Fever 88-84 Mercury (28 Jul, 2008) Play-by-Play

Indiana Fever

12-14, 4-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	31	15	23	19	88
PHO	23	23	17	21	84

Phoenix Mercury

12-15, 7-6 home

Le'Coe Willingham missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Le'Coe Willingham.
Tangela Smith made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Farris.
Cappie Pondexter made 15 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Kelly Miller made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Two Point Shot.
Barbara Farris made Layup. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
LaToya Pringle missed Layup.
LaToya Pringle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
LaToya Pringle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yuko Oga missed Jumper.
Yuko Oga missed Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Farris.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Yuko Oga's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Le'Coe Willingham missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Tan White.
Kelly Mazzante made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Kelly Mazzante missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
LaToya Pringle made Layup.
Tangela Smith missed 12 ft Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Le'Coe Willingham missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter made 12 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made 12 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 15 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter's Layup blocked by Tamika Catchings.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup.
Tangela Smith made 9 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
LaToya Pringle missed 8 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Kelly Mazzante missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Barbara Farris made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Kelly Miller missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Miller missed 9 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 12 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Miller made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Tangela Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas missed Three Point Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tan White missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Katie Douglas missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Tan White made Driving Layup.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tan White missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tan White made 4 ft Hook Shot.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamika Catchings made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Katie Douglas made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Khadijah Whittington made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Khadijah Whittington missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 8 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.
Tamika Catchings missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tan White missed 17 ft Jumper.
Katie Douglas made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Khadijah Whittington missed 11 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 6 ft Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas's Layup blocked by Le'Coe Willingham.
Katie Douglas missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Tan White made 18 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Tamika Catchings missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Tan White made 17 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tan White.
Katie Douglas made 19 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Tamika Catchings made Technical Free Throw.
Katie Douglas missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Ebony Hoffman made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by LaToya Bond.
Katie Douglas made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ebony Hoffman.
Khadijah Whittington missed 8 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
LaToya Bond missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.
LaToya Bond missed Three Point Jumper.
LaToya Bond missed Jumper.
Tan White missed 17 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman made 13 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman made 15 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tan White made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Katie Douglas missed 7 ft Running Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
Allison Feaster missed Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Layup. Assisted by Tan White.
Tan White made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.
Tan White missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tan White missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tan White missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Catchings missed 15 ft Jumper.
Ebony Hoffman missed Layup.
Tan White made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ebony Hoffman.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ebony Hoffman missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.

FEVER

MERCURY

TIME		IND	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Tangela Smith. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Le'Coe Willingham missed 7 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:42	Tammy Sutton-Brown Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Katie Douglas Bad Pass. Stolen by Cappie Pondexter.	0	0
9:19	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	0	3
9:08	Ebony Hoffman made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.	2	3
8:49	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Catchings.	2	3
8:45	Kelly Miller Shooting Foul. Tamika Catchings gains possession.	2	3
8:45	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	3
8:45	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	3
8:34	Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.	4	3
8:33	Ebony Hoffman Defensive Rebound.	4	3
8:21	Katie Douglas missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
8:19	Le'Coe Willingham Defensive Rebound.	4	3
8:12	Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.	4	5
7:54	Ebony Hoffman missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	5
7:54	Tamika Catchings Offensive Rebound.	4	5
7:48	Tamika Catchings made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	5
7:35	Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Le'Coe Willingham.	7	8
7:16	Tan White missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	8
7:16	Indiana Offensive Rebound.	7	8
7:03	Ebony Hoffman made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.	10	8
6:48	Tangela Smith made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	10	10
6:33	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Tamika Catchings.	12	10
6:16	Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.	12	10
6:16	Ebony Hoffman Defensive Rebound.	12	10
6:03	Katie Douglas missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	10
6:03	Indiana Offensive Rebound.	12	10
6:01	Barbara Farris enters the game for Le'Coe Willingham.	12	10
5:50	Tamika Catchings made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Douglas.	15	10
5:37	Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	10
5:35	Barbara Farris Offensive Rebound.	15	10
5:31	Ebony Hoffman Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	15	10
5:22	Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barbara Farris.	15	13
5:11	Tan White made Driving Layup.	17	13
5:01	Cappie Pondexter made 15 ft Jumper.	17	15
4:35	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul. Tamika Catchings gains possession.	17	15
4:35	Official Timeout.	17	15
4:35	Tamika Catchings made Free Throw 1 of 2.	18	15
4:35	Tamika Catchings missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	15
4:33	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	18	15
4:18	Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.	18	15
4:18	Katie Douglas Defensive Rebound.	18	15
4:07	Tan White missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	15
4:07	Barbara Farris Defensive Rebound.	18	15
4:01	Kelly Miller made Driving Layup.	18	17
3:42	Tan White made 4 ft Hook Shot.	20	17
3:30	Kelly Mazzante enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	20	17
3:20	Diana Taurasi missed Two Point Shot.	20	17
3:20	Ebony Hoffman Defensive Rebound.	20	17
3:12	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.	22	17
3:12	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul. Tammy Sutton-Brown gains possession.	22	17
3:12	Allison Feaster enters the game for Tan White.	22	17
3:12	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 1.	23	17
2:58	Barbara Farris made Layup. Assisted by Tangela Smith.	23	19
2:47	Tamika Catchings made 6 ft Two Point Shot.	25	19
2:38	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Miller.	25	22
2:24	Tamika Catchings Offensive Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	25	22
2:24	Tamika Catchings Foul	25	22
2:24	LaToya Pringle enters the game for Tangela Smith.	25	22
2:08	Diana Taurasi Lost Ball. Stolen by Ebony Hoffman.	25	22
2:04	Kelly Mazzante Personal Foul. Katie Douglas gains possession.	25	22
2:04	Khadijah Whittington enters the game for Ebony Hoffman.	25	22
2:04	Katie Douglas made Free Throw 2 of 2.	26	22
2:04	Katie Douglas made Free Throw 1 of 2.	29	22
1:53	LaToya Pringle Traveling	26	22
1:31	Khadijah Whittington made 7 ft Two Point Shot.	28	22
1:31	LaToya Pringle Shooting Foul. Khadijah Whittington gains possession.	28	22
1:31	Khadijah Whittington missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	28	22
1:31	Barbara Farris Defensive Rebound.	28	22
1:19	Kelly Mazzante Discontinue Dribble	29	22
1:02	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 8 ft Jumper.	29	22
1:01	Indiana Offensive Rebound.	29	22
57.9	Allison Feaster missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	29	22
56.3	Tammy Sutton-Brown Offensive Rebound.	31	22
56.3	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup.	31	22
46.9	Diana Taurasi missed Layup.	31	22
45.8	Tamika Catchings Defensive Rebound.	31	22
24.9	Tamika Catchings missed 18 ft Jumper.	31	22
23.7	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	31	22
6.9	Khadijah Whittington Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	31	22
6.9	Tan White enters the game for Tamika Catchings.	31	22
4.1	Tan White Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	31	22
4.1	Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	31	22
4.1	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	31	22
4.1	Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.	31	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	31	23

Regular Season Series

IND wins 2-0

Fever
88
Mercury
84

Game 1

28/7

Mercury
89
Fever
103

Game 2

14/9

2:00 AM, 28 July 2008

Referees:
Maj Forsberg
Marat Kogut
June Courteau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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