Mercury 82-61 Silver Stars (14 Sep, 2013) Play-by-Play

San Antonio Silver Stars

12-22, 4-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SA	10	21	21	9	61
PHX	25	15	19	23	82

Phoenix Mercury

19-15, 10-7 home

Candice Dupree makes 18-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Shameka Christon blocks Candice Dupree's jumper
Candice Dupree makes driving layup
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Brittney Griner makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 9-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses 18-foot jumper
Briana Gilbreath misses jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes 5-foot two point shot (Briana Gilbreath assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine James misses layup
Kayla Alexander blocks Charde Houston 's 6-foot jumper
Briana Gilbreath misses 18-foot jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Charde Houston assists)
Danielle Adams blocks Jasmine James 's 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 8-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lynetta Kizer makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Lynetta Kizer makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot two point shot
Briana Gilbreath misses 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot jumper
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses jumper
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes 18-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three pointer
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot two point shot
Charde Houston misses 17-foot
DeWanna Bonner misses 3-foot
Lynetta Kizer misses 18-foot jumper
Lynetta Kizer misses 3-foot jumper
Penny Taylor misses 3-foot
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Alexis Hornbuckle makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Lynetta Kizer misses jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alexis Hornbuckle makes three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Krystal Thomas makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Krystal Thomas misses 3-foot hook shot
Lynetta Kizer makes two point shot
Krystal Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
Krystal Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Alexis Hornbuckle misses three point jumper
Krystal Thomas misses layup
Lynetta Kizer misses 10-foot jumper
Briana Gilbreath misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alexis Hornbuckle makes layup (Jasmine James assists)
Mercury miss shot
Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper
Shameka Christon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins misses 13-foot Running Jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 22-foot three point jumper
Danielle Adams makes two point shot (Shameka Christon assists)
Shameka Christon misses 8-foot two point shot
Danielle Adams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Danielle Adams misses 17-foot Running Jumper
Shameka Christon makes 18-foot jumper (Jayne Appel assists)
Lynetta Kizer blocks Danielle Adams 's 11-foot shot
Jayne Appel makes layup
Shenise Johnson makes 16-foot two point shot
Shenise Johnson misses 18-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 7-foot jumper
Chelsea Hopkins misses layup
Cathrine Kraayeveld makes jumper
Jayne Appel misses two point shot
Danielle Adams misses 4-foot two point shot
Shenise Johnson misses 19-foot jumper
Cathrine Kraayeveld makes three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Diana Taurasi blocks Shenise Johnson's layup
Shameka Christon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kayla Alexander makes layup (Danielle Adams assists)
Kayla Alexander makes 9-foot jumper (Danielle Adams assists)
Shenise Johnson misses jumper
Kayla Alexander makes layup
Shenise Johnson makes 20-foot jumper
Shameka Christon misses three point jumper
Kayla Alexander misses free throw 1 of 2
Kayla Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams misses 16-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 22-foot three point jumper
Danielle Adams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jia Perkins assists)
Danielle Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
Danielle Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
Danielle Adams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins misses 20-foot jumper
Danielle Adams makes layup
Jia Perkins makes 4-foot two point shot (Jayne Appel assists)
Jia Perkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jayne Appel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jia Perkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Jayne Appel 's 3-foot jumper
Jayne Appel makes two point shot
Jia Perkins misses 17-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes driving layup
Shenise Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1
Jia Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2
Jia Perkins makes free throw 2 of 2
Shenise Johnson makes 21-foot jumper
Jayne Appel makes layup (Shenise Johnson assists)
Shameka Christon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Shameka Christon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shenise Johnson makes driving layup
Jia Perkins makes 23-foot three point jumper
Cathrine Kraayeveld misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Danielle Adams 's 3-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses 18-foot jumper
Chelsea Hopkins misses 13-foot Running Jumper
Danielle Adams makes 20-foot jumper
Alexis Hornbuckle blocks Chelsea Hopkins 's 16-foot jumper
Jia Perkins misses jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 18-foot jumper
Kayla Alexander misses jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shameka Christon misses jumper
Shameka Christon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kayla Alexander misses 12-foot jumper
Shenise Johnson misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shameka Christon misses two point shot
Shenise Johnson misses 8-foot jumper
Chelsea Hopkins makes three point jumper (Shenise Johnson assists)
Shameka Christon makes 25-foot three point jumper
Cathrine Kraayeveld misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shameka Christon misses free throw 1 of 2
Shameka Christon makes free throw 2 of 2
Cathrine Kraayeveld makes 18-foot jumper (Chelsea Hopkins assists)

