Mercury 97-96 Sky (1 Aug, 2010) Play-by-Play

Chicago Sky

12-15, 6-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	26	18	26	26	96
PHO	20	25	29	23	97

Phoenix Mercury

12-13, 8-6 home

Penny Taylor missed 5 ft Running Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Tangela Smith made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tangela Smith made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Ketia Swanier missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ketia Swanier made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Ketia Swanier missed Driving Layup.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kara Braxton missed Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kara Braxton made Layup.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Candice Dupree's Hook Shot blocked by Sylvia Fowles.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tangela Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Temeka Johnson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Diana Taurasi missed 15 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Diana Taurasi made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Penny Taylor missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Penny Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 19 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made 8 ft Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi made 9 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Candice Dupree.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Temeka Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Temeka Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Penny Taylor's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Sylvia Fowles.
Penny Taylor missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed Layup.
Candice Dupree made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Diana Taurasi missed Layup.
Penny Taylor made Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Penny Taylor.
Temeka Johnson made Driving Layup.
Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.
Tangela Smith missed 7 ft Jumper.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 3 of 3.
Diana Taurasi's 21 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Cathrine Kraayeveld.
DeWanna Bonner missed Layup.
Diana Taurasi made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Candice Dupree made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.
Diana Taurasi missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Diana Taurasi missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Diana Taurasi made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed 9 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Sylvia Fowles made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed 19 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Sylvia Fowles made Jumper. Assisted by Tamera Young.
Tamera Young missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup.
Tamera Young's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Jia Perkins missed 18 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles missed Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made Driving Layup.
Dominique Canty made Layup. Assisted by Mistie Bass.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Sylvia Fowles made 14 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made Driving Layup.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.
Sylvia Fowles made Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Eshaya Murphy missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cathrine Kraayeveld.
Jia Perkins made Layup. Assisted by Eshaya Murphy.
Eshaya Murphy missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Kara Braxton.
Epiphanny Prince made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Epiphanny Prince missed Three Point Jumper.
Erin Thorn made 14 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Jia Perkins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Mistie Bass missed 4 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Candice Dupree.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles missed Layup.
Sylvia Fowles missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Epiphanny Prince missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Mistie Bass.
Erin Thorn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mistie Bass made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Mistie Bass made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed Layup.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince missed 18 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles missed 7 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamera Young.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sylvia Fowles.
Sylvia Fowles missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamera Young missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamera Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jia Perkins made Layup.
Tamera Young made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamera Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed 15 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins missed 6 ft Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy missed Layup.
Jia Perkins made Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 6 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince's 8 ft Jumper blocked by DeWanna Bonner.
Epiphanny Prince made Driving Layup.
Eshaya Murphy made Driving Layup.
Cathrine Kraayeveld made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Epiphanny Prince made Driving Layup.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Eshaya Murphy made Layup. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Eshaya Murphy missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Thorn made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Cathrine Kraayeveld missed 12 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince made Layup. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Erin Thorn.
Erin Thorn missed 18 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Erin Thorn made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sylvia Fowles.
Sylvia Fowles missed Two Point Shot.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Thorn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins made 17 ft Jumper.

SKY

MERCURY

TIME		CHI	PHO
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Sylvia Fowles vs. Tangela Smith. Dominique Canty gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Sylvia Fowles missed 9 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:44	Mistie Bass Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:32	Dominique Canty's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.	0	0
9:30	Dominique Canty Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Sylvia Fowles made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	2	0
9:12	Tamera Young Personal Foul. Penny Taylor gains possession.	2	0
9:08	Tangela Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamera Young.	2	0
9:04	Temeka Johnson Shooting Foul. Dominique Canty gains possession.	2	0
9:04	Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	0
9:04	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	2	0
9:04	Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	0
9:03	Temeka Johnson Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:52	Penny Taylor missed 5 ft Running Jumper.	2	0
8:51	Jia Perkins Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:47	Diana Taurasi Shooting Foul. Dominique Canty gains possession.	2	0
8:47	Dominique Canty made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	0
8:47	Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	0
8:45	Mistie Bass Offensive Rebound.	3	0
8:37	Sylvia Fowles missed 19 ft Jumper.	3	0
8:37	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	3	0
8:27	Sylvia Fowles made 5 ft Two Point Shot.	5	0
8:22	Temeka Johnson Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamera Young.	5	0
8:15	Sylvia Fowles made Jumper. Assisted by Tamera Young.	7	0
8:04	Diana Taurasi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	0
8:03	Mistie Bass Defensive Rebound.	7	0
7:48	Tamera Young missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	0
7:47	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	7	0
7:30	Penny Taylor missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	0
7:28	Mistie Bass Defensive Rebound.	7	0
7:11	Sylvia Fowles made Layup.	9	0
6:54	Penny Taylor missed 6 ft Jumper.	9	0
6:54	Tamera Young Defensive Rebound.	9	0
6:39	Tamera Young's 13 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.	9	0
6:39	Temeka Johnson Defensive Rebound.	9	0
6:39	Dominique Canty Personal Foul. Temeka Johnson gains possession.	9	0
6:28	Tangela Smith made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	9	2
6:16	Jia Perkins missed 18 ft Jumper.	9	2
6:16	Mistie Bass Offensive Rebound.	9	2
6:00	Sylvia Fowles missed Jumper.	9	2
5:58	Chicago Defensive Rebound.	9	2
5:50	Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.	9	4
5:35	Sylvia Fowles made Driving Layup.	11	4
5:30	Penny Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Temeka Johnson.	11	6
5:30	Eshaya Murphy enters the game for Tamera Young.	11	6
5:30	Penny Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.	11	7
5:30	Tamera Young Shooting Foul. Penny Taylor gains possession.	11	6
5:13	Dominique Canty made Layup. Assisted by Mistie Bass.	13	7
5:13	Candice Dupree Shooting Foul. Dominique Canty gains possession.	13	7
5:13	Ketia Swanier enters the game for Temeka Johnson.	13	7
5:13	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Penny Taylor.	13	7
5:13	Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	13	7
5:13	Dominique Canty Offensive Rebound.	13	7
5:09	Sylvia Fowles made 14 ft Jumper.	15	7
4:58	DeWanna Bonner Bad Pass. Stolen by Jia Perkins.	15	7
4:54	Jia Perkins missed Layup.	15	7
4:52	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	15	7
4:52	Official Timeout.	15	7
4:41	Jia Perkins missed 17 ft Jumper.	15	7
4:41	Jia Perkins Offensive Rebound.	15	7
4:30	Sylvia Fowles made Driving Layup.	17	7
4:20	Diana Taurasi made Driving Layup.	17	9
4:13	Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Jia Perkins.	19	9
4:01	Tangela Smith made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	19	11
3:34	Sylvia Fowles made Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	21	11
3:30	Kara Braxton enters the game for Candice Dupree.	21	11
3:30	Christi Thomas enters the game for Sylvia Fowles.	21	11
3:18	Tangela Smith made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ketia Swanier.	21	13
3:00	Cathrine Kraayeveld enters the game for Mistie Bass.	21	13
2:57	Dominique Canty Bad Pass	21	13
2:46	Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	21	13
2:45	Christi Thomas Defensive Rebound.	21	13
2:19	Eshaya Murphy missed 6 ft Running Jumper.	21	13
2:18	Kara Braxton Defensive Rebound.	21	13
2:15	DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Diana Taurasi.	21	15
2:00	Jia Perkins made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cathrine Kraayeveld.	24	15
1:51	Diana Taurasi Bad Pass. Stolen by Eshaya Murphy.	24	15
1:46	Jia Perkins made Layup. Assisted by Eshaya Murphy.	26	15
1:38	Jia Perkins Personal Foul. Diana Taurasi gains possession.	26	15
1:38	Penny Taylor enters the game for Diana Taurasi.	26	15
1:38	Candice Dupree enters the game for Tangela Smith.	26	15
1:38	Epiphanny Prince enters the game for Dominique Canty.	26	15
1:31	Ketia Swanier missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	26	15
1:31	Christi Thomas Defensive Rebound.	26	15
1:30	Candice Dupree Personal Foul. Christi Thomas gains possession.	26	15
1:30	Tamera Young enters the game for Jia Perkins.	26	15
1:13	Tamera Young Offensive Foul. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	26	15
1:13	Tamera Young Foul	26	15
1:13	Erin Thorn enters the game for Tamera Young.	26	15
1:00	Ketia Swanier made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Penny Taylor.	26	18
45.9	Christi Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by DeWanna Bonner.	26	18
33.9	Penny Taylor missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	26	18
31.9	Erin Thorn Defensive Rebound.	26	18
23.9	Eshaya Murphy missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	26	18
22.8	Candice Dupree Defensive Rebound.	26	18
2.8	Ketia Swanier missed Driving Layup.	26	18
2.1	Candice Dupree Offensive Rebound.	26	18
1.7	Epiphanny Prince Shooting Foul. Candice Dupree gains possession.	26	18
1.7	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 1 of 2.	26	19
1.7	Candice Dupree made Free Throw 2 of 2.	26	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	26	20

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sky
96
Mercury
97

Game 1

1/8

Mercury
82
Sky
91

Game 2

11/8

11:00 PM, 1 August 2010

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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