Phoenix Mercury @ Los Angeles Sparks

WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 1 • PHX leads series 1-0

19-15, 9-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	20	18	27	21	86
Sparks LA	26	17	17	15	75

Los Angeles SparksSparksLA

24-10, 15-2 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
bench
Charde HoustonC. Houston#22
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
Krystal ThomasK. Thomas#34
Briana ButlerB. Butler#15
Jasmine JamesJ. James#10
Alexis HornbuckleA. Hornbuckle#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	5	2-4	0-1	1-2	2	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	+9
38	16	8-16	0-0	0-0	7	5	1	1	0	1	6	2	+8
39	13	5-9	1-4	2-3	5	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	+10
19	10	5-7	0-0	0-2	6	0	2	0	0	2	4	5	+7
40	30	8-21	3-8	11-13	4	7	1	2	0	1	3	2	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2
11	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	+13
8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-6
16	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	+2
2	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	86	34-67	4-13	14-20	27	20	8	8	1	4	23	18
		51%	31%	70%

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
Lindsey HardingL. Harding#10
bench
Ebony HoffmanE. Hoffman#16
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Marissa ColemanM. Coleman#25
Jenna O'HeaJ. O'Hea#6
A'dia MathiesA. Mathies#1
Farhiya AbdiF. Abdi#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	28	11-19	0-3	6-8	8	0	2	0	2	2	6	2	-8
26	8	4-11	0-0	0-0	14	3	3	0	0	6	8	4	-12
30	8	4-8	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	-15
28	2	1-13	0-7	0-0	4	3	0	1	0	1	3	2	-10
35	16	5-11	0-1	6-7	4	5	4	0	0	1	3	4	-10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-7
13	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	+5
14	4	1-4	0-1	2-2	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
9	2	1-3	0-2	0-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	75	30-73	0-14	15-20	39	12	16	2	2	13	26	19
		41%	0%	75%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

PHX

PHX leads series

1-0

Game 1@ LA

Final

Game 2@ PHX

Final

Game 3@ LA

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Cameron Inouye

Referee:Kurt Walker

Referee:Lamont Simpson

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	.000	-	-
Los Angeles	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Seattle	.000	-	-
Las Vegas	.000	-	-
Golden State	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-

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