Sun 78-68 Comets (2 Jul, 2008) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

7-9, 2-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	20	18	13	17	68
CT	12	18	25	23	78

Connecticut Sun

13-5, 8-2 home

Asjha Jones missed 18 ft Jumper.
Amber Holt missed 11 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Amber Holt missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Amber Holt missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amber Holt made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Asjha Jones made Two Point Shot.
Barbara Turner missed 15 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Amber Holt missed 1 ft Two Point Shot.
Barbara Turner missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Sandrine Gruda's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Amber Holt missed 15 ft Jumper.
Sandrine Gruda made Layup.
Kerri Gardin made 23 ft Three Pointer. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Sandrine Gruda missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sandrine Gruda made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kerri Gardin missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kerri Gardin missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sandrine Gruda made 3 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Jamie Carey made 18 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones missed Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore made Jumper. Assisted by Amber Holt.
Barbara Turner made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Tamika Whitmore missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Whitmore missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jolene Anderson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Jolene Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Jolene Anderson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Asjha Jones.
Sandrine Gruda made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jolene Anderson.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Asjha Jones made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Sandrine Gruda made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Tamika Whitmore missed 4 ft Jumper.
Sandrine Gruda made Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Asjha Jones missed 18 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 19 ft Two Point Shot.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Asjha Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed 15 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Asjha Jones made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Lindsay Whalen made 16 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jamie Carey.
Barbara Turner missed Jumper.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Asjha Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Asjha Jones missed 14 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Jumper.
Asjha Jones made 14 ft Jumper.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ketia Swanier made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ketia Swanier made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Driving Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ketia Swanier made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ketia Swanier missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup. Assisted by Barbara Turner.
Ketia Swanier missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamika Whitmore missed Hook Shot.
Asjha Jones made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Sandrine Gruda missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
Jamie Carey made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Jamie Carey missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Barbara Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
Sandrine Gruda made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sandrine Gruda missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sandrine Gruda made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Asjha Jones.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jamie Carey missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sandrine Gruda missed 20 ft Jumper.
Jamie Carey made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Asjha Jones missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Barbara Turner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jamie Carey made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jamie Carey missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 8 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's 3 ft Jumper blocked by Asjha Jones.
Matee Ajavon made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Matee Ajavon missed 9 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson made Driving Layup.
Michelle Snow made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sancho Lyttle.
Shannon Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Matee Ajavon made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Matee Ajavon missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
Sancho Lyttle missed Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Sequoia Holmes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mistie Williams missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
Matee Ajavon made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latasha Byears missed 7 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed 19 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Latasha Byears made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sequoia Holmes made 1 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 13 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sequoia Holmes.
Sequoia Holmes made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sequoia Holmes missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 12 ft Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow missed 6 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Layup.
Shannon Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow's Layup blocked by Sandrine Gruda.
Michelle Snow missed Hook Shot.
Michelle Snow's Layup blocked by Sandrine Gruda.
Matee Ajavon made 4 ft Running Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Shannon Johnson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 17 ft Jumper.
Erica White missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Shannon Johnson missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 11 ft Jumper.
Erica White missed Technical Free Throw.
Sequoia Holmes made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sequoia Holmes missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erica White made Technical Free Throw.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Latasha Byears missed 3 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Latasha Byears's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Tamika Whitmore.
Latasha Byears's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Asjha Jones.
Matee Ajavon made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Matee Ajavon missed Technical Free Throw.
Sequoia Holmes missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 13 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon made Layup.
Sancho Lyttle made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Michelle Snow made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Matee Ajavon missed Layup.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shannon Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed Layup.
Matee Ajavon missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 12 ft Jumper.

