Monarchs 85-79 Sparks (15 Aug, 2009) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

7-17, 4-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	32	14	11	28	85
LOS	20	25	14	20	79

Los Angeles Sparks

8-13, 5-4 home

Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shannon Bobbitt missed Layup.
Tina Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
Lisa Leslie made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Lisa Leslie made Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Lisa Leslie made Driving Layup. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Lisa Leslie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Betty Lennox made Layup. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Noelle Quinn missed 45 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 19 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 9 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made 16 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made Driving Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed Layup.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 12 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed 18 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Noelle Quinn made Driving Layup.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris's Layup blocked by Scholanda Robinson.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris missed Jumper.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Noelle Quinn made 11 ft Running Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 17 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed Layup.
Candace Parker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Tina Thompson missed 7 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Layup.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 20 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker missed 17 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Noelle Quinn missed Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 10 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Candace Parker.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Shannon Bobbitt missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 19 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 17 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made 11 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox missed Layup.
Betty Lennox missed Layup.
Candace Parker missed 16 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made 13 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candace Parker.
Candace Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made 10 ft Running Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed Three Point Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candace Parker missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Scholanda Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Powell made Driving Layup.
Scholanda Robinson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Scholanda Robinson made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Rebekkah Brunson's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell made 7 ft Jumper.
Courtney Paris made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Robinson.
Rebekkah Brunson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Courtney Paris's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Kara Lawson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Laura Harper made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson made Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
DeMya Walker missed 17 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 18 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson's Layup blocked by Candace Parker.
Kara Lawson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 17 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Driving Layup.
Scholanda Robinson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Courtney Paris missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made Technical Free Throw.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Scholanda Robinson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Nicole Powell made 17 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Jumper.
DeMya Walker's Layup blocked by Candace Parker.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.

MONARCHS

SPARKS

TIME		SAC	LOS
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Candace Parker. DeLisha Milton-Jones gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Lisa Leslie Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	0	0
9:37	Scholanda Robinson missed 16 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:36	Kristi Harrower Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:26	DeMya Walker Shooting Foul. Candace Parker gains possession.	0	0
9:26	Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	1
9:26	Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	2
9:15	Scholanda Robinson missed 14 ft Jumper.	0	2
9:12	DeMya Walker Offensive Rebound.	0	2
9:07	Scholanda Robinson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	2	2
9:07	Candace Parker Shooting Foul. Scholanda Robinson gains possession.	2	2
9:07	Scholanda Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 1.	3	2
8:56	DeLisha Milton-Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	3	2
8:52	Nicole Powell made Driving Layup.	5	2
8:30	Tina Thompson Bad Pass	5	2
8:17	Scholanda Robinson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	7	2
8:06	Lisa Leslie Offensive Foul. DeMya Walker gains possession.	7	2
8:06	Lisa Leslie Foul	7	2
8:06	Betty Lennox enters the game for Candace Parker.	7	2
7:58	Scholanda Robinson made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.	9	2
7:50	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	9	2
7:43	Betty Lennox missed 19 ft Jumper.	9	2
7:39	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	9	2
7:31	Rebekkah Brunson's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Lisa Leslie.	9	2
7:28	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	9	2
7:16	Tina Thompson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.	9	5
7:00	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	12	5
6:46	Rebekkah Brunson Personal Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	12	5
6:35	Kristi Harrower Bad Pass	12	5
6:18	Ticha Penicheiro made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	14	5
6:03	Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	5
6:03	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	14	5
5:41	Rebekkah Brunson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	16	5
5:20	DeMya Walker Personal Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	16	5
5:20	Shannon Bobbitt enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	16	5
5:20	Courtney Paris enters the game for DeMya Walker.	16	5
5:11	Shannon Bobbitt missed Layup.	16	5
5:09	Scholanda Robinson Defensive Rebound.	16	5
5:03	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Betty Lennox.	16	5
5:01	Scholanda Robinson Personal Foul. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	16	5
4:47	Tina Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.	16	7
4:20	Nicole Powell made 7 ft Jumper.	18	7
4:01	Lisa Leslie made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.	18	9
3:56	Courtney Paris made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Robinson.	20	9
3:33	Lisa Leslie made Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.	20	11
3:21	Rebekkah Brunson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	22	11
3:08	Lisa Leslie made Driving Layup. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.	22	13
2:55	Nicole Powell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	25	13
2:36	Lisa Leslie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.	25	16
2:20	Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.	27	16
2:14	Shannon Bobbitt Lost Ball. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	27	16
1:54	Courtney Paris's Layup blocked by Lisa Leslie.	27	16
1:54	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	27	16
1:54	Candace Parker enters the game for DeLisha Milton-Jones.	27	16
1:54	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Shannon Bobbitt.	27	16
1:54	Kara Lawson enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	27	16
1:54	Laura Harper enters the game for Scholanda Robinson.	27	16
1:54	DeMya Walker enters the game for Courtney Paris.	27	16
1:37	Betty Lennox made Layup. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.	27	18
1:20	Kara Lawson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	30	18
1:06	Lisa Leslie Bad Pass	30	18
54.7	Laura Harper made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.	32	18
35.8	Betty Lennox missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	32	18
35.8	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	32	18
19.9	Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	32	18
18.9	Candace Parker Defensive Rebound.	32	18
11.8	Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Betty Lennox.	32	20
2.9	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Noelle Quinn.	32	20
0.8	Noelle Quinn missed 45 ft Three Point Jumper.	32	20
0.0	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	32	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	32	20

Regular Season Series

LOS wins 3-1

Monarchs
47
Sparks
67

Game 1

22/6

Sparks
59
Monarchs
56

Game 2

2/8

Monarchs
85
Sparks
79

Game 3

15/8

Sparks
78
Monarchs
61

Game 4

16/8

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 15 August 2009

Los Angeles, CA

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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