Sparks 97-81 Lynx (9 Aug, 2020) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

5-2, 2-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	20	18	23	20	81
LA	24	24	18	31	97

Los Angeles Sparks

4-3, 3-0 home

Chelsea Gray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Candace Parker assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
Sydney Wiese misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chelsea Gray makes 14-foot two point shot
Sydney Wiese makes 3-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)
Sydney Wiese makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 24-foot three point jumper
Te'a Cooper makes driving layup
Seimone Augustus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Marie Gulich makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Riquna Williams makes 19-foot jumper
Te'a Cooper misses driving layup
Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Riquna Williams misses running pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Riquna Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Candace Parker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Candace Parker makes 12-foot two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
Seimone Augustus makes layup
Seimone Augustus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Chelsea Gray misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Candace Parker makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Te'a Cooper 's 25-foot three point jumper
Sydney Wiese makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 13-foot jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Sydney Wiese makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses 26-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Chelsea Gray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker misses two point shot
Sydney Wiese makes 25-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Sydney Wiese misses layup
Seimone Augustus misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Te'a Cooper makes 12-foot jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Candace Parker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Riquna Williams makes 5-foot two point shot
Riquna Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Te'a Cooper assists)
Candace Parker misses layup
Candace Parker makes two point shot
Seimone Augustus misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marie Gulich makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
Riquna Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
Candace Parker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Candace Parker makes 2-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Marie Gulich makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
Riquna Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Chelsea Gray makes two point shot
Marie Gulich misses layup
Riquna Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Kristine Anigwe makes layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Kristine Anigwe makes layup (Riquna Williams assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 28-foot three point jumper
Sydney Wiese makes 26-foot three point jumper
Riquna Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marie Gulich assists)
Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Napheesa Collier makes 12-foot running pullup jump shot (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lexie Brown misses 14-foot jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 21-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Napheesa Collier makes layup
Rachel Banham misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Riquna Williams blocks Rachel Banham 's 14-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper
Damiris Dantas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Lexie Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 17-foot two point shot
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Erica McCall makes 1-foot layup (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Damiris Dantas misses layup
Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Napheesa Collier makes layup (Damiris Dantas assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses layup
Lexie Brown makes driving layup
Rachel Banham misses running pullup jump shot
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Bridget Carleton makes driving layup
Crystal Dangerfield misses layup
Damiris Dantas misses two point shot
Damiris Dantas misses two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bridget Carleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Napheesa Collier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lexie Brown makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 1-foot two point shot
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 19-foot jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Napheesa Collier misses layup
Bridget Carleton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)
Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
Damiris Dantas misses layup
Rachel Banham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 16-foot jumper
Damiris Dantas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Napheesa Collier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Damiris Dantas misses jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup
Lexie Brown misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Bridget Carleton misses 12-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes three pointer
Damiris Dantas misses 12-foot jumper
Erica McCall makes three point jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper
Crystal Dangerfield makes layup

