Storm 95-89 Mercury (23 May, 2010) Play-by-Play

Seattle Storm

3-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
SEA	26	18	22	16	13	95
PHO	21	19	23	19	7	89

Phoenix Mercury

1-1, 1-1 home

Temeka Johnson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Candice Dupree made Layup.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree missed 3 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Dewanna Bonner made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Dewanna Bonner made 10 ft Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 6 ft Jumper.
Ketia Swanier made Driving Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree missed Layup.
Candice Dupree made Layup.
Penny Taylor made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner's Layup blocked by Lauren Jackson.
Tangela Smith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made Driving Layup.
Dewanna Bonner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made 25 ft Three Pointer.
Candice Dupree made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Penny Taylor made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi's Jumper blocked by Camille Little.
Candice Dupree missed 7 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson missed Layup.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dewanna Bonner made Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner missed Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ketia Swanier missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ketia Swanier missed Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Temeka Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed Two Point Shot.
Dewanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi missed 9 ft Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made 11 ft Jumper.
Ketia Swanier missed Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made Layup.
Dewanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dewanna Bonner made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dewanna Bonner missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Technical Free Throw.
Temeka Johnson's 21 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Swin Cash.
Dewanna Bonner's Layup blocked by Camille Little.
Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Temeka Johnson's Layup blocked by Camille Little.
Diana Taurasi missed 19 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Camille Little made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Sue Bird made 12 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Sue Bird missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Swin Cash made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Camille Little.
Tanisha Wright missed 18 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Le'Coe Willingham made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Sue Bird missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 19 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 10 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 19 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Tanisha Wright missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Lauren Jackson made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Swin Cash missed 4 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Camille Little missed Layup.
Lauren Jackson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alison Lacey missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Tanisha Wright made Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Sue Bird missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Le'Coe Willingham made Layup.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Le'Coe Willingham made Driving Layup.
Tanisha Wright missed Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Le'Coe Willingham made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little missed 8 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Camille Little.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Lauren Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 15 ft Jumper.
Le'Coe Willingham missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Camille Little made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Camille Little missed Layup.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Sue Bird missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird made 12 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Lauren Jackson missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Camille Little missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Camille Little made 3 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little made Layup.
Lauren Jackson made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Tanisha Wright made Driving Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed Layup.
Camille Little's Layup blocked by Dewanna Bonner.
Lauren Jackson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 3 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed Layup.
Tanisha Wright missed Layup.
Camille Little missed 4 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson's Layup blocked by Temeka Johnson.
Lauren Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tanisha Wright's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Tanisha Wright missed Layup.
Tanisha Wright made 15 ft Jumper.
Lauren Jackson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lauren Jackson.
Camille Little made Layup.
Sue Bird missed Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Sue Bird missed 11 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.

