Sparks 91-87 Dream (23 Aug, 2009) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

13-13, 6-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LOS	30	17	16	28	91
ATL	19	22	22	24	87

Atlanta Dream

14-12, 10-5 home

Angel Mccoughtry made Two Point Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erika DeSouza made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erika DeSouza made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 15 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shalee Lehning's Driving Layup blocked by Candace Parker.
Angel Mccoughtry missed 17 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made Driving Layup.
Iziane Castro Marques made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Shalee Lehning made Layup.
Angel Mccoughtry missed Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shalee Lehning.
Sancho Lyttle missed 18 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made 7 ft Jumper.
Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Angel Mccoughtry.
Angel Mccoughtry made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Armintie Price missed 18 ft Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry's 4 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.
Sancho Lyttle missed 10 ft Jumper.
Ivory Latta made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ivory Latta made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ivory Latta made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ivory Latta made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ivory Latta.
Angel Mccoughtry made Two Point Shot.
Angel Mccoughtry missed 17 ft Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Iziane Castro Marques made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Iziane Castro Marques made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ivory Latta missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erika DeSouza missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Jennifer Lacy made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erika DeSouza.
Iziane Castro Marques missed Layup.
Angel Mccoughtry missed Two Point Shot.
Erika DeSouza's Two Point Shot blocked by Candace Parker.
Jennifer Lacy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jennifer Lacy missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Angel Mccoughtry missed Driving Layup.
Erika DeSouza missed Tip Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 16 ft Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Shalee Lehning.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup.
Iziane Castro Marques's 22 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Tina Thompson.
Iziane Castro Marques made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shalee Lehning.
Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Angel Mccoughtry made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Erika DeSouza.
Angel Mccoughtry missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Shalee Lehning missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shalee Lehning made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 9 ft Running Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques's 18 ft Jumper blocked by Noelle Quinn.
Sancho Lyttle missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shalee Lehning.
Angel Mccoughtry made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Angel Mccoughtry missed 10 ft Jumper.
Erika DeSouza missed Layup.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erika DeSouza missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erika DeSouza made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Coco Miller missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Ivory Latta missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made 1 ft Two Point Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ivory Latta.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Coco Miller missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jennifer Lacy missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.
Coco Miller missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ivory Latta's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Noelle Quinn.
Angel Mccoughtry made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Coco Miller made Two Point Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 11 ft Running Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed 14 ft Jumper.
Erika DeSouza missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Angel Mccoughtry made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Iziane Castro Marques missed Two Point Shot.
Erika DeSouza made Two Point Shot.
Sancho Lyttle missed Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry missed 3 ft Running Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shalee Lehning missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 12 ft Jumper.
Ivory Latta missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Iziane Castro Marques made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ivory Latta.
Iziane Castro Marques missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry made Two Point Shot.
Ivory Latta made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ivory Latta made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Angel Mccoughtry made 5 ft Running Jumper.
Angel Mccoughtry made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Candace Parker missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Candace Parker made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Kristi Harrower made Driving Layup.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Candace Parker missed Two Point Shot.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candace Parker.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Kristi Harrower missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed 12 ft Running Jumper.
Betty Lennox made Driving Layup. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.
Betty Lennox made 12 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 9 ft Jumper.
Betty Lennox made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Lisa Leslie missed Layup.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Noelle Quinn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Two Point Shot.
Lisa Leslie's Two Point Shot blocked by Michelle Snow.
Shannon Bobbitt made 17 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made 10 ft Running Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Candace Parker made 3 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Lisa Leslie missed 18 ft Jumper.
Shannon Bobbitt's Driving Layup blocked by Jennifer Lacy.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Lisa Leslie missed Layup.
Candace Parker's Driving Layup blocked by Jennifer Lacy.
Lisa Leslie missed 14 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed Layup.
Kristi Harrower made Two Point Shot.
Candace Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed Layup.
Tina Thompson made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Kristi Harrower missed Driving Layup.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lisa Leslie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lisa Leslie's Jumper blocked by Erika DeSouza.
Kristi Harrower missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tina Thompson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Betty Lennox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made Layup. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 14 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker missed Layup.
Noelle Quinn made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Candace Parker made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox made 15 ft Jumper.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 6 ft Jumper.
Candace Parker made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Betty Lennox.
Tina Thompson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Candace Parker made Two Point Shot. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.
Noelle Quinn made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Lisa Leslie.
Lisa Leslie missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Candace Parker made Two Point Shot.
Candace Parker missed 16 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made 6 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Noelle Quinn missed Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeLisha Milton-Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Betty Lennox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.

SPARKS

DREAM

TIME		LOS	ATL
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Candace Parker vs. Erika DeSouza. Kristi Harrower gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Tina Thompson Bad Pass. Stolen by Angel Mccoughtry.	0	0
9:41	Angel Mccoughtry made Two Point Shot.	0	2
9:18	Tina Thompson missed Layup.	0	2
9:15	Tina Thompson Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:15	DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	2	2
9:00	Iziane Castro Marques missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	2
9:00	Erika DeSouza Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:00	Lisa Leslie Shooting Foul. Erika DeSouza gains possession.	2	2
9:00	Erika DeSouza made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	3
9:00	Erika DeSouza made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	4
8:41	Candace Parker missed 17 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:40	Shalee Lehning Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:34	Iziane Castro Marques missed 15 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:33	Atlanta Offensive Rebound.	2	4
8:30	Sancho Lyttle missed 17 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:30	Kristi Harrower Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:22	Tina Thompson made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.	5	4
8:07	Shalee Lehning's Driving Layup blocked by Candace Parker.	5	4
8:07	Candace Parker Defensive Rebound.	5	4
7:52	Candace Parker made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.	8	4
7:33	Sancho Lyttle Bad Pass	8	4
7:24	Kristi Harrower made Driving Layup.	10	4
7:22	Atlanta Full Timeout.	10	4
7:13	Angel Mccoughtry missed 17 ft Jumper.	10	4
7:11	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	10	4
7:07	Iziane Castro Marques Personal Foul. Candace Parker gains possession.	10	4
6:52	Erika DeSouza Shooting Foul. Candace Parker gains possession.	10	4
6:52	Candace Parker made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	4
6:52	Candace Parker made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	4
6:41	Iziane Castro Marques made Driving Layup.	12	6
6:41	Lisa Leslie Shooting Foul. Iziane Castro Marques gains possession.	12	6
6:41	Iziane Castro Marques made Free Throw 1 of 1.	12	7
6:24	DeLisha Milton-Jones made Layup. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.	14	7
6:15	Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Iziane Castro Marques.	14	9
6:05	Lisa Leslie made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	16	9
5:54	Sancho Lyttle Lost Ball. Stolen by Kristi Harrower.	16	9
5:39	Lisa Leslie Lost Ball. Stolen by Sancho Lyttle.	16	9
5:31	Shalee Lehning made Layup.	16	11
5:07	Candace Parker missed Two Point Shot.	16	11
5:05	Erika DeSouza Defensive Rebound.	16	11
4:56	Angel Mccoughtry missed Jumper.	16	11
4:56	Lisa Leslie Defensive Rebound.	16	11
4:52	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	16	11
4:52	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson enters the game for Lisa Leslie.	16	11
4:35	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candace Parker.	18	11
4:20	Angel Mccoughtry Bad Pass. Stolen by Candace Parker.	18	11
4:13	Candace Parker Bad Pass	18	11
4:00	Angel Mccoughtry made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shalee Lehning.	18	13
3:43	DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	18	13
3:41	Erika DeSouza Defensive Rebound.	18	13
3:31	Sancho Lyttle missed 18 ft Jumper.	18	13
3:30	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	18	13
3:16	Kristi Harrower missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	13
3:15	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	18	13
3:06	Iziane Castro Marques made 7 ft Jumper.	18	15
2:45	Tina Thompson missed 12 ft Running Jumper.	18	15
2:45	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	18	15
2:45	Michelle Snow enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	18	15
2:45	Coco Miller enters the game for Iziane Castro Marques.	18	15
2:45	Betty Lennox enters the game for Tina Thompson.	18	15
2:31	Betty Lennox made Driving Layup. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.	20	15
2:15	Erika DeSouza made Layup. Assisted by Angel Mccoughtry.	20	17
2:00	Angel Mccoughtry Personal Foul. Kristi Harrower gains possession.	20	17
2:00	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	20	17
1:52	Betty Lennox made 12 ft Jumper.	22	17
1:38	Angel Mccoughtry made 4 ft Two Point Shot.	22	19
1:23	DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	19
1:22	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson Offensive Rebound.	22	19
1:22	Erika DeSouza Shooting Foul. Vanessa Hayden-Johnson gains possession.	22	19
1:22	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	23	19
1:22	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	23	19
1:19	Betty Lennox Offensive Rebound.	23	19
1:01	Betty Lennox made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeLisha Milton-Jones.	26	19
1:00	Atlanta Full Timeout.	26	19
1:00	Armintie Price enters the game for Coco Miller.	26	19
45.9	Armintie Price missed 18 ft Jumper.	26	19
43.9	Noelle Quinn Defensive Rebound.	26	19
40.5	Armintie Price Shooting Foul. DeLisha Milton-Jones gains possession.	26	19
40.5	DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.	27	19
40.5	Shannon Bobbitt enters the game for Candace Parker.	27	19
40.5	Ivory Latta enters the game for Shalee Lehning.	27	19
40.5	DeLisha Milton-Jones made Free Throw 2 of 2.	28	19
25.0	DeLisha Milton-Jones Personal Foul. Angel Mccoughtry gains possession.	28	19
18.9	Angel Mccoughtry's 4 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.	28	19
16.5	Betty Lennox Defensive Rebound.	28	19
12.7	Vanessa Hayden-Johnson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Betty Lennox.	30	19
9.5	Armintie Price Double Dribble	30	19
9.5	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Erika DeSouza.	30	19
2.8	DeLisha Milton-Jones missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	30	19
0.9	Betty Lennox Offensive Rebound.	30	19
0.0	Betty Lennox missed 9 ft Jumper.	30	19
0.0	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	30	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	30	19

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sparks
91
Dream
87

Game 1

23/8

Dream
84
Sparks
79

Game 2

2/9

8:00 PM, 23 August 2009

Referees:
Josh Tiven
James Williams
Daryl Humphrey

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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