Mercury 89-71 Storm (23 Jul, 2014) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

19-3, 9-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	23	18	24	89
SEA	21	15	16	19	71

Seattle Storm

9-16, 5-5 home

Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 19-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes 16-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes two point shot
Camille Little misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tanisha Wright makes two point shot
Tanisha Wright misses 14-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Tanisha Wright assists)
Alysha Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird makes 13-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes jumper (Camille Little assists)
Sue Bird misses 19-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sue Bird misses 16-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 1 of 2
Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 2 of 2
Sue Bird misses 16-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Diana Taurasi blocks Tanisha Wright's jumper
Sue Bird makes jumper
Sue Bird makes free throw 1 of 1
Alysha Clark makes 5-foot two point shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses 10-foot jumper
Brittney Griner blocks Tanisha Wright 's 5-foot jumper
Temeka Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes 17-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Crystal Langhorne 's 4-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner blocks Shekinna Stricklen 's 25-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 18-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne misses 6-foot jumper
Tanisha Wright makes 3-foot two point shot
Sue Bird misses 16-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne misses 6-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes 3-foot jumper (Tanisha Wright assists)
Sue Bird makes 23-foot three point jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Sue Bird assists)
Jenna O'Hea misses 21-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes 4-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner blocks Crystal Langhorne 's 5-foot jumper
Angel Robinson makes layup (Tanisha Wright assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Shekinna Stricklen 's 8-foot jumper
Sue Bird misses 26-foot three point jumper
Camille Little makes free throw 1 of 2
Camille Little makes free throw 2 of 2
Tanisha Wright makes layup (Camille Little assists)
Brittney Griner blocks Camille Little's jumper
Tanisha Wright makes layup
Camille Little makes 3-foot two point shot
Tanisha Wright makes 21-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne misses layup
Shekinna Stricklen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Camille Little makes two point shot (Sue Bird assists)
Shekinna Stricklen misses free throw 1 of 2
Shekinna Stricklen makes free throw 2 of 2
Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jenna O'Hea assists)
Shekinna Stricklen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes jumper (Jenna O'Hea assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes layup (Temeka Johnson assists)
Erin Phillips blocks Temeka Johnson 's 5-foot jumper
Camille Little makes free throw 1 of 2
Camille Little makes free throw 2 of 2
Tanisha Wright misses 5-foot jumper
Sue Bird makes 5-foot jumper
Camille Little makes 20-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne misses 4-foot jumper
Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 1 of 2
Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 2 of 2
Sue Bird makes free throw 1 of 2
Sue Bird makes free throw 2 of 2
Sue Bird makes 17-foot jumper
Camille Little makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sue Bird assists)
Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree makes 13-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes 5-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 1
Candice Dupree misses 9-foot Regular Jump Shot
Diana Taurasi makes 12-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 20-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 13-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 5-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot
Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes 25-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Candice Dupree makes 6-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 9-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree makes 17-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Eshaya Murphy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses jumper
Candice Dupree misses layup
Crystal Langhorne blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 4-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree misses 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses 10-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 15-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Candice Dupree makes 19-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Penny Taylor makes jumper
Candice Dupree misses 12-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 10-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 6-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
Candice Dupree misses 15-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 16-foot Regular Jump Shot
Brittney Griner misses 4-foot jumper
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eshaya Murphy makes 18-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Brittney Griner makes 3-foot two point shot
Eshaya Murphy misses 6-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 2 of 2
Erin Phillips misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Griner misses 11-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes jumper
Eshaya Murphy misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 20-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor makes free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes 5-foot two point shot
Eshaya Murphy makes two point shot
Eshaya Murphy makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Candice Dupree misses 11-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Candice Dupree misses 18-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 1
DeWanna Bonner misses 19-foot jumper
Ewelina Kobryn misses 15-foot jumper
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota misses 23-foot three point jumper
Erin Phillips makes free throw 1 of 2
Erin Phillips makes free throw 2 of 2
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota misses 7-foot jumper
Erin Phillips misses free throw 1 of 2
Erin Phillips makes free throw 2 of 2
Ewelina Kobryn makes layup (Tiffany Bias assists)

