Liberty 74-72 Lynx (9 Aug, 2010) Play-by-Play

New York Liberty

17-11, 8-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYL	19	19	24	12	74
MIN	15	19	17	21	72

Minnesota Lynx

10-17, 6-9 home

Lindsay Whalen missed 6 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Monica Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Tip Shot.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Seimone Augustus made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Cappie Pondexter.
Charde Houston missed Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 18 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monica Wright made 8 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 4 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Seimone Augustus missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 17 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Kia Vaughn.
Lindsay Whalen missed Driving Layup.
Seimone Augustus missed 3 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Layup.
Nicky Anosike missed 8 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed 15 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Layup.
Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monica Wright missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Janel McCarville.
Monica Wright missed 13 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Charde Houston made 7 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed 29 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 12 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike missed 4 ft Jumper.
Nicky Anosike's Layup blocked by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Nicky Anosike made Layup.
Nicky Anosike missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monica Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicky Anosike missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicky Anosike made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus missed 6 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed 3 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
Monica Wright made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed 13 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicky Anosike.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
Monica Wright made Two Point Shot.
Monica Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Monica Wright.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monica Wright made Driving Layup.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 13 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 14 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Seimone Augustus made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Monica Wright.
Lindsay Whalen missed Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup. Assisted by Monica Wright.
Monica Wright missed Layup.
Nicky Anosike made Layup. Assisted by Seimone Augustus.
Seimone Augustus missed 14 ft Jumper.
Seimone Augustus missed 16 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright made 11 ft Jumper.
Monica Wright missed 5 ft Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell's Layup blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Leilani Mitchell made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 20 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Leilani Mitchell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
Leilani Mitchell missed 3 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville missed 13 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 12 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Cappie Pondexter made 15 ft Jumper.
Kalana Greene missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kalana Greene missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Layup.
Nicole Powell made 10 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Jumper.
Plenette Pierson's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Essence Carson's Layup blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Essence Carson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville made Layup.
Leilani Mitchell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell made Driving Layup.
Leilani Mitchell missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Leilani Mitchell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Plenette Pierson made Jumper. Assisted by Janel McCarville.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Janel McCarville.
Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Janel McCarville made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Cappie Pondexter made 18 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Nicky Anosike.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Cappie Pondexter made 12 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Leilani Mitchell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Cappie Pondexter made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Janel McCarville.
Kia Vaughn made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin missed Layup.
Essence Carson made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Essence Carson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Essence Carson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Leilani Mitchell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Janel McCarville missed 8 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 20 ft Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Leilani Mitchell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville missed 4 ft Jumper.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Tip Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed Layup.

LIBERTY

LYNX

TIME		NYL	MIN
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Taj McWilliams-Franklin vs. Nicky Anosike. Nicky Anosike gains possession.	0	0
9:42	Lindsay Whalen missed 6 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:41	Nicky Anosike Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:40	Nicky Anosike missed Layup.	0	0
9:38	Janel McCarville Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:27	Leilani Mitchell's Layup blocked by Nicky Anosike.	0	0
9:26	Nicky Anosike Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:25	Nicky Anosike Lost Ball. Stolen by Leilani Mitchell.	0	0
9:23	Leilani Mitchell made Layup.	2	0
9:12	Seimone Augustus missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
9:11	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	2	0
9:03	Cappie Pondexter missed 20 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:02	Janel McCarville Offensive Rebound.	2	0
8:47	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	5	0
8:32	Seimone Augustus made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	5	2
8:14	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Bad Pass	5	2
8:02	Monica Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	2
8:00	Janel McCarville Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:48	Leilani Mitchell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	2
7:46	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:33	Lindsay Whalen Bad Pass	5	2
7:20	Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taj McWilliams-Franklin.	8	2
7:09	Monica Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.	8	2
7:07	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	8	4
7:07	Rebekkah Brunson made Tip Shot.	8	4
6:54	Leilani Mitchell missed 3 ft Jumper.	8	4
6:52	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	8	4
6:47	Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.	8	4
6:39	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	8	4
6:28	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Lost Ball. Stolen by Nicky Anosike.	8	4
6:24	Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.	8	6
6:03	Janel McCarville missed 13 ft Jumper.	8	6
6:01	Janel McCarville Offensive Rebound.	8	6
5:50	Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	6
5:48	Lindsay Whalen Defensive Rebound.	8	6
5:35	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Monica Wright.	8	6
5:33	Seimone Augustus made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	8	8
5:18	Janel McCarville Bad Pass	8	8
5:18	Alexis Hornbuckle enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	8	8
5:03	Seimone Augustus missed 15 ft Jumper.	8	8
5:01	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Offensive Rebound.	8	8
4:47	Alexis Hornbuckle missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	8
4:46	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	8	8
4:37	Cappie Pondexter missed 12 ft Jumper.	8	8
4:35	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	8	8
4:30	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Cappie Pondexter.	8	8
4:28	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	8	8
4:28	Full Timeout.	8	8
4:28	Charde Houston enters the game for Nicky Anosike.	8	8
4:26	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Bad Pass. Stolen by Leilani Mitchell.	8	8
4:22	Taj McWilliams-Franklin made Layup. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.	10	8
4:11	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Bad Pass	10	8
4:01	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Offensive Foul. Alexis Hornbuckle gains possession.	10	8
4:01	Taj McWilliams-Franklin Foul	10	8
3:49	Rebekkah Brunson Lost Ball. Stolen by Janel McCarville.	10	8
3:34	Janel McCarville Lost Ball. Stolen by Alexis Hornbuckle.	10	8
3:26	Charde Houston missed Three Point Jumper.	10	8
3:24	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Offensive Rebound.	10	8
3:20	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 3 second	10	8
3:20	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Janel McCarville.	10	8
3:04	Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.	13	8
2:55	Monica Wright enters the game for Seimone Augustus.	13	8
2:55	Nicky Anosike enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	13	8
2:55	Kalana Greene enters the game for Leilani Mitchell.	13	8
2:47	Plenette Pierson Shooting Foul. Charde Houston gains possession.	13	8
2:47	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	13	8
2:47	Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	9
2:47	Charde Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.	13	10
2:38	Kalana Greene Lost Ball. Stolen by Lindsay Whalen.	13	10
2:28	Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	13	13
2:01	Cappie Pondexter made 15 ft Jumper.	15	13
1:40	Alexis Hornbuckle missed 17 ft Jumper.	15	13
1:39	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	15	13
1:20	Lindsay Whalen Shooting Foul. Kalana Greene gains possession.	15	13
1:20	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Alexis Hornbuckle.	15	13
1:20	Kalana Greene missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	13
1:20	New York Offensive Rebound.	15	13
1:20	Kalana Greene missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	13
1:17	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	15	13
1:15	Plenette Pierson made Layup.	17	13
1:07	Lindsay Whalen made Driving Layup.	17	15
51.7	Nicole Powell made 10 ft Jumper.	19	15
38.9	Lindsay Whalen missed 18 ft Jumper.	19	15
37.6	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	19	15
17.9	Cappie Pondexter missed Jumper.	19	15
16.5	Seimone Augustus Defensive Rebound.	19	15
1.1	Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	15
0.4	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	19	15
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	19	15

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lynx
75
Liberty
68

Game 1

23/6

Liberty
74
Lynx
72

Game 2

9/8

Target Center

12:00 AM, 9 August 2010

Minneapolis, MN

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Lamont Simpson
Lauren Bass

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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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