LYNX

SPARKS

TIME		MIN	LA
10:00	Damiris Dantas vs. Nneka Ogwumike (Candace Parker gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Chelsea Gray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Candace Parker assists)	0	2
9:29	Crystal Dangerfield bad pass (Nneka Ogwumike steals)	0	2
9:24	Nneka Ogwumike bad pass (Bridget Carleton steals)	0	2
9:13	Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	2
9:07	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	0	2
8:58	Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)	0	4
8:34	Crystal Dangerfield misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	4
8:32	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	0	4
8:23	Chelsea Gray out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	4
8:05	Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Napheesa Collier assists)	3	4
7:47	Lexie Brown shooting foul	3	4
7:47	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt misses free throw 1 of 2	3	4
7:47	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	3	4
7:47	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes free throw 2 of 2	3	5
7:35	Napheesa Collier makes 12-foot running pullup jump shot (Crystal Dangerfield assists)	5	5
7:14	Sydney Wiese misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	5
7:10	Candace Parker offensive rebound	5	5
7:06	Chelsea Gray makes 14-foot two point shot	5	7
6:48	Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper	5	7
6:44	Bridget Carleton offensive rebound	5	7
6:42	Bridget Carleton misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	7
6:41	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	5	7
6:41	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	5	7
6:27	Sydney Wiese makes 3-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)	5	9
6:16	Damiris Dantas misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	9
6:12	Napheesa Collier offensive rebound	5	9
6:08	Crystal Dangerfield misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	9
6:02	Sydney Wiese defensive rebound	5	9
5:55	Candace Parker bad pass (Bridget Carleton steals)	5	9
5:50	Lexie Brown misses 14-foot jumper	5	9
5:45	Candace Parker defensive rebound	5	9
5:39	Sydney Wiese makes layup (Candace Parker assists)	5	11
5:23	Marie Gulich enters the game for Chelsea Gray	5	11
5:23	Te'a Cooper enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike	5	11
5:23	Damiris Dantas bad pass (Seimone Augustus steals)	5	11
5:23	Seimone Augustus steps out of bounds turnover	5	11
5:16	Bridget Carleton makes 21-foot jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)	7	11
4:56	Napheesa Collier shooting foul	7	11
4:56	Official timeout	7	11
4:56	Rachel Banham enters the game for Lexie Brown	7	11
4:56	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan enters the game for Bridget Carleton	7	11
4:56	Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2	7	12
4:56	Seimone Augustus misses free throw 2 of 2	7	12
4:53	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan defensive rebound	7	12
4:39	Napheesa Collier misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	12
4:34	Sydney Wiese defensive rebound	7	12
4:29	Sydney Wiese bad pass (Napheesa Collier steals)	7	12
4:26	Napheesa Collier makes layup	9	12
4:26	Sydney Wiese shooting foul	9	12
4:26	Riquna Williams enters the game for Sydney Wiese	9	12
4:26	Napheesa Collier makes free throw 1 of 1	10	12
4:07	Seimone Augustus misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	12
4:07	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	10	12
3:57	Crystal Dangerfield bad pass (Candace Parker steals)	10	12
3:48	Damiris Dantas personal foul	10	12
3:37	Te'a Cooper makes driving layup	10	14
3:22	Marie Gulich shooting foul	10	14
3:22	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 1 of 2	11	14
3:22	Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Candace Parker	11	14
3:22	Damiris Dantas makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
3:13	Seimone Augustus makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)	12	17
2:54	Rachel Banham misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	12	17
2:51	Marie Gulich defensive rebound	12	17
2:50	Rachel Banham personal foul	12	17
2:50	Erica McCall enters the game for Damiris Dantas	12	17
2:31	Nneka Ogwumike misses layup	12	17
2:27	Napheesa Collier defensive rebound	12	17
2:25	Te'a Cooper shooting foul	12	17
2:25	Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 2	13	17
2:25	Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 2 of 2	14	17
2:09	Marie Gulich makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)	14	19
1:51	Napheesa Collier personal foul	14	19
1:51	Napheesa Collier turnover	14	19
1:39	Riquna Williams makes 19-foot jumper	14	21
1:36	Minnesota Full timeout	14	21
1:36	Cheryl Reeve technical foul (1st technical foul)	14	21
1:36	Bridget Carleton enters the game for Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	14	21
1:36	Damiris Dantas enters the game for Napheesa Collier	14	21
1:36	Riquna Williams misses technical free throw	14	21
1:36	Minnesota defensive team rebound	14	21
1:17	Riquna Williams blocks Rachel Banham 's 14-foot jumper	14	21
1:13	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	14	21
1:13	Riquna Williams out of bounds bad pass turnover	14	21
1:13	Chelsea Gray enters the game for Seimone Augustus	14	21
59.3	Damiris Dantas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rachel Banham assists)	17	21
49.0	Te'a Cooper misses driving layup	17	21
46.6	Damiris Dantas defensive rebound	17	21
42.3	Crystal Dangerfield makes driving layup	19	21
42.3	Riquna Williams shooting foul	19	21
42.3	Brittney Sykes enters the game for Te'a Cooper	19	21
42.3	Crystal Dangerfield makes free throw 1 of 1	20	21
27.8	Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)	20	24
8.9	Damiris Dantas misses three point jumper	20	24
4.6	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	20	24
0.0	Riquna Williams misses running pullup jump shot	20	24
0.0	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	20	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	24

Regular Season Series

LA leads 1-0

Lynx
81
Sparks
97

Game 1

9/8

Sparks
-
Lynx
-

Game 2

27/8

Sparks
78
Lynx
96

Game 2

1/9

IMG Academy

8:00 PM, 9 August 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Che Flores
Randy Richardson
Dannica Mosher

Team	W	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	1	1.000	-	W1
Dallas	1	1.000	-	W1
Las Vegas	0	.000	0.5	-
Los Angeles	0	.000	0.5	-
Phoenix	0	.000	0.5	-
Seattle	0	.000	0.5	-

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