Mercury 99-88 Lynx (11 Jun, 2010) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

2-8, 1-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	18	30	19	21	88
PHO	30	16	28	25	99

Phoenix Mercury

4-5, 3-2 home

Tangela Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Candice Dupree made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Seimone Augustus.
Candice Dupree made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dewanna Bonner missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tangela Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed 4 ft Hook Shot.
Dewanna Bonner's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Tangela Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup.
Ketia Swanier made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dewanna Bonner.
Diana Taurasi missed 10 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dewanna Bonner made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree missed 4 ft Hook Shot.
Dewanna Bonner missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Taylor Lilley missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 14 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made 17 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Temeka Johnson missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor made 16 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson made Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Tangela Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Candice Dupree made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Temeka Johnson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Diana Taurasi made 19 ft Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Tangela Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Ketia Swanier missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Temeka Johnson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Penny Taylor made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Penny Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicky Anosike missed Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 8 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.
Candice Wiggins made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston's Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Nicky Anosike missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Monica Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made 7 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monica Wright made 13 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 17 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.
Seimone Augustus made 17 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.
Monica Wright made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Nicky Anosike made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Rebekkah Brunson made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicky Anosike's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Dewanna Bonner.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Monica Wright.
Lindsay Whalen's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Nicky Anosike missed 14 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Candice Wiggins missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Seimone Augustus made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Candice Wiggins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed Three Point Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rashanda Mccants.
Monica Wright made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Seimone Augustus missed Layup.
Monica Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed 14 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Candice Wiggins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Diana Taurasi.
Candice Wiggins missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.
Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Monica Wright missed 10 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Wiggins missed Layup.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Monica Wright.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Candice Wiggins made 21 ft Three Pointer.

LYNX

MERCURY

TIME		MIN	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Nicky Anosike vs. Tangela Smith. Lindsay Whalen gains possession.	0	0
9:38	Nicky Anosike missed Two Point Shot.	0	0
9:37	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Tangela Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	0	3
9:14	Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.	0	3
9:12	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	0	3
9:00	Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	0	6
8:42	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Candice Wiggins.	2	6
8:26	Penny Taylor made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	2	8
8:26	Seimone Augustus Shooting Foul. Penny Taylor gains possession.	2	8
8:26	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.	2	9
8:12	Temeka Johnson Shooting Foul. Candice Wiggins gains possession.	2	9
8:12	Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	9
8:12	Candice Wiggins made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	9
8:03	Penny Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	4	12
7:48	Rebekkah Brunson Turnover	4	12
7:26	Candice Dupree made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	4	14
7:16	Minnesota Full Timeout.	4	14
7:05	Candice Wiggins missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	14
7:05	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	4	14
6:56	Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	14
6:54	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	4	14
6:41	Lindsay Whalen Personal Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	4	14
6:35	Diana Taurasi missed 17 ft Jumper.	4	14
6:35	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	4	14
6:13	Rebekkah Brunson Lost Ball. Stolen by Candice Dupree.	4	14
6:09	Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	4	16
5:50	Rebekkah Brunson made 8 ft Jumper.	6	16
5:35	Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	16
5:35	Lindsay Whalen Defensive Rebound.	6	16
5:22	Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.	6	16
5:22	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	6	16
5:07	Penny Taylor's Layup blocked by Seimone Augustus.	6	16
5:05	Penny Taylor Offensive Rebound.	6	16
5:03	Candice Dupree made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	6	18
4:35	Candice Wiggins missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	18
4:35	Penny Taylor Defensive Rebound.	6	18
4:22	Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Candice Dupree.	6	21
4:13	Minnesota Full Timeout.	6	21
4:13	Dewanna Bonner enters the game for Penny Taylor.	6	21
4:13	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	6	21
4:13	Charde Houston enters the game for Nicky Anosike.	6	21
4:13	Monica Wright enters the game for Candice Wiggins.	6	21
4:13	Candice Wiggins enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	6	21
4:05	Temeka Johnson Shooting Foul. Monica Wright gains possession.	6	21
4:05	Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	21
4:05	Ketia Swanier enters the game for Temeka Johnson.	7	21
4:05	Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	21
3:57	Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.	8	23
3:47	Charde Houston's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.	8	23
3:47	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	8	23
3:29	Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	23
3:28	Candice Dupree Offensive Rebound.	8	23
3:20	Candice Dupree Lost Ball. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	8	23
3:16	Candice Wiggins made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	23
3:01	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	23
3:00	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	11	23
2:47	Charde Houston's Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.	11	23
2:46	Diana Taurasi Defensive Rebound.	11	23
2:38	Dewanna Bonner missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	23
2:36	Dewanna Bonner Offensive Rebound.	11	23
2:32	Rebekkah Brunson Shooting Foul. Tangela Smith gains possession.	11	23
2:32	Penny Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	11	23
2:32	Nicky Anosike enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	11	23
2:32	Tangela Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	24
2:32	Nicole Ohlde enters the game for Candice Dupree.	11	24
2:32	Tangela Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	25
2:18	Nicky Anosike missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	11	25
2:17	Charde Houston Offensive Rebound.	11	25
2:14	Charde Houston Lost Ball. Stolen by Penny Taylor.	11	25
2:05	Nicole Ohlde missed 4 ft Hook Shot.	11	25
2:04	Ketia Swanier Offensive Rebound.	11	25
1:43	Dewanna Bonner's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Nicky Anosike.	11	25
1:40	Nicky Anosike Defensive Rebound.	11	25
1:34	Monica Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.	11	25
1:32	Tangela Smith Defensive Rebound.	11	25
1:25	Ketia Swanier Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicky Anosike.	11	25
1:21	Penny Taylor Shooting Foul. Monica Wright gains possession.	11	25
1:21	Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	25
1:21	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Candice Wiggins.	12	25
1:21	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Charde Houston.	12	25
1:21	Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	25
57.9	Tangela Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.	13	25
54.8	Penny Taylor Offensive Rebound.	13	27
54.8	Penny Taylor made Layup.	13	27
41.2	Rebekkah Brunson made 7 ft Jumper.	15	27
41.2	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	15	27
41.2	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 1.	16	27
27.1	Ketia Swanier made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dewanna Bonner.	16	30
3.1	Dewanna Bonner Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	16	30
3.1	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	30
3.1	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	18	30

Regular Season Series

PHO wins 3-1

Mercury
82
Lynx
92

Game 1

2/6

Lynx
88
Mercury
99

Game 2

11/6

Mercury
127
Lynx
124

Game 3

25/7

Lynx
92
Mercury
110

Game 4

30/7

3:00 AM, 11 June 2010

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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