Shock 78-68 Sky (27 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Chicago Sky

1-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	11	18	20	19	68
TUL	22	17	14	25	78

Detroit Shock

1-1, 1-0 home

Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kara Braxton missed 13 ft Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Kara Braxton missed Driving Layup.
Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Britany Miller.
Shavonte Zellous missed 16 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous's Layup blocked by Shyra Ely.
Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Tiera Delahoussaye missed 18 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.
Britany Miller made 11 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Olayinka Sanni.
Olayinka Sanni made 9 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Olayinka Sanni made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Olayinka Sanni missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Mistie Williams.
Tiera Delahoussaye made Layup.
Olayinka Sanni made Layup. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Kristen Rasmussen made Layup. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Kara Braxton missed 9 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 3 of 3.
Alexis Hornbuckle made 16 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous missed 19 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made 17 ft Jumper.
Olayinka Sanni made Layup. Assisted by Shavonte Zellous.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 33 ft Three Point Jumper.
Britany Miller made Layup.
Katie Smith missed 10 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Layup.
Kara Braxton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Braxton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Layup.
Olayinka Sanni's Layup blocked by Jia Perkins.
Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Olayinka Sanni.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Layup.
Tiera Delahoussaye missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tiera Delahoussaye missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Britany Miller missed Layup.
Tiera Delahoussaye's Layup blocked by Candice Dupree.
Olayinka Sanni made Layup.
Shavonte Zellous made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shavonte Zellous made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.
Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Candice Dupree.
Britany Miller made Layup. Assisted by Sequoia Holmes.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Layup.
Olayinka Sanni made Layup.
Tiera Delahoussaye missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tiera Delahoussaye missed Layup.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed 17 ft Jumper.
Sequoia Holmes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sequoia Holmes missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup.
Shavonte Zellous made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Katie Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton made 8 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Katie Smith missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tiera Delahoussaye made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tiera Delahoussaye made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Olayinka Sanni made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Olayinka Sanni made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tiera Delahoussaye's Layup blocked by Brooke Wyckoff.
Kara Braxton made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Braxton missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Shavonte Zellous made Layup.
Sequoia Holmes made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.
Shavonte Zellous missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shavonte Zellous's Layup blocked by Chen Nan.
Shavonte Zellous made Jumper.
Olayinka Sanni missed 14 ft Jumper.
Olayinka Sanni made Driving Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 14 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 17 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 8 ft Jumper.
Chen Nan made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Shyra Ely missed 13 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Two Point Shot.
Chen Nan missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shyra Ely made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shyra Ely made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chen Nan missed Layup.
K.B. Sharp missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Armintie Price missed 16 ft Jumper.
Armintie Price missed 15 ft Jumper.
Armintie Price made Layup.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Candice Dupree missed 18 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed Layup.
Erin Thorn missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristi Toliver made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Kristi Toliver made Layup. Assisted by Armintie Price.
Candice Dupree missed 16 ft Jumper.
Chen Nan's Layup blocked by Kara Braxton.
Kristi Toliver made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristi Toliver made 16 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty made 16 ft Jumper.
Kristi Toliver made 15 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed 11 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Layup.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Candice Dupree's 12 ft Jumper blocked by Britany Miller.
Jia Perkins made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Jia Perkins made 17 ft Jumper.
Chen Nan made Layup.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Chen Nan made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Candice Dupree missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed Layup.
Shyra Ely missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shyra Ely made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins missed Layup.
Jia Perkins made Layup. Assisted by Kristi Toliver.
Jia Perkins missed 20 ft Jumper.
Armintie Price missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kristi Toliver missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chen Nan missed Layup.
Armintie Price made Layup. Assisted by Kristi Toliver.
Kristi Toliver made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Jia Perkins missed 18 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Armintie Price.
Erin Thorn made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Toliver.
Mistie Williams missed 19 ft Jumper.
Armintie Price made 13 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Kristi Toliver made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Armintie Price.
Armintie Price missed 15 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 15 ft Jumper.
Shyra Ely missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 17 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Erin Thorn made 16 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 16 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Two Point Shot.
Jennifer Risper's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Kara Braxton.
Mistie Williams missed Layup.
Jennifer Risper's Layup blocked by Alexis Hornbuckle.
Brooke Wyckoff made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Brooke Wyckoff made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Thorn made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jennifer Risper.
Erin Thorn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brooke Wyckoff made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.

