Sparks 78-61 Monarchs (16 Aug, 2009) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

9-13, 4-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LOS	19	16	22	21	78
SAC	15	7	17	22	61

Sacramento Monarchs

7-18, 3-8 home

Rebekkah Brunson's Jumper blocked by Candace Parker.
Nicole Powell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 18 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 12 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 7 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Scholanda Robinson's Layup blocked by Candace Parker.
Kara Lawson's Three Point Jumper blocked by Lisa Leslie.
Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 20 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Robinson made Running Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Scholanda Robinson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed 7 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Candace Parker.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 15 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Scholanda Robinson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Scholanda Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Scholanda Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Scholanda Robinson.
DeMya Walker missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Paris.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Courtney Paris made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Laura Harper's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeMya Walker made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
DeMya Walker missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson missed 5 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Scholanda Robinson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 14 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Scholanda Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candace Parker made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candace Parker made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candace Parker made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candace Parker.
Candace Parker made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shannon Bobbitt missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 20 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made Jumper. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 11 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Candace Parker.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Noelle Quinn missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candace Parker made Layup. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Lisa Leslie missed 9 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed Driving Layup.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Tina Thompson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 15 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 5 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Lisa Leslie missed 4 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shannon Bobbitt made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shannon Bobbitt made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candace Parker missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Candace Parker missed 12 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Layup.
Kristi Harrower missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candace Parker made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
Candace Parker made Driving Layup.
Noelle Quinn made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton missed 7 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
Noelle Quinn made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Betty Lennox made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Lisa Leslie missed Two Point Shot.
Noelle Quinn made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Lisa Leslie made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candace Parker.
Candace Parker missed 16 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
Noelle Quinn made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.

SPARKS

MONARCHS

TIME		LOS	SAC
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Candace Parker vs. Rebekkah Brunson. Lisa Leslie gains possession.	0	0
9:37	Candace Parker made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.	2	0
9:19	Rebekkah Brunson's Jumper blocked by Candace Parker.	2	0
9:17	DeLisha Milton-Jones Defensive Rebound.	2	0
9:07	DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
9:04	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:55	Nicole Powell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	2	2
8:29	24 second	2	2
8:12	Ticha Penicheiro missed 18 ft Jumper.	2	2
8:11	Candace Parker Defensive Rebound.	2	2
8:04	Candace Parker Lost Ball. Stolen by Scholanda Robinson.	2	2
7:56	DeMya Walker missed Jumper.	2	2
7:56	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	2	2
7:52	Rebekkah Brunson made 12 ft Jumper.	2	4
7:35	Candace Parker made 8 ft Two Point Shot.	4	4
7:35	DeMya Walker Shooting Foul. Candace Parker gains possession.	4	4
7:35	Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 1.	5	4
7:20	Nicole Powell made 7 ft Jumper.	5	6
6:56	Candace Parker made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.	7	6
6:52	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass	7	6
6:35	Candace Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	7	6
6:31	Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.	7	8
6:03	Candace Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	7	8
5:58	Nicole Powell Turnover	7	8
5:46	Kristi Harrower Lost Ball. Stolen by Scholanda Robinson.	7	8
5:41	Scholanda Robinson's Layup blocked by Candace Parker.	7	8
5:41	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	7	8
5:41	Shannon Bobbitt enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	7	8
5:41	Kara Lawson enters the game for Scholanda Robinson.	7	8
5:22	DeLisha Milton-Jones made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candace Parker.	10	8
4:56	Kara Lawson's Three Point Jumper blocked by Lisa Leslie.	10	8
4:54	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	10	8
4:41	Candace Parker made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	8
4:18	DeMya Walker Traveling	13	8
4:18	Official Timeout.	13	8
4:18	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	13	8
4:03	Shannon Bobbitt missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	8
4:01	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	13	8
3:43	Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Jumper.	13	8
3:42	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Offensive Rebound.	13	8
3:29	Kara Lawson Bad Pass	13	8
3:29	Kara Lawson Loose Ball Foul. Shannon Bobbitt gains possession.	13	8
3:29	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Shannon Bobbitt.	13	8
3:17	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Personal Foul. Candace Parker gains possession.	13	8
3:04	Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	8
3:03	Los Angeles Defensive Rebound.	13	8
2:44	Nicole Powell made 5 ft Two Point Shot.	13	10
2:23	DeLisha Milton-Jones made 20 ft Jumper.	15	10
2:08	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 19 ft Jumper.	15	10
2:06	DeLisha Milton-Jones Defensive Rebound.	15	10
2:03	DeLisha Milton-Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	15	10
1:54	Nicole Powell made 20 ft Jumper.	15	12
1:32	Candace Parker made Jumper. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.	17	12
1:16	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Bad Pass	17	12
1:16	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton enters the game for Candace Parker.	17	12
1:15	Betty Lennox enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	19	12
1:13	Crystal Kelly enters the game for DeMya Walker.	17	12
1:00	DeLisha Milton-Jones made Jumper.	19	12
45.5	Scholanda Robinson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	19	12
40.8	Noelle Quinn Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	19	12
40.8	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	13
40.8	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	19	13
39.8	DeLisha Milton-Jones Defensive Rebound.	19	13
26.9	Betty Lennox missed 11 ft Jumper.	19	13
25.9	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	19	13
20.6	Scholanda Robinson made Running Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	19	15
0.9	Tina Thompson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	15
0.0	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	19	15
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	19	15

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

3:00 AM, 16 August 2009

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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