Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury

21-5, 10-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	16	14	22	14	66
Mercury PHX	18	14	26	12	70

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

12-14, 9-6 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
bench
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Evgeniia BelyakovaE. Belyakova#10
Ann WautersA. Wauters#21
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Ana DabