Liberty 59-49 Sky (4 Aug, 2011) Play-by-Play

Chicago Sky

9-12, 2-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	18	8	22	1	49
NY	10	13	20	16	59

New York Liberty

12-8, 7-4 home

Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 12 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Driving Layup.
Plenette Pierson's 3 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Michelle Snow.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 16 ft Jumper.
Kia Vaughn missed Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sydney Colson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Sydney Colson missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
Nicole Powell made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Quanitra Hollingsworth.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Quanitra Hollingsworth missed 10 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made 4 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson's Layup blocked by Tamera Young.
Quanitra Hollingsworth made Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Essence Carson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Essence Carson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Essence Carson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Essence Carson made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Nicole Powell missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Leilani Mitchell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made Driving Layup.
Kia Vaughn made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Essence Carson.
Leilani Mitchell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Essence Carson.
Cappie Pondexter made 17 ft Jumper.
Alex Montgomery made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Essence Carson.
Plenette Pierson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Essence Carson made 11 ft Jumper.
Quanitra Hollingsworth missed Layup.
Leilani Mitchell missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Alex Montgomery's Driving Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.
Cappie Pondexter's 17 ft Jumper blocked by Tamera Young.
Plenette Pierson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Montgomery.
Alex Montgomery made Layup. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Quanitra Hollingsworth missed 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Nicole Powell made Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Kia Vaughn missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Kia Vaughn made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Quanitra Hollingsworth.
Cappie Pondexter missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Essence Carson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed Driving Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Courtney Vandersloot missed 18 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made Jumper.
Courtney Vandersloot missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tamera Young made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamera Young missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince made 13 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Dominique Canty's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Plenette Pierson.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Dominique Canty missed 18 ft Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed Layup.
Sylvia Fowles missed 12 ft Jumper.
Tamera Young made Layup.
Erin Thorn made 17 ft Jumper.
Erin Thorn's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Nicole Powell.
Tamera Young's 3 ft Jumper blocked by Essence Carson.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made 3 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Epiphanny Prince missed 17 ft Running Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed 16 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Plenette Pierson.
Eshaya Murphy missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tamera Young's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Plenette Pierson.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Eshaya Murphy missed Layup.
Sylvia Fowles made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Epiphanny Prince missed 19 ft Jumper.
Courtney Vandersloot made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Courtney Vandersloot made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Tamera Young made 15 ft Jumper.
Sylvia Fowles missed 15 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince made Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Dominique Canty made Driving Layup.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Sylvia Fowles made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sylvia Fowles missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince made Driving Layup.
Epiphanny Prince missed Driving Layup.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy missed 11 ft Running Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Eshaya Murphy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Eshaya Murphy made Driving Layup.
Erin Thorn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Eshaya Murphy made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Thorn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tamera Young missed 15 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tamera Young's Layup blocked by Quanitra Hollingsworth.
Tamera Young missed 11 ft Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy missed 16 ft Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed 16 ft Jumper.
Epiphanny Prince missed 15 ft Jumper.
Eshaya Murphy missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.

SKY

LIBERTY

TIME		CHI	NY
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Sylvia Fowles vs. Kia Vaughn. Tamera Young gains possession.	0	0
9:37	Sylvia Fowles made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Epiphanny Prince.	2	0
9:15	Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:11	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	2	0
9:02	Plenette Pierson missed 13 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:00	Tamera Young Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:52	Courtney Vandersloot missed 18 ft Jumper.	2	0
8:49	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	2	0
8:40	Courtney Vandersloot Shooting Foul. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	2	0
8:40	Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	1
8:40	Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	2
8:26	Epiphanny Prince missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	2
8:23	Sylvia Fowles Offensive Rebound.	2	2
8:19	Sylvia Fowles made Jumper.	4	2
8:04	Nicole Powell Bad Pass. Stolen by Sylvia Fowles.	4	2
7:54	Courtney Vandersloot missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	2
7:52	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	4	2
7:47	Cappie Pondexter missed 19 ft Jumper.	4	2
7:46	Sylvia Fowles Defensive Rebound.	4	2
7:33	Leilani Mitchell Shooting Foul. Tamera Young gains possession.	4	2
7:33	Tamera Young made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	2
7:33	Tamera Young missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	5	2
7:31	Plenette Pierson Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:16	Nicole Powell made 12 ft Jumper.	5	4
7:03	Epiphanny Prince missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	4
7:01	Leilani Mitchell Defensive Rebound.	5	4
6:56	Plenette Pierson missed Driving Layup.	5	4
6:54	Courtney Vandersloot Defensive Rebound.	5	4
6:50	Epiphanny Prince Turnover	5	4
6:30	Plenette Pierson's 3 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Michelle Snow.	5	4
6:28	New York Defensive Rebound.	5	4
6:15	Epiphanny Prince made 13 ft Jumper.	7	4
5:58	Sylvia Fowles Personal Foul. Plenette Pierson gains possession.	7	4
5:58	Dominique Canty enters the game for Courtney Vandersloot.	7	4
5:43	Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	4
5:41	New York Offensive Rebound.	7	4
5:41	Turnover	7	4
5:26	Sylvia Fowles made 5 ft Two Point Shot.	9	4
5:15	Cappie Pondexter made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	9	6
5:01	Dominique Canty's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Plenette Pierson.	9	6
4:58	Dominique Canty Offensive Rebound.	9	6
4:56	Official Timeout.	9	6
4:56	Leilani Mitchell Shooting Foul. Epiphanny Prince gains possession.	9	6
4:56	Essence Carson enters the game for Leilani Mitchell.	9	6
4:56	Eshaya Murphy enters the game for Tamera Young.	9	6
4:56	Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	6
4:56	Epiphanny Prince made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	6
4:35	Nicole Powell missed 17 ft Jumper.	11	6
4:33	Sylvia Fowles Defensive Rebound.	11	6
4:15	Sylvia Fowles missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.	11	6
4:13	Essence Carson Defensive Rebound.	11	6
4:05	Cappie Pondexter made 16 ft Jumper.	11	8
3:38	Epiphanny Prince Lost Ball. Stolen by Cappie Pondexter.	11	8
3:31	Cappie Pondexter Bad Pass. Stolen by Eshaya Murphy.	11	8
3:26	Dominique Canty missed 18 ft Jumper.	11	8
3:25	Eshaya Murphy Offensive Rebound.	11	8
3:20	Eshaya Murphy made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	8
3:04	Kia Vaughn missed Driving Layup.	14	8
3:03	Kia Vaughn Offensive Rebound.	14	8
2:48	Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.	14	8
2:47	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	14	8
2:43	Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	8
2:42	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	14	8
2:30	Dominique Canty missed Layup.	14	8
2:28	Sylvia Fowles Offensive Rebound.	14	8
2:25	Sylvia Fowles missed 12 ft Jumper.	14	8
2:23	Kia Vaughn Defensive Rebound.	14	8
2:20	Sydney Colson Bad Pass. Stolen by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.	14	8
2:15	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton enters the game for Michelle Snow.	14	8
2:15	Courtney Vandersloot enters the game for Epiphanny Prince.	14	8
2:15	Tamera Young enters the game for Dominique Canty.	14	8
2:15	Sydney Colson enters the game for Kia Vaughn.	14	8
2:15	Quanitra Hollingsworth enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	14	8
1:51	Tamera Young made Layup.	16	8
1:39	Sydney Colson missed 18 ft Jumper.	16	8
1:39	New York Defensive Rebound.	16	8
1:39	Michelle Snow enters the game for Sylvia Fowles.	16	8
1:39	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Plenette Pierson.	16	8
1:25	Sydney Colson Defensive Rebound.	16	8
1:20	Sydney Colson missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.	16	8
1:19	Courtney Vandersloot Defensive Rebound.	16	8
1:12	Courtney Vandersloot Turnover	16	8
47.8	Nicole Powell's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.	16	8
47.8	New York Offensive Rebound.	16	8
47.8	Erin Thorn enters the game for Tamera Young.	16	8
47.8	Turnover	16	8
47.8	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Sydney Colson.	16	8
16.9	Erin Thorn made 17 ft Jumper.	18	8
6.8	Nicole Powell made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Quanitra Hollingsworth.	18	10
1.2	Erin Thorn's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Nicole Powell.	18	10
0.0	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	18	10
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	18	10

Regular Season Series

NY wins 3-2

Liberty
73
Sky
85

Game 1

18/6

Sky
73
Liberty
80

Game 2

10/7

Sky
49
Liberty
59

Game 3

4/8

Liberty
73
Sky
74

Game 4

28/8

Sky
67
Liberty
71

Game 5

31/8

Prudential Center

5:00 PM, 4 August 2011

Newark, NJ

Referees:
Maj Forsberg
Denise Brooks
Lamont Simpson

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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