COMETS

SUN

TIME		HOU	CT
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Asjha Jones. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	0	0
9:37	Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:36	Lindsay Whalen Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Asjha Jones missed 18 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:26	Matee Ajavon Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Matee Ajavon Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Whitmore.	0	0
9:11	Amber Holt missed 11 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:11	Amber Holt Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:04	Tamika Whitmore made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	0	2
8:48	Michelle Snow 3 second	0	2
8:33	Sancho Lyttle Shooting Foul. Amber Holt gains possession.	0	2
8:33	Amber Holt missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	2
8:33	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	0	2
8:33	Amber Holt missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	2
8:33	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:12	Sancho Lyttle missed 8 ft Jumper.	0	2
8:11	Barbara Turner Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:04	Amber Holt Bad Pass. Stolen by Shannon Johnson.	0	2
8:00	Tamika Whitmore Shooting Foul. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	0	2
8:00	Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	1	2
8:00	Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	2
7:45	Barbara Turner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	2
7:43	Asjha Jones Offensive Rebound.	2	2
7:39	Asjha Jones Lost Ball. Stolen by Matee Ajavon.	2	2
7:31	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.	2	2
7:31	Amber Holt Defensive Rebound.	2	2
7:16	Amber Holt made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	2	5
6:52	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's 3 ft Jumper blocked by Asjha Jones.	2	5
6:50	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Offensive Rebound.	2	5
6:48	Matee Ajavon made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	4	5
6:33	Asjha Jones made Two Point Shot.	4	7
6:20	Barbara Turner Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	4	7
6:20	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	7
6:20	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	5	7
6:18	Sancho Lyttle Offensive Rebound.	5	7
6:01	Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	7	7
5:48	Barbara Turner missed 15 ft Jumper.	7	7
5:47	Matee Ajavon Defensive Rebound.	7	7
5:41	Matee Ajavon missed 9 ft Jumper.	7	7
5:41	Shannon Johnson Offensive Rebound.	7	7
5:24	Shannon Johnson made Driving Layup.	9	7
5:11	Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	7
5:11	Barbara Turner Offensive Rebound.	9	7
5:05	Asjha Jones's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.	9	7
5:03	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	9	7
4:56	Michelle Snow made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sancho Lyttle.	11	7
4:48	Amber Holt missed 1 ft Two Point Shot.	11	7
4:48	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	11	7
4:41	Shannon Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.	11	7
4:39	Tamika Whitmore Defensive Rebound.	11	7
4:30	Barbara Turner missed 4 ft Jumper.	11	7
4:28	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	11	7
4:11	Michelle Snow missed Layup.	11	7
4:09	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	11	7
4:05	Michelle Snow 3 second	11	7
4:05	Official Timeout.	11	7
4:05	Ketia Swanier enters the game for Barbara Turner.	11	7
3:41	Asjha Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Matee Ajavon.	11	7
3:34	Matee Ajavon made 2 ft Two Point Shot.	13	7
3:19	Tamika Whitmore missed Layup.	13	7
3:18	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	13	7
3:14	Lindsay Whalen Personal Foul. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	13	7
3:14	Sandrine Gruda enters the game for Tamika Whitmore.	13	7
3:14	Tamika Raymond enters the game for Asjha Jones.	13	7
3:14	Jamie Carey enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	13	7
3:08	Matee Ajavon missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.	13	7
3:05	Jamie Carey Defensive Rebound.	13	7
2:51	Sandrine Gruda's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.	13	7
2:49	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	13	7
2:42	Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Hook Shot.	13	7
2:41	Jamie Carey Defensive Rebound.	13	7
2:35	Ketia Swanier Turnover	13	7
2:35	Erica White enters the game for Shannon Johnson.	13	7
2:19	Sancho Lyttle missed Jumper.	13	7
2:18	Amber Holt Defensive Rebound.	13	7
2:08	Mistie Williams enters the game for Michelle Snow.	13	7
2:08	Sequoia Holmes enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	13	7
1:57	Amber Holt missed 15 ft Jumper.	13	7
1:55	Mistie Williams Defensive Rebound.	13	7
1:43	Sandrine Gruda Shooting Foul. Mistie Williams gains possession.	13	7
1:43	Kerri Gardin enters the game for Amber Holt.	13	7
1:43	Mistie Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	7
1:43	Latasha Byears enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	14	7
1:43	Mistie Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	7
1:28	Sandrine Gruda made Layup.	15	9
1:06	Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.	17	9
1:00	Ketia Swanier Bad Pass	17	9
39.9	Sequoia Holmes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	9
38.7	Mistie Williams Offensive Rebound.	17	9
20.8	Mistie Williams missed 6 ft Hook Shot.	17	9
19.6	Kerri Gardin Defensive Rebound.	17	9
4.8	Kerri Gardin made 23 ft Three Pointer. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.	17	12
0.0	Matee Ajavon made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	12
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	20	12

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Comets
68
Sun
78

Game 1

2/7

Sun
68
Comets
75

Game 2

10/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 2 July 2008

Uncasville, CT

Referees:
Cameron Inouye
Josh Tiven
Marat Kogut

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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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