SKY

SHOCK

TIME		CHI	TUL
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Chen Nan vs. Kara Braxton. Alexis Hornbuckle gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Kara Braxton missed Layup.	0	0
9:44	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:34	Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:33	Shavonte Zellous Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Kara Braxton missed 13 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:22	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:03	Candice Dupree missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:03	Alexis Hornbuckle Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:56	Alexis Hornbuckle Bad Pass. Stolen by Candice Dupree.	0	0
8:53	Kara Braxton Shooting Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	0	0
8:53	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.	1	0
8:53	Candice Dupree missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	1	0
8:52	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Defensive Rebound.	1	0
8:41	Shavonte Zellous made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.	1	2
8:17	Dominique Canty missed 15 ft Jumper.	1	2
8:15	Shavonte Zellous Defensive Rebound.	1	2
7:58	Kara Braxton missed Driving Layup.	1	2
7:56	Shavonte Zellous Offensive Rebound.	1	2
7:43	Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Kara Braxton.	1	4
7:22	Candice Dupree missed 17 ft Jumper.	1	4
7:20	Katie Smith Defensive Rebound.	1	4
7:16	Dominique Canty Shooting Foul. Katie Smith gains possession.	1	4
7:16	Chicago Full Timeout.	1	4
7:16	Britany Miller enters the game for Kara Braxton.	1	4
7:16	Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	1	5
7:16	Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	1	6
6:52	Candice Dupree missed 8 ft Jumper.	1	6
6:52	Chicago Defensive Rebound.	1	6
6:37	Taj McWilliams-Franklin made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Britany Miller.	1	8
6:15	Chen Nan made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.	3	8
6:01	Shavonte Zellous missed 16 ft Jumper.	3	8
6:00	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	3	8
5:41	Shyra Ely missed 13 ft Jumper.	3	8
5:41	Katie Smith Defensive Rebound.	3	8
5:35	Katie Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	3	11
5:16	Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	3	11
5:15	Candice Dupree Offensive Rebound.	3	11
5:11	Candice Dupree made Two Point Shot.	5	11
4:54	Shavonte Zellous's Layup blocked by Shyra Ely.	5	11
4:52	Shyra Ely Defensive Rebound.	5	11
4:33	Chen Nan missed 16 ft Jumper.	5	11
4:31	Alexis Hornbuckle Defensive Rebound.	5	11
4:26	Shavonte Zellous made Layup. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	5	13
4:05	Shavonte Zellous Shooting Foul. Shyra Ely gains possession.	5	13
4:05	K.B. Sharp enters the game for Dominique Canty.	5	13
4:05	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	5	13
4:05	Olayinka Sanni enters the game for Alexis Hornbuckle.	5	13
4:05	Shyra Ely made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	13
4:05	Shyra Ely made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	13
4:05	Tiera Delahoussaye enters the game for Shavonte Zellous.	7	15
3:53	Tiera Delahoussaye missed 18 ft Jumper.	7	13
3:50	Jia Perkins Defensive Rebound.	7	13
3:46	Chen Nan Traveling	7	13
3:46	Armintie Price enters the game for Shyra Ely.	7	13
3:34	Katie Smith made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.	7	15
3:15	Chen Nan missed Layup.	7	15
3:14	Chicago Defensive Rebound.	7	15
3:14	Sequoia Holmes enters the game for Katie Smith.	7	15
3:05	Chen Nan Personal Foul. Olayinka Sanni gains possession.	7	15
3:05	Mistie Williams enters the game for Chen Nan.	7	15
2:53	Britany Miller made 11 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Olayinka Sanni.	7	17
2:35	K.B. Sharp missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	17
2:34	Tiera Delahoussaye Defensive Rebound.	7	17
2:28	Olayinka Sanni made 9 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Tiera Delahoussaye.	7	19
2:11	Armintie Price missed 16 ft Jumper.	7	19
2:10	Mistie Williams Offensive Rebound.	7	19
2:05	Armintie Price Lost Ball. Stolen by Olayinka Sanni.	7	19
2:05	Jia Perkins Personal Foul. Olayinka Sanni gains possession.	7	19
2:04	Kara Braxton enters the game for Britany Miller.	7	19
1:47	Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.	7	21
1:27	Armintie Price missed 15 ft Jumper.	7	21
1:25	Olayinka Sanni Defensive Rebound.	7	21
1:15	Kara Braxton Bad Pass. Stolen by Candice Dupree.	7	21
1:09	Armintie Price made Layup.	9	21
52.5	Jia Perkins Personal Foul. Kristen Rasmussen gains possession.	9	21
44.7	Mistie Williams Shooting Foul. Olayinka Sanni gains possession.	9	21
44.7	Olayinka Sanni made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	22
44.7	Olayinka Sanni missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	22
43.8	Mistie Williams Defensive Rebound.	9	22
28.6	Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.	11	22
13.4	Kristen Rasmussen's Layup blocked by Mistie Williams.	11	22
13.4	Detroit Defensive Rebound.	11	22
0.8	Candice Dupree missed 18 ft Jumper.	11	22
0.0	Kristen Rasmussen Defensive Rebound.	11	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	11	22

Regular Season Series

TUL wins 4-0

Sky
58
Shock
64

Game 1

9/8

Shock
76
Sky
67

Game 2

23/8

Sky
75
Shock
84

Game 3

6/9

Shock
80
Sky
69

Game 4

13/9

The Palace of Auburn Hills

4:00 PM, 27 May 2009

Auburn Hills, MI

Referees:
Felicia Grinter
Daryl Humphrey
Jeneane Pence

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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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