Lynx 85-71 Comets (13 Jul, 2008) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

9-12, 3-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	16	23	18	14	71
MIN	22	25	24	14	85

Minnesota Lynx

10-10, 6-5 home

Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Seimone Augustus made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Candice Wiggins made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Seimone Augustus made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Driving Layup.
Nicky Anosike missed 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Anna DeForge missed Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed Two Point Shot.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Layup.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Candice Wiggins made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Lindsey Harding missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 16 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Lindsey Harding made Driving Layup.
Candice Wiggins missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lindsey Harding.
Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candice Wiggins missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
LaToya Thomas made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kristen Rasmussen made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Anna DeForge made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins missed 14 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.
Anna DeForge missed 11 ft Running Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 12 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anna DeForge made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Noelle Quinn made Layup. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Seimone Augustus made 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Anna DeForge made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Nicole Ohlde missed 14 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Seimone Augustus missed 14 ft Jumper.
Anna DeForge missed 13 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins missed 16 ft Jumper.
LaToya Thomas missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed Layup.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsey Harding's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Matee Ajavon.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Lindsey Harding.
Seimone Augustus made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Anna DeForge's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Matee Ajavon.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 12 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Anna DeForge missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 6 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Tina Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Shannon Johnson's Layup blocked by Anna DeForge.
Michelle Snow missed 12 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Erica White missed Running Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Michelle Snow made 6 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sequoia Holmes made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow made Two Point Shot.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 7 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 16 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Tamecka Dixon missed Layup.
Tamecka Dixon's Layup blocked by Charde Houston.
Tamecka Dixon made 19 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Sequoia Holmes missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 17 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Matee Ajavon missed Layup.
Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Latasha Byears missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tina Thompson missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Shannon Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Shannon Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 16 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Jumper.
Mistie Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 10 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon's Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Mistie Williams.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Erica White.
Sequoia Holmes made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erica White.
Erica White made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erica White made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Mistie Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed 59 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon made 14 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Layup.
Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erica White made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erica White made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erica White missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shannon Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shannon Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Matee Ajavon missed 14 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shannon Johnson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.

COMETS

LYNX

TIME		HOU	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Nicky Anosike. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	0	0
9:41	Michelle Snow missed 6 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:41	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:38	Michelle Snow missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.	0	0
9:37	Nicky Anosike Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Shannon Johnson Personal Foul. Noelle Quinn gains possession.	0	0
9:26	Noelle Quinn Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	0	0
9:22	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.	2	0
9:08	Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
9:07	Shannon Johnson Defensive Rebound.	2	0
9:03	Tina Thompson missed 6 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:02	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:57	Nicky Anosike Traveling	2	0
8:51	Shannon Johnson Offensive Foul. Anna DeForge gains possession.	2	0
8:51	Shannon Johnson Foul	2	0
8:37	Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.	2	3
8:14	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.	2	3
8:12	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	2	3
8:11	Michelle Snow made Layup.	4	3
8:08	Noelle Quinn Offensive Foul. Shannon Johnson gains possession.	4	3
8:08	Noelle Quinn Foul	4	3
7:56	Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	6	3
7:39	Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	6
7:18	Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.	8	6
7:03	Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.	8	6
7:01	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	8	6
6:52	Shannon Johnson Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicky Anosike.	8	6
6:43	Sancho Lyttle Shooting Foul. Nicole Ohlde gains possession.	8	6
6:43	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	7
6:43	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	8
6:28	Tina Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.	10	8
6:16	Seimone Augustus's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	10	8
6:15	Shannon Johnson Defensive Rebound.	10	8
6:05	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Johnson.	12	8
5:41	Seimone Augustus made 11 ft Two Point Shot.	12	10
5:31	Shannon Johnson's Layup blocked by Anna DeForge.	12	10
5:31	Houston Defensive Rebound.	12	10
5:13	Anna DeForge missed 16 ft Jumper.	12	10
5:11	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	12	10
5:01	Michelle Snow missed 12 ft Jumper.	12	10
5:00	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	12	10
4:58	Full Timeout.	12	10
4:58	Candice Wiggins enters the game for Noelle Quinn.	12	10
4:58	Jumpball: Hamchetou Maiga-Ba vs. Anna DeForge. Sancho Lyttle gains possession.	12	10
4:58	Anna DeForge Lost Ball. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	12	10
4:41	Sancho Lyttle Bad Pass. Stolen by Candice Wiggins.	12	10
4:26	Seimone Augustus made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	12	12
4:09	Seimone Augustus Personal Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	12	12
3:58	Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.	12	12
3:57	Nicky Anosike Defensive Rebound.	12	12
3:41	Anna DeForge missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	12
3:40	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	12	12
3:40	Nicky Anosike Personal Foul. Sancho Lyttle gains possession.	12	12
3:40	Erica White enters the game for Shannon Johnson.	12	12
3:40	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	12	12
3:15	Erica White missed Running Jumper.	12	12
3:13	Nicky Anosike Defensive Rebound.	12	12
3:05	Candice Wiggins missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.	12	12
3:04	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Defensive Rebound.	12	12
3:00	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Traveling	12	12
2:48	Candice Wiggins made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	12	14
2:28	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	12	14
2:28	Michelle Snow missed Layup.	14	19
2:26	Michelle Snow made 6 ft Jumper.	14	14
2:08	Seimone Augustus made Jumper. Assisted by Anna DeForge.	14	16
1:54	Tina Thompson Lost Ball. Stolen by Nicky Anosike.	14	16
1:47	Anna DeForge made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.	14	19
1:31	Erica White Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicky Anosike.	14	19
1:29	Erica White Shooting Foul. Nicky Anosike gains possession.	14	19
1:29	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	14	19
1:29	Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	20
1:29	Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	20
1:28	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	14	20
1:14	Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.	14	20
1:12	Anna DeForge Defensive Rebound.	14	20
51.8	Kristen Rasmussen missed Driving Layup.	14	20
50.9	Nicky Anosike Offensive Rebound.	14	20
48.9	Nicky Anosike missed 5 ft Two Point Shot.	14	20
47.9	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	14	20
35.6	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup.	16	20
35.6	Candice Wiggins Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	16	20
35.6	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Tina Thompson.	16	20
35.6	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	16	20
35.6	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	16	20
21.8	Anna DeForge missed Jumper.	16	20
19.9	Candice Wiggins Offensive Rebound.	16	20
15.4	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Personal Foul. Seimone Augustus gains possession.	16	20
2.4	Seimone Augustus made 15 ft Two Point Shot.	16	22
0.3	Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.	16	22
0.0	Houston Offensive Rebound.	16	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	16	22

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Lynx
98
Comets
92

Game 1

28/5

Comets
72
Lynx
65

Game 2

22/6

Comets
71
Lynx
85

Game 3

13/7

Lynx
88
Comets
96

Game 4

17/7

Target Center

1:00 AM, 13 July 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Tony Dawkins
Kevin Sparrock

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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