SILVER STARS

MERCURY

TIME		SA	PHX
10:00	Jayne Appel vs. Brittney Griner (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:52	Candice Dupree makes 18-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	0	2
9:37	Jia Perkins misses 16-foot jumper	0	2
9:37	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	2
9:22	Shameka Christon blocks Candice Dupree's jumper	0	2
9:22	Phoenix offensive team rebound	0	2
9:14	Candice Dupree makes driving layup	0	4
9:00	Shameka Christon misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	4
8:56	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	0	4
8:40	Jia Perkins shooting block foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	0	4
8:40	Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2	0	4
8:40	Phoenix offensive team rebound	0	4
8:40	Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2	0	5
8:22	Jia Perkins misses 13-foot Running Jumper	0	5
8:21	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	0	5
8:08	Candice Dupree makes layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)	0	7
7:56	Shenise Johnson misses 22-foot three point jumper	0	7
7:56	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	0	7
7:45	Brittney Griner makes jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	0	9
7:33	Danielle Adams makes two point shot (Shameka Christon assists)	2	9
7:22	DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Brittney Griner assists)	2	11
7:15	San Antonio Full timeout	2	11
7:01	Shameka Christon misses 8-foot two point shot	2	11
6:58	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	11
6:52	DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	11
6:50	Brittney Griner offensive rebound	2	11
6:47	Brittney Griner makes 7-foot two point shot	2	13
6:35	Danielle Adams misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	13
6:35	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	2	13
6:18	DeWanna Bonner misses 17-foot jumper	2	13
6:18	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	2	13
6:01	Danielle Adams misses 17-foot Running Jumper	2	13
5:58	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	13
5:37	Candice Dupree makes 9-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)	2	15
5:16	Shameka Christon makes 18-foot jumper (Jayne Appel assists)	4	15
4:54	Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)	4	18
4:28	Danielle Adams out of bounds lost ball turnover	4	18
4:28	Briana Gilbreath enters the game for Candice Dupree	4	18
4:28	Lynetta Kizer enters the game for Penny Taylor	4	18
4:28	Cathrine Kraayeveld enters the game for Shameka Christon	4	18
4:18	Danielle Adams kicked ball violation	4	18
4:13	Lynetta Kizer misses 18-foot jumper	4	18
4:13	Cathrine Kraayeveld defensive rebound	4	18
3:47	Lynetta Kizer blocks Danielle Adams 's 11-foot shot	4	18
3:46	Jayne Appel makes layup	6	18
3:46	Jayne Appel offensive rebound	6	18
3:25	Briana Gilbreath misses jumper	6	18
3:24	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	6	18
3:14	Shenise Johnson makes 16-foot two point shot	8	18
3:14	Phoenix Full timeout	8	18
3:14	Kayla Alexander enters the game for Danielle Adams	8	18
3:01	Lynetta Kizer makes jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)	8	20
2:35	Shenise Johnson misses 18-foot jumper	8	20
2:34	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	8	20
2:24	DeWanna Bonner makes 23-foot (Diana Taurasi assists)	8	23
2:00	Shenise Johnson misses 7-foot jumper	8	23
1:59	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	8	23
1:51	Brittney Griner makes 5-foot two point shot (Briana Gilbreath assists)	8	25
1:27	Lynetta Kizer personal foul (Jayne Appel draws the foul)	8	25
1:27	Jasmine James enters the game for Brittney Griner	8	25
1:27	Krystal Thomas enters the game for Diana Taurasi	8	25
1:27	Chelsea Hopkins enters the game for Shenise Johnson	8	25
1:27	Shameka Christon enters the game for Jia Perkins	8	25
1:23	Chelsea Hopkins misses layup	8	25
1:22	Lynetta Kizer defensive rebound	8	25
1:13	DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	25
1:12	San Antonio defensive team rebound	8	25
1:12	Krystal Thomas loose ball foul (Jayne Appel draws the foul)	8	25
53.0	Cathrine Kraayeveld makes jumper	10	25
30.0	DeWanna Bonner bad pass (Jayne Appel steals)	10	25
14.0	Jayne Appel misses two point shot	10	25
11.0	Jasmine James defensive rebound	10	25
1.0	Jasmine James misses layup	10	25
0.0	Jayne Appel defensive rebound	10	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	10	25

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, 14 September 2013

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 8,899

Referees:
Tom Mauer
Michael Price
Maj Forsberg

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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