Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND - GAME 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

14-20, 5-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	15	21	13	16	65
Lynx MIN	22	11	22	12	67

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

22-12, 13-4 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
bench
Temeka JohnsonT. Johnson#2
Andrea HooverA. Hoover#24
Ana DabovicA. Dabovic#23
Farhiya AbdiF. Abdi#13
Crystal BradfordC. Bradford#15
Michelle SnowM. Snow#22
Jennifer HamsonJ. Hamson#5
Erin PhillipsE. Phillips#31
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	16	5-16	2-6	4-5	9	4	4	1	1	2	7	1	-3
36	12	6-11	0-0	0-0	7	0	3	0	0	3	4	1	-3
38	14	6-12	0-0	2-2	4	2	3	1	1	2	2	3	-2
32	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	-8
25	12	5-10	1-3	1-2	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	+5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	7	2-5	1-2	2-3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	+8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
	65	26-60	4-12	9-12	31	16	14	3	2	8	23	12
		43%	33%	75%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Devereaux PetersD. Peters#14
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Nika BaricN. Baric#9
Anna CruzA. Cruz#51
Asjha JonesA. Jones#15
Shae KelleyS. Kelley#1
Kalana GreeneK. Greene#3
Tricia ListonT. Liston#20
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	6	3-5	0-0	0-2	6	3	0	3	0	3	3	4	+3
34	33	13-26	3-8	4-5	5	1	1	4	1	0	5	3	-1
38	5	2-5	0-0	1-2	9	4	4	1	1	1	8	3	+2
25	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	-16
36	17	7-15	1-4	2-2	2	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	0-2	0-0	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	+1
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	+18
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	67	27-60	4-14	9-13	28	18	11	11	2	6	22	17
		45%	29%	69%

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

Matchups

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ LA

Final

Game 3@ MIN

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Sue Blauch

Referee:Daryl Humphrey

Referee:Jeff Wooten

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	15	6	.714	-	L1
Minnesota	15	6	.714	-	L2
Golden State	15	7	.682	0.5	W5
Dallas	14	8	.636	1.5	W3
Portland	9	12	.429	6	W1
Los Angeles	8	11	.421	6	L3
Phoenix	8	14	.364	7.5	L1
Seattle	6	17	.261	10	W1

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