Houston Shooting Foul. Crystal Kelly gains possession.	11	10
4:01	Kara Lawson enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	11	10
4:01	Crystal Kelly missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	10
4:01	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	11	10
4:01	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson enters the game for Nicky Anosike.	11	10
4:01	Crystal Kelly made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	10
3:48	Crystal Kelly Personal Foul. Vanessa Hayden-Johnson gains possession.	12	10
3:43	Charde Houston missed Layup.	12	10
3:42	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	12	10
3:30	Chelsea Newton Bad Pass	12	10
3:18	Lindsey Harding made Driving Layup.	12	12
3:13	Kara Lawson Bad Pass. Stolen by Candice Wiggins.	12	12
3:08	Candice Wiggins made Layup.	12	14
2:56	Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	14
2:45	Lindsey Harding Bad Pass. Stolen by Crystal Kelly.	15	14
2:30	Charde Houston Personal Foul. Crystal Kelly gains possession.	15	14
2:30	Laura Harper enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	15	14
2:30	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Anna DeForge.	15	14
2:20	Scholanda Robinson Offensive Foul. Lindsey Harding gains possession.	15	14
2:20	Scholanda Robinson Foul	15	14
2:20	Nicole Ohlde enters the game for Charde Houston.	15	14
2:20	A'Quonesia Franklin enters the game for Scholanda Robinson.	15	14
2:00	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 4 ft Jumper.	15	14
1:59	Candice Wiggins Offensive Rebound.	15	14
1:55	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.	15	16
1:40	A'Quonesia Franklin missed 7 ft Jumper.	15	16
1:40	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	15	16
1:40	Nicole Powell enters the game for Kara Lawson.	15	16
1:23	Seimone Augustus Turnover	15	16
1:06	Laura Harper missed Layup.	15	16
1:02	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	15	16
58.8	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.	15	18
41.5	Nicole Ohlde Personal Foul. Laura Harper gains possession.	15	18
41.5	Adrian Williams-Strong enters the game for Crystal Kelly.	15	18
35.2	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson Personal Foul. Nicole Powell gains possession.	15	18
35.2	Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	18
35.2	Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	18
26.0	Lindsey Harding made 13 ft Jumper.	17	20
3.9	Chelsea Newton missed 9 ft Jumper.	17	20
2.9	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	17	20
0.3	Candice Wiggins missed 64 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	20
0.0	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	17	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	17	20

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 2-1

Monarchs
82
Lynx
78

Game 1

13/6

Monarchs
76
Lynx
80

Game 2

27/6

Lynx
71
Monarchs
78

Game 3

8/9

Target Center

1:00 AM, 27 June 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Clarke Stevens
James Williams
Byron Jarrett

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

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