WNBA

WNBA finals: Lead, Mercury Taurasi

Fortunate to have the Phoenix Mercury Diana Taurasi. WNBA's 2009 MVP was made 22 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists as Mercury 120-116 win over Indiana Fever, Wednesday (30 / 9) in the WNBA finals. 1-0 overall score.

The match both teams will continue on Friday (2 / 10). Mercury is still a big chance to win games. "If you do not like women's basketball, now think again. Match Fever vs Mercury is exciting," said Corey Gaines, the coach Mercury.

WNBA finals in 2009 was the first for the Fever. For Mercury, this is the third (1998, 2007, 2009). In 2007, Mercury became champions after a 3-2 win over Detroit.

Defense Fever provides resistance to the offense Mercury. "The first match to give the other side of women's basketball," said Taurasi.

Although labeled a tight defense, Indiana still provide resistance. "We continue to pursue the numbers they make," said Lin Dunn, the coach Fever.

Rekap Gim 1
Team 1 2 3 4 OT T
Fever 31 22 33 19 11 116
Mercury 31 25 24 25 15 120

* Game Scoreboard | Recap | Boxscore | Play By Play


Field Goals Rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Catchings F 31:06 2-7 1-4 3-3 -3 1 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 0 8
E. Hoffman F 37:48 12-14 2-2 1-1 +10 1 7 8 2 4 0 3 0 1 27
T. Sutton-Brown C 37:31 8-17 0-0 3-5 -13 3 3 6 1 5 1 3 0 3 19
K. Douglas G 40:22 12-21 4-7 2-2 +8 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 30
T. Bevilaqua G 32:40 4-6 2-4 4-4 +1 0 1 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 14
J. Moore 14:41 2-4 0-0 1-2 -5 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 5
B. January 27:10 4-10 1-4 2-2 -6 0 1 1 7 4 0 2 0 0 11
T. Dixon 03:41 1-2 0-0 0-0 -12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
J. Davenport Reason : DNP DNP - Coach's Decision
S. Murphy Reason : DNP DNP - Coach's Decision
C. Wirth Reason : DNP DNP - Coach's Decision
Total 225 45-81 10-21 16-19 6 21 27 21 30 8 14 2 4 116
55.6% 47.6% 84.2% Team Rebs: 12 Total TO: 15

Field Goals Rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Pondexter F 33:10 8-14 1-2 6-7 -10 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 23
L. Willingham F 22:20 1-3 0-0 1-2 -6 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3
T. Smith C 25:32 5-9 2-5 2-2 -20 1 4 5 0 3 2 2 2 0 14
D. Taurasi G 33:49 5-17 3-8 9-11 -6 2 7 9 6 5 0 5 0 1 22
T. Johnson G 28:46 4-8 3-3 2-2 -5 1 3 4 3 4 2 3 0 0 13
K. Swanier 09:54 2-5 1-1 0-0 +8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
D. Bonner 24:46 5-9 0-0 5-6 +10 4 1 5 0 2 1 1 2 0 15
P. Taylor 27:14 7-10 2-3 7-8 +25 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 23
N. Ohlde 19:28 1-1 0-0 0-0 +24 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
K. Mazzante Reason : DNP DNP - Coach's Decision
B. Smith Reason : DNP DNP - Coach's Decision
Total 225 38-76 12-22 32-38 12 22 34 18 20 8 14 4 2 120
50.0% 54.5% 84.2% Team Rebs: 10 Total TO: 14

Technical Fouls
PHO 1st Qtr 3:50 Cappie Pondexter

Scoring
Lead Changes: 19
Times Tied: 13

Arena Stats



Arena:
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Officials:
#22 June Courteau , #8 Daryl Humphrey , #45 Tom Mauer
Attendance:
11,617
Duration:
2:23



Jadwal Final
* Wednesday (30/9): Mercury vs Fever 120-116

* Friday (2/10): Mercury vs Fever (Live ESPN, 08.00 WIB)

* Monday (5/10): Fever vs Mercury (Live ESPN, 03.00 WIB)

* Tuesday (8/10): Fever vs Mercury (Live ESPN, 06.30 WIB)

* Saturday (12/10): Mercury vs Fever (Live ESPN, 08.00 WIB)