Mercury 83-80 Silver Stars (7 Sep, 2013) Play-by-Play

San Antonio Silver Stars

11-20, 4-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SA	16	16	21	27	80
PHX	20	22	25	16	83

Phoenix Mercury

16-13, 9-7 home

DeWanna Bonner misses 14-foot two point jumper
Candice Dupree misses 3-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Candice Dupree misses 18-foot jumper
Briana Gilbreath makes free throw 1 of 2
Briana Gilbreath makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three pointer
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree makes 12-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Briana Gilbreath misses jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
Danielle Adams blocks Lynetta Kizer's jumper
Charde Houston makes 12-foot two point shot
Jayne Appel blocks Charde Houston 's 3-foot layup
Krystal Thomas makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Jasmine James makes 19-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
Candice Dupree misses free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot jumper (Jasmine James assists)
Briana Gilbreath makes 17-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Briana Gilbreath makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Briana Gilbreath misses free throw 1 of 1
Jayne Appel blocks Briana Gilbreath 's 3-foot layup
Briana Gilbreath makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Candice Dupree makes 18-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree misses jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Charde Houston assists)
Candice Dupree misses 12-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses three point jumper
Briana Gilbreath makes driving layup
Brittney Griner misses 4-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Briana Gilbreath makes driving layup
Briana Gilbreath misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses
Candice Dupree makes 5-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses jumper
Jayne Appel blocks Candice Dupree's shot
Krystal Thomas misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three pointer (Candice Dupree assists)
Jasmine James misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes 4-foot two point shot (Jasmine James assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses layup
Lynetta Kizer makes free throw 1 of 2
Lynetta Kizer makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner makes layup (Charde Houston assists)
Jasmine James misses 2-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes layup (Briana Gilbreath assists)
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 7-foot Running Jumper
Krystal Thomas misses 4-foot jump bank shot
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Candice Dupree assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Charde Houston misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses
Briana Gilbreath misses jumper
Candice Dupree misses jumper
Candice Dupree misses 16-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses 18-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Shenise Johnson misses driving layup
Shenise Johnson misses layup
Danielle Adams misses 16-foot two point shot
Jayne Appel makes layup (Danielle Adams assists)
Shameka Christon misses 18-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Danielle Adams 's 6-foot jumper
Briana Gilbreath blocks Shenise Johnson 's 3-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 17-foot jumper
Shameka Christon misses layup
Jayne Appel makes 5-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins misses 18-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson makes 20-foot two point shot
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Danielle Adams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 16-foot two point jumper
Candice Dupree blocks Kayla Alexander 's 4-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper
Jia Perkins makes 14-foot jumper
Candice Dupree blocks Jia Perkins 's 8-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cathrine Kraayeveld misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins misses 17-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 21-foot jumper
Shameka Christon makes 17-foot two point shot
Danielle Adams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Poppens assists)
Shameka Christon makes 19-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 3-foot
Jayne Appel makes layup (Shameka Christon assists)
Danielle Adams misses 10-foot jumper
Danielle Adams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shameka Christon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins makes 18-foot two point shot
Danielle Adams makes 13-foot two point shot
Danielle Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams misses free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper
Danielle Adams misses 12-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 15-foot two point jumper
Danielle Adams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jayne Appel makes layup (Jia Perkins assists)
Shameka Christon makes 17-foot jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Shameka Christon misses free throw 1 of 1
Shameka Christon makes free throw 1 of 2
Shameka Christon makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins misses 18-foot two point jumper
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams misses free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams makes layup (Jayne Appel assists)
Jia Perkins misses three point jumper
Shenise Johnson misses driving layup
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner blocks Kayla Alexander 's 4-foot jumper
Kayla Alexander misses layup
Jia Perkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Jia Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Cathrine Kraayeveld makes three point jumper (Chelsea Hopkins assists)
Kayla Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
Kayla Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
Jia Perkins misses 7-foot jumper
Chelsea Poppens makes layup
Chelsea Hopkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Chelsea Hopkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Chelsea Hopkins misses 44-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams makes layup (Shenise Johnson assists)
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 1
Shenise Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
Cathrine Kraayeveld misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Hopkins assists)
Shenise Johnson misses 5-foot jumper
Shameka Christon misses 19-foot jumper
Shameka Christon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jayne Appel misses free throw 1 of 2
Jayne Appel makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams misses layup
Jia Perkins misses 4-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jia Perkins assists)
Shenise Johnson misses 15-foot jumper
Danielle Adams makes driving layup
Danielle Adams makes driving layup
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams makes 8-foot two point shot

SILVER STARS

MERCURY

TIME		SA	PHX
10:00	Jayne Appel vs. Brittney Griner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:37	DeWanna Bonner misses 14-foot two point jumper	0	0
9:37	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	0	0
9:27	Candice Dupree misses 3-foot jumper	0	0
9:26	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	0	0
9:10	Shenise Johnson misses driving layup	0	0
9:07	Briana Gilbreath defensive rebound	0	0
8:52	Candice Dupree bad pass (Shenise Johnson steals)	0	0
8:48	Shenise Johnson misses layup	0	0
8:48	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	0
8:33	Diana Taurasi makes driving layup	0	2
8:15	Danielle Adams misses 16-foot two point shot	0	2
8:11	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	2
7:58	Candice Dupree misses 18-foot jumper	0	2
7:58	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	0	2
7:41	Jayne Appel makes layup (Danielle Adams assists)	2	2
7:35	Jia Perkins shooting foul (Briana Gilbreath draws the foul)	2	3
7:35	Briana Gilbreath makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
7:35	Briana Gilbreath makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
7:20	Shameka Christon misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
7:20	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	2	4
7:11	DeWanna Bonner misses layup	2	4
7:11	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	2	4
7:05	Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper	2	4
7:03	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	4
6:54	Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three pointer	2	7
6:30	Brittney Griner blocks Danielle Adams 's 6-foot jumper	2	7
6:28	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	2	7
6:22	Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	2	9
6:22	Danielle Adams shooting foul (Candice Dupree draws the foul)	2	9
6:22	Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 1	2	10
6:11	Briana Gilbreath blocks Shenise Johnson 's 3-foot jumper	2	10
6:09	Shenise Johnson offensive rebound	2	10
6:00	Shenise Johnson misses 17-foot jumper	2	10
5:58	Jayne Appel offensive rebound	2	10
5:52	Shameka Christon misses layup	2	10
5:50	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	10
5:47	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Shenise Johnson steals)	2	10
5:43	Diana Taurasi personal take foul (Shenise Johnson draws the foul)	2	10
5:35	Jayne Appel makes 5-foot two point shot	4	10
5:16	Candice Dupree makes 12-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	4	12
4:56	Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)	7	12
4:46	Briana Gilbreath misses jumper	7	12
4:46	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	7	12
4:35	Brittney Griner shooting foul (Danielle Adams draws the foul)	9	12
4:35	Official timeout	7	12
4:35	Lynetta Kizer enters the game for Candice Dupree	7	12
4:35	Charde Houston enters the game for Briana Gilbreath	7	12
4:35	Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2	8	12
4:35	Danielle Adams makes free throw 2 of 2	9	12
4:13	Lynetta Kizer misses jumper	9	12
4:09	San Antonio defensive team rebound	9	12
4:09	Cathrine Kraayeveld enters the game for Shameka Christon	9	12
3:51	Jia Perkins misses 18-foot jumper	9	12
3:50	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	9	12
3:31	DeWanna Bonner misses 27-foot three point jumper	9	12
3:29	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	9	12
3:23	Shenise Johnson makes 20-foot two point shot	11	12
3:09	Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot	11	12
3:06	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	11	12
2:55	Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)	14	12
2:55	Phoenix Full timeout	14	12
2:55	Krystal Thomas enters the game for Brittney Griner	14	12
2:31	Danielle Adams blocks Lynetta Kizer's jumper	14	12
2:31	Danielle Adams defensive rebound	14	12
2:17	Danielle Adams misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	12
2:16	Krystal Thomas defensive rebound	14	12
2:05	Charde Houston makes 12-foot two point shot	14	14
1:52	Candice Dupree enters the game for Lynetta Kizer	14	14
1:52	Kayla Alexander enters the game for Danielle Adams	14	14
1:39	Shenise Johnson misses 16-foot two point jumper	14	14
1:37	Krystal Thomas defensive rebound	14	14
1:31	Chelsea Hopkins enters the game for Shenise Johnson	14	14
1:27	Jayne Appel blocks Charde Houston 's 3-foot layup	14	14
1:25	Chelsea Hopkins defensive rebound	14	14
1:14	Candice Dupree blocks Kayla Alexander 's 4-foot jumper	14	14
1:14	San Antonio offensive team rebound	14	14
1:14	Jasmine James enters the game for Diana Taurasi	14	14
1:12	Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper	14	14
1:10	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	14	14
54.0	Krystal Thomas makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	14	16
38.0	Jia Perkins makes 14-foot jumper	16	16
30.0	Candice Dupree makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	16	18
11.0	Candice Dupree blocks Jia Perkins 's 8-foot jumper	16	18
11.0	San Antonio offensive team rebound	16	18
6.0	Jia Perkins misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	18
5.0	Jasmine James defensive rebound	16	18
0.0	Jasmine James makes 19-foot two point shot	16	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	20

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-2

Mercury
83
Silver Stars
77

Game 1

26/6

Silver Stars
88
Mercury
80

Game 2

10/7

Mercury
82
Silver Stars
88

Game 3

18/8

Silver Stars
80
Mercury
83

Game 4

7/9

Silver Stars
61
Mercury
82

Game 5

14/9

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 7 September 2013

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,006

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Billy Smith
Thomas Nunez

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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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