MERCURY

STORM

TIME		PHX	SEA
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Camille Little (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)	2	0
9:22	Sue Bird misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	0
9:21	Penny Taylor defensive rebound	2	0
9:08	Candice Dupree makes 13-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	4	0
9:00	Shekinna Stricklen misses 19-foot jumper	4	0
8:57	Candice Dupree defensive rebound	4	0
8:49	Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper	7	0
8:30	Crystal Langhorne makes 16-foot jumper (Sue Bird assists)	7	2
8:11	Candice Dupree makes 5-foot jumper	9	2
8:11	Shekinna Stricklen shooting foul (Candice Dupree draws the foul)	9	2
8:11	Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 1	10	2
7:58	Shekinna Stricklen makes two point shot	10	4
7:33	Candice Dupree misses 9-foot Regular Jump Shot	10	4
7:33	Crystal Langhorne defensive rebound	10	4
7:18	Camille Little misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	4
7:18	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	10	4
7:07	Diana Taurasi makes 12-foot jumper	12	4
6:54	Sue Bird bad pass	12	4
6:52	Diana Taurasi traveling	12	4
6:37	Tanisha Wright makes two point shot	12	6
6:31	Diana Taurasi bad pass (Camille Little steals)	12	6
6:13	Tanisha Wright misses 14-foot jumper	12	6
6:11	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	12	6
5:56	Penny Taylor bad pass (Tanisha Wright steals)	12	6
5:52	Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Tanisha Wright assists)	12	8
5:28	DeWanna Bonner bad pass	12	8
5:28	Alysha Clark enters the game for Tanisha Wright	12	8
5:18	Alysha Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	8
5:16	Seattle offensive team rebound	12	8
5:09	Sue Bird makes 13-foot jumper	12	10
5:03	Camille Little personal foul (Brittney Griner draws the foul)	12	10
4:56	Brittney Griner misses jumper	12	10
4:54	Camille Little defensive rebound	12	10
4:46	Crystal Langhorne makes jumper (Camille Little assists)	12	12
4:31	Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	12
4:31	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	12	12
4:15	Sue Bird misses 19-foot jumper	12	12
4:13	Alysha Clark offensive rebound	12	12
4:09	Shekinna Stricklen misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	12
4:09	Camille Little offensive rebound	12	12
3:53	Sue Bird misses 16-foot jumper	12	12
3:50	Brittney Griner defensive rebound	12	12
3:45	DeWanna Bonner misses 20-foot jumper	12	12
3:42	Seattle defensive team rebound	12	12
3:42	Official timeout	12	12
3:42	Mistie Bass enters the game for Candice Dupree	12	12
3:42	Erin Phillips enters the game for Penny Taylor	12	12
3:42	Jenna O'Hea enters the game for Shekinna Stricklen	12	12
3:30	Erin Phillips personal foul (Sue Bird draws the foul)	12	12
3:24	Mistie Bass shooting foul (Crystal Langhorne draws the foul)	12	12
3:24	Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 1 of 2	12	13
3:24	Crystal Langhorne makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
3:01	DeWanna Bonner misses 13-foot jumper	12	14
2:59	DeWanna Bonner offensive rebound	12	14
2:57	DeWanna Bonner misses jumper	12	14
2:55	Sue Bird defensive rebound	12	14
2:48	Alysha Clark out of bounds lost ball turnover	12	14
2:34	DeWanna Bonner makes 5-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)	14	14
2:34	Camille Little shooting foul (DeWanna Bonner draws the foul)	15	14
2:34	Tanisha Wright enters the game for Jenna O'Hea	14	14
2:34	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1	15	14
2:17	Sue Bird misses 16-foot jumper	15	14
2:15	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	15	14
2:02	Mistie Bass bad pass (Camille Little steals)	15	14
1:58	Candice Dupree enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	15	14
1:58	Penny Taylor enters the game for Brittney Griner	15	14
1:58	Nicole Powell enters the game for Camille Little	15	14
1:49	Crystal Langhorne makes layup (Sue Bird assists)	15	16
1:32	Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper	15	16
1:31	Crystal Langhorne defensive rebound	15	16
1:22	Diana Taurasi blocks Tanisha Wright's jumper	15	16
1:19	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	15	16
1:15	Diana Taurasi makes two point shot	17	16
57.0	Crystal Langhorne bad pass (Erin Phillips steals)	17	16
51.0	Candice Dupree makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	19	16
43.0	Sue Bird makes jumper	19	18
43.0	Erin Phillips shooting foul (Sue Bird draws the foul)	19	18
43.0	Angel Robinson enters the game for Crystal Langhorne	19	18
43.0	Sue Bird makes free throw 1 of 1	19	19
28.0	Angel Robinson shooting foul (Diana Taurasi draws the foul)	21	19
28.0	Temeka Johnson enters the game for Sue Bird	19	19
28.0	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	20	19
28.0	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	21	19
6.0	Alysha Clark makes 5-foot two point shot	21	21
0.0	Penny Taylor makes 25-foot three point jumper	24	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	21

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 5-0

Storm
64
Mercury
81

Game 1

18/5

Storm
72
Mercury
87

Game 2

4/6

Storm
58
Mercury
78

Game 3

9/7

Mercury
89
Storm
71

Game 4

23/7

Mercury
78
Storm
65

Game 5

18/8

KeyArena

3:00 AM, 23 July 2014

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 7,429

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Michael Price
Byron Jarrett

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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