Storm 83-68 Mercury (9 Jul, 2012) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

4-13, 2-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	12	16	17	23	68
SEA	22	23	20	18	83

Seattle Storm

8-9, 5-1 home

Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ewelina Kobryn.
Ewelina Kobryn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird made Running Jumper.
Sue Bird made 20 ft Two Point Shot.
Camille Little made Layup.
Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Camille Little missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.
Ewelina Kobryn missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ewelina Kobryn made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Katie Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 5 ft Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 14 ft Jumper.
Shekinna Stricklen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alysha Clark made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Ewelina Kobryn's 3 ft Jumper blocked by Avery Warley.
Sue Bird made 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Sue Bird made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Camille Little missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.
Shekinna Stricklen made Layup. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Shekinna Stricklen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Camille Little's Layup blocked by Krystal Thomas.
Ewelina Kobryn made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Camille Little missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Sue Bird made 19 ft Two Point Shot.
Sue Bird missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tanisha Wright missed 11 ft Jumper.
Ewelina Kobryn missed Layup.
Camille Little made 2 ft Jumper.
Ewelina Kobryn made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed 17 ft Jumper.
Camille Little missed 4 ft Jumper.
Camille Little missed 10 ft Jumper.
Alysha Clark missed Layup.
Ewelina Kobryn made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Camille Little made Layup. Assisted by Sue Bird.
Camille Little missed 4 ft Jumper.
Ewelina Kobryn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sue Bird made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tanisha Wright missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Camille Little made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Camille Little missed Jumper.
Alysha Clark made 4 ft Jumper.
Shekinna Stricklen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Shekinna Stricklen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shekinna Stricklen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Camille Little made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ewelina Kobryn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Camille Little made Layup. Assisted by Ewelina Kobryn.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Shekinna Stricklen made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Layup.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 18 ft Jumper.
Camille Little made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Camille Little made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Camille Little made Layup. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Krystal Thomas missed 5 ft Jumper.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Ewelina Kobryn.
DeWanna Bonner missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed Layup.
DeWanna Bonner made Two Point Shot.
DeWanna Bonner missed 10 ft Jumper.
Avery Warley missed Layup.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 12 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Krystal Thomas made Layup. Assisted by DeWanna Bonner.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 10 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 12 ft Jumper.
Nakia Sanford made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Samantha Prahalis missed 15 ft Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Charde Houston.
Charde Houston missed 11 ft Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 1 of 3.
Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 3 of 3.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nakia Sanford missed 19 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
Samantha Prahalis missed 16 ft Jumper.
Krystal Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Krystal Thomas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 19 ft Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis made Driving Layup.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nakia Sanford made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.
DeWanna Bonner missed 59 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston made 10 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Samantha Prahalis made Driving Layup.
DeWanna Bonner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 9 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 18 ft Jumper.
DeWanna Bonner missed 12 ft Jumper.
Avery Warley missed Layup.
Avery Warley missed 4 ft Jumper.
Avery Warley made Layup.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Avery Warley's Layup blocked by Katie Smith.
Avery Warley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Avery Warley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Avery Warley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Avery Warley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Krystal Thomas made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Krystal Thomas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Samantha Prahalis missed 13 ft Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis made 4 ft Running Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis missed 10 ft Jumper.
Nakia Sanford missed 6 ft Jumper.
Charde Houston missed 10 ft Jumper.
Nakia Sanford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nakia Sanford made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed 15 ft Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by DeWanna Bonner.
Nakia Sanford missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samantha Prahalis's Layup blocked by Camille Little.
Samantha Prahalis missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeWanna Bonner missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Krystal Thomas made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by DeWanna Bonner.
Alexis Gray-Lawson made 18 ft Jumper.
Lynetta Kizer made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Lynetta Kizer missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lynetta Kizer's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Ewelina Kobryn.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lynetta Kizer made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Samantha Prahalis.
Avery Warley made Layup. Assisted by Alexis Hornbuckle.
Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Lynetta Kizer made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lynetta Kizer made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lynetta Kizer made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Alexis Gray-Lawson.
Alexis Hornbuckle made Driving Layup.
Alexis Hornbuckle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Alexis Hornbuckle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Charde Houston made Driving Layup.
Charde Houston made Free Throw 1 of 1.

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHX	SEA
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Krystal Thomas vs. Camille Little. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	0	0
9:40	Krystal Thomas missed 5 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:37	Katie Smith Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Sue Bird made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ewelina Kobryn.	0	3
9:10	Alexis Hornbuckle missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
9:07	Katie Smith Defensive Rebound.	0	3
9:00	Ewelina Kobryn 3 second	0	3
8:48	DeWanna Bonner Bad Pass	0	3
8:30	Ewelina Kobryn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	3
8:27	Samantha Prahalis Defensive Rebound.	0	3
8:18	Charde Houston's 11 ft Jumper blocked by Ewelina Kobryn.	0	3
8:18	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	0	3
8:07	DeWanna Bonner missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	3
8:04	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	0	3
8:00	Sue Bird made Running Jumper.	0	5
7:48	Samantha Prahalis missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	5
7:47	Camille Little Defensive Rebound.	0	5
7:33	Sue Bird made 20 ft Two Point Shot.	0	7
7:20	Charde Houston missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	7
7:20	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	0	7
7:18	Camille Little Personal Foul. DeWanna Bonner gains possession.	0	7
7:05	Charde Houston missed Layup.	0	7
7:05	Camille Little Defensive Rebound.	0	7
6:43	Camille Little made Layup.	0	9
6:31	Samantha Prahalis Bad Pass. Stolen by Sue Bird.	0	9
6:24	Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tanisha Wright.	0	12
6:22	Phoenix Full Timeout.	0	12
6:22	Avery Warley enters the game for Charde Houston.	0	12
6:09	DeWanna Bonner made Two Point Shot.	2	12
5:50	Camille Little missed 6 ft Jumper.	2	12
5:48	Avery Warley Defensive Rebound.	2	12
5:39	DeWanna Bonner missed 10 ft Jumper.	2	12
5:39	Avery Warley Offensive Rebound.	2	12
5:37	Avery Warley missed Layup.	2	12
5:37	Avery Warley Offensive Rebound.	2	12
5:37	Jumpball: Avery Warley vs. Katie Smith. Tanisha Wright gains possession.	2	12
5:37	Avery Warley Lost Ball. Stolen by Katie Smith.	2	12
5:28	Tanisha Wright missed 4 ft Jumper.	2	12
5:26	Avery Warley Defensive Rebound.	2	12
5:07	Alexis Hornbuckle missed 12 ft Jumper.	2	12
5:07	Ewelina Kobryn Defensive Rebound.	2	12
4:48	Ewelina Kobryn missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	12
4:47	Avery Warley Defensive Rebound.	2	12
4:37	DeWanna Bonner missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	12
4:35	Camille Little Defensive Rebound.	2	12
4:26	Sue Bird made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	15
4:00	Krystal Thomas made Layup. Assisted by DeWanna Bonner.	4	15
3:47	Ewelina Kobryn made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.	4	17
3:24	Alexis Hornbuckle missed 10 ft Jumper.	4	17
3:23	Ewelina Kobryn Defensive Rebound.	4	17
3:14	Katie Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.	4	17
3:13	DeWanna Bonner Defensive Rebound.	4	17
3:04	DeWanna Bonner missed 12 ft Jumper.	4	17
3:03	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	4	17
3:03	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Katie Smith.	4	17
3:03	Alexis Gray-Lawson enters the game for Alexis Hornbuckle.	4	17
3:03	Nakia Sanford enters the game for Krystal Thomas.	4	17
3:03	Charde Houston enters the game for DeWanna Bonner.	4	17
2:57	Nakia Sanford made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charde Houston.	7	17
2:41	Avery Warley Shooting Foul. Tanisha Wright gains possession.	7	17
2:41	Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	18
2:41	Alysha Clark enters the game for Ewelina Kobryn.	7	18
2:41	Tanisha Wright made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	19
2:30	Samantha Prahalis missed 15 ft Jumper.	7	19
2:29	Jumpball: Nakia Sanford vs. Svetlana Abrosimova. Avery Warley gains possession.	7	19
2:29	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	7	19
2:13	Alexis Gray-Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	19
2:11	Sue Bird Defensive Rebound.	7	19
2:03	Tanisha Wright made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sue Bird.	7	22
1:36	Alexis Gray-Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Charde Houston.	9	22
1:19	Camille Little Lost Ball. Stolen by Avery Warley.	9	22
1:00	Charde Houston missed 11 ft Jumper.	9	22
59.9	Alysha Clark Defensive Rebound.	9	22
51.9	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 5 ft Jumper.	9	22
50.9	Svetlana Abrosimova Offensive Rebound.	9	22
38.3	Tanisha Wright missed 14 ft Jumper.	9	22
38.3	Nakia Sanford Defensive Rebound.	9	22
38.3	Alysha Clark Personal Foul. Nakia Sanford gains possession.	9	22
38.3	Shekinna Stricklen enters the game for Tanisha Wright.	9	22
38.3	Katie Smith enters the game for Sue Bird.	9	22
38.3	Ewelina Kobryn enters the game for Camille Little.	9	22
25.5	Alysha Clark Shooting Foul. Samantha Prahalis gains possession.	9	22
25.5	Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 1 of 3.	10	22
25.5	Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 2 of 3.	11	22
25.5	Samantha Prahalis made Free Throw 3 of 3.	12	22
2.9	Shekinna Stricklen Lost Ball. Stolen by Charde Houston.	12	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	12	22

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 4-1

Mercury
68
Storm
83

Game 1

9/7

Storm
83
Mercury
64

Game 2

14/7

Mercury
58
Storm
72

Game 3

17/8

Mercury
75
Storm
68

Game 4

31/8

Storm
71
Mercury
57

Game 5

23/9

KeyArena

2:00 AM, 9 July 2012

Seattle, WA

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Jeff Wooten
Kurt Walker

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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