Silver Stars 82-81 Mercury (4 Jul, 2012) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

4-11, 2-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	23	15	16	27	81
SA	16	15	20	31	82

San Antonio Silver Stars

8-5, 6-1 home

Becky Hammon made 19 ft Jumper.
Jayne Appel missed Jumper.
Danielle Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Danielle Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young's 2 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Krystal Thomas.
Becky Hammon missed Layup.
Danielle Robinson made 14 ft Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shameka Christon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Danielle Robinson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed Layup.
Becky Hammon missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Danielle Adams missed Layup.
Danielle Adams made Jumper.
Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Shenise Johnson.
Jia Perkins made Jumper. Assisted by Danielle Robinson.
Jia Perkins made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Jia Perkins missed 24 ft Three Point Running Jumper.
Sophia Young missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Danielle Adams missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shenise Johnson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sophia Young.
Danielle Adams's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Nakia Sanford.
Jia Perkins missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shenise Johnson made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Shenise Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shenise Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Danielle Adams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Danielle Adams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shenise Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shenise Johnson missed Layup.
Becky Hammon missed Jumper.
Jayne Appel missed Layup.
Sophia Young made Layup.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Sophia Young missed 17 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jia Perkins made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Danielle Robinson.
Becky Hammon made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shameka Christon.
Sophia Young missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sophia Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shameka Christon missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young missed Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Danielle Adams's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Krystal Thomas.
Danielle Adams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams made Layup.
Danielle Adams made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Danielle Adams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Danielle Adams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shenise Johnson made Driving Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 13 ft Jumper.
Sophia Young made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Jia Perkins missed Layup.
Shenise Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shenise Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jia Perkins missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shenise Johnson.
Jia Perkins missed Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sophia Young made Layup.
Sophia Young missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Danielle Adams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jia Perkins missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shameka Christon.
Shameka Christon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Danielle Adams missed Layup.
Danielle Adams made Jumper. Assisted by Danielle Robinson.
Shenise Johnson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams missed Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Robinson made 13 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shameka Christon.
Danielle Adams made Layup. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon made Layup.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Danielle Adams made Layup. Assisted by Danielle Robinson.
Becky Hammon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Driving Layup.
Jia Perkins missed 15 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Danielle Adams made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon made Layup.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shameka Christon missed 14 ft Jumper.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Becky Hammon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made 17 ft Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 17 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner's Jumper blocked by Sophia Young.
Krystal Thomas missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Alexis Hornbuckle made 14 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.
Samantha Prahalis missed 14 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Avery Warley made Layup.
DeWanna Bonner made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Nakia Sanford.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Avery Warley's Layup blocked by Danielle Adams.
DeWanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 16 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.
DeWanna Bonner missed 18 ft Jumper.
Nakia Sanford missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Layup.
Charde Houston made 10 ft Jumper.
Nakia Sanford missed Jumper.
Krystal Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Krystal Thomas made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 17 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 19 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Krystal Thomas's Layup blocked by Ziomara Morrison.
DeWanna Bonner made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Samantha Prahalis made Layup.
Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeWanna Bonner made Jumper. Assisted by Charde Houston.
DeWanna Bonner made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Charde Houston made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Krystal Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Samantha Prahalis made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner missed 11 ft Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 19 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner missed 15 ft Running Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Samantha Prahalis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston made Running Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 3 ft Jumper.
Avery Warley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Avery Warley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Samantha Prahalis missed Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 16 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle made Layup.
Charde Houston made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
Samantha Prahalis missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Avery Warley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Avery Warley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 14 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 11 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 11 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
DeWanna Bonner made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nakia Sanford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nakia Sanford made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
Samantha Prahalis missed 4 ft Running Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Alexis Hornbuckle made 29 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeWanna Bonner.
DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charde Houston.

MERCURY

SILVER STARS

TIME		PHX	SA
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Krystal Thomas vs. Jayne Appel. Becky Hammon gains possession.	0	0
9:51	Becky Hammon made 19 ft Jumper.	0	2
9:32	DeWanna Bonner Bad Pass. Stolen by Sophia Young.	0	2
9:22	Becky Hammon Bad Pass. Stolen by DeWanna Bonner.	0	2
9:17	DeWanna Bonner made 17 ft Jumper.	2	2
8:52	Jayne Appel missed Jumper.	2	2
8:52	Jayne Appel Offensive Rebound.	2	2
8:51	Samantha Prahalis Shooting Foul. Danielle Robinson gains possession.	2	2
8:51	Danielle Robinson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	3
8:51	Danielle Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	4
8:42	Samantha Prahalis missed 17 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:41	Jayne Appel Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:34	Shameka Christon missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
8:33	Krystal Thomas Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:26	Alexis Hornbuckle missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
8:26	Danielle Robinson Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:12	Sophia Young's 2 ft Two Point Shot blocked by Krystal Thomas.	2	4
8:11	San Antonio Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:54	DeWanna Bonner's Jumper blocked by Sophia Young.	2	4
7:52	Jayne Appel Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:45	Becky Hammon missed Layup.	2	4
7:43	Alexis Hornbuckle Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:28	Krystal Thomas missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	2	4
7:28	Danielle Robinson Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:18	Danielle Robinson made 14 ft Jumper.	2	6
7:03	Alexis Hornbuckle made 14 ft Jumper.	4	6
6:47	Krystal Thomas Personal Foul. Jayne Appel gains possession.	4	6
6:39	Shameka Christon missed Three Point Jumper.	4	6
6:37	Charde Houston Defensive Rebound.	4	6
6:31	Charde Houston Bad Pass. Stolen by Danielle Robinson.	4	6
6:22	Sophia Young Lost Ball. Stolen by Alexis Hornbuckle.	4	6
6:16	DeWanna Bonner made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.	7	6
5:58	Samantha Prahalis Shooting Foul. Shameka Christon gains possession.	7	6
5:58	Shameka Christon made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	7
5:58	Shameka Christon made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	8
5:41	DeWanna Bonner made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.	10	8
5:31	Danielle Robinson missed 18 ft Jumper.	10	8
5:30	DeWanna Bonner Defensive Rebound.	10	8
5:20	DeWanna Bonner Bad Pass. Stolen by Sophia Young.	10	8
5:13	Becky Hammon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	8
5:11	San Antonio Defensive Rebound.	10	8
4:50	Samantha Prahalis missed 14 ft Jumper.	10	8
4:50	Krystal Thomas Offensive Rebound.	10	8
4:46	Shameka Christon Shooting Foul. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	10	8
4:46	Official Timeout.	10	8
4:46	Avery Warley enters the game for Krystal Thomas.	10	8
4:46	DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	8
4:46	DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	8
4:26	Becky Hammon missed Layup.	12	8
4:24	Sophia Young Offensive Rebound.	12	8
4:09	Danielle Robinson Bad Pass. Stolen by Charde Houston.	12	8
4:03	DeWanna Bonner Double Dribble	12	8
4:03	Danielle Adams enters the game for Jayne Appel.	12	8
3:48	Becky Hammon missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.	12	8
3:47	DeWanna Bonner Defensive Rebound.	12	8
3:28	DeWanna Bonner made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	14	8
3:11	Charde Houston Shooting Foul. Sophia Young gains possession.	14	8
3:11	Sophia Young missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	14	8
3:11	San Antonio Offensive Rebound.	14	8
3:11	Nakia Sanford enters the game for Charde Houston.	14	8
3:11	Alexis Gray-Lawson enters the game for Alexis Hornbuckle.	14	8
3:11	Sophia Young made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	9
2:50	Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	9
2:49	Avery Warley Offensive Rebound.	14	9
2:47	Avery Warley made Layup.	16	9
2:41	San Antonio Full Timeout.	16	9
2:41	Jia Perkins enters the game for Shameka Christon.	16	9
2:28	Danielle Adams missed Layup.	16	9
2:26	Danielle Adams Offensive Rebound.	16	11
2:26	Danielle Adams made Jumper.	16	11
2:14	DeWanna Bonner made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Nakia Sanford.	18	11
2:14	Jia Perkins Shooting Foul. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	18	11
2:14	Shenise Johnson enters the game for Becky Hammon.	18	11
2:14	DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 1.	19	11
1:55	Sophia Young made Layup. Assisted by Shenise Johnson.	19	13
1:36	Avery Warley's Layup blocked by Danielle Adams.	19	13
1:36	Jumpball: Avery Warley vs. Danielle Adams. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	19	13
1:36	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	19	13
1:28	DeWanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	19	13
1:28	Sophia Young Defensive Rebound.	19	13
1:21	Jia Perkins Lost Ball. Stolen by DeWanna Bonner.	19	13
1:04	Samantha Prahalis missed 16 ft Jumper.	19	13
1:02	Sophia Young Defensive Rebound.	19	13
1:00	Jia Perkins made Jumper. Assisted by Danielle Robinson.	19	15
1:00	DeWanna Bonner Shooting Foul. Jia Perkins gains possession.	19	15
1:00	Jia Perkins made Free Throw 1 of 1.	19	16
49.6	Jia Perkins Shooting Foul. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	19	16
49.6	DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	16
49.6	Alexis Hornbuckle enters the game for Samantha Prahalis.	20	16
49.6	DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	16
33.9	Jia Perkins Bad Pass. Stolen by Alexis Hornbuckle.	21	16
29.2	DeWanna Bonner made Layup. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.	23	16
14.9	Backcourt	23	16
3.8	DeWanna Bonner missed 18 ft Jumper.	23	16
1.9	Jia Perkins Defensive Rebound.	23	16
0.0	Jia Perkins missed 24 ft Three Point Running Jumper.	23	16
0.0	San Antonio Offensive Rebound.	23	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	23	16

Regular Season Series

SA wins 3-1

Mercury
66
Silver Stars
85

Game 1

2/6

Mercury
81
Silver Stars
82

Game 2

4/7

Silver Stars
89
Mercury
47

Game 3

19/8

Silver Stars
90
Mercury
94

Game 4

2/9

1:00 AM, 4 July 2012

Referees:
Tony Dawkins
Sue Blauch
Daryl Humphrey

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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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