STORM

MERCURY

TIME		SEA	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Lauren Jackson vs. Tangela Smith. Sue Bird gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul. Lauren Jackson gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	1	0
9:45	Lauren Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	0
9:32	Temeka Johnson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.	2	3
9:17	Swin Cash missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	3
9:15	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	2	3
8:56	Camille Little made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.	4	3
8:56	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Tanisha Wright.	6	5
8:48	Candice Dupree made Layup.	4	5
8:27	Sue Bird made 12 ft Jumper.	6	5
8:19	Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	5
8:14	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	6	5
8:00	Lauren Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	5
8:00	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	6	5
7:50	Tangela Smith missed 14 ft Jumper.	6	5
7:48	Temeka Johnson Offensive Rebound.	6	5
7:45	Temeka Johnson Lost Ball. Stolen by Sue Bird.	6	5
7:35	Swin Cash missed Layup.	6	5
7:33	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	6	5
7:30	Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	6	7
7:11	Sue Bird missed 17 ft Jumper.	6	7
7:09	Lauren Jackson Offensive Rebound.	6	7
7:05	Lauren Jackson made Layup.	8	7
6:56	Diana Taurasi Offensive Foul. Tanisha Wright gains possession.	8	7
6:56	Diana Taurasi Foul	8	7
6:39	Swin Cash made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Camille Little.	10	7
6:31	Diana Taurasi made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	10	9
6:13	Tanisha Wright missed 18 ft Jumper.	10	9
6:11	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	10	9
6:01	Candice Dupree Lost Ball. Stolen by Lauren Jackson.	10	9
5:50	Lauren Jackson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	13	9
5:31	Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	13	12
5:18	Temeka Johnson Personal Foul. Swin Cash gains possession.	13	12
5:15	Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.	16	12
5:05	Lauren Jackson Personal Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	16	12
5:05	Le'Coe Willingham enters the game for Camille Little.	16	12
5:05	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Tanisha Wright.	16	12
4:56	Candice Dupree missed 3 ft Jumper.	16	12
4:54	Lauren Jackson Defensive Rebound.	16	12
4:43	Le'Coe Willingham made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.	18	12
4:35	Temeka Johnson Lost Ball. Stolen by Sue Bird.	18	12
4:30	Sue Bird missed Layup.	18	12
4:28	Sue Bird Offensive Rebound.	20	12
4:28	Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup.	20	12
4:07	Candice Dupree Traveling	20	12
4:07	Official Timeout.	20	12
4:07	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Lauren Jackson.	20	12
4:07	Jana Vesela enters the game for Sue Bird.	20	12
4:07	Ketia Swanier enters the game for Penny Taylor.	20	12
4:07	Dewanna Bonner enters the game for Temeka Johnson.	20	12
3:47	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 19 ft Jumper.	20	12
3:45	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	20	12
3:36	Candice Dupree made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	20	14
3:23	Swin Cash missed 10 ft Jumper.	20	14
3:23	Seattle Defensive Rebound.	20	14
3:23	Le'Coe Willingham Loose Ball Foul. Ketia Swanier gains possession.	20	14
3:06	Dewanna Bonner made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.	20	17
2:43	Tanisha Wright Bad Pass	20	17
2:32	Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.	20	17
2:31	Tanisha Wright Defensive Rebound.	20	17
2:12	Tanisha Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	17
2:11	Seattle Defensive Rebound.	20	17
2:11	Le'Coe Willingham Loose Ball Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	20	17
2:11	Nicole Ohlde enters the game for Tangela Smith.	20	17
1:54	Dewanna Bonner made 10 ft Running Jumper.	20	19
1:30	Tanisha Wright missed 19 ft Jumper.	20	19
1:28	Jana Vesela Offensive Rebound.	20	19
1:12	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	19
1:10	Dewanna Bonner Defensive Rebound.	20	19
1:01	Diana Taurasi missed 6 ft Jumper.	20	19
1:00	Tanisha Wright Defensive Rebound.	20	19
55.4	Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.	22	19
42.9	Dewanna Bonner Bad Pass. Stolen by Svetlana Abrosimova.	22	19
39.6	Svetlana Abrosimova made Layup.	24	19
27.8	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass	24	19
27.8	Sue Bird enters the game for Swin Cash.	24	19
27.8	Camille Little enters the game for Le'Coe Willingham.	24	19
27.8	Lauren Jackson enters the game for Jana Vesela.	24	19
18.0	Lauren Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.	26	19
6.4	Ketia Swanier made Driving Layup.	26	21
0.1	Tanisha Wright missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	26	21
0.0	Seattle Offensive Rebound.	26	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	26	21

Regular Season Series

SEA leads 1-0

Storm
95
Mercury
89

Game 1

23/5

Mercury
74
Storm
97

Game 2

7/6

Storm
111
Mercury
107

Game 3

14/7

Mercury
85
Storm
91

Game 4

28/7

Storm
78
Mercury
73

Game 5

21/8

3:00 AM, 23 May 2010

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	15	6	.714	-	W1
Seattle	14	7	.667	1	W1
Las Vegas	13	7	.650	1.5	W1
Phoenix	11	10	.524	4	W2
Los Angeles	5	16	.238	10	L1
Dallas	5	17	.227	10.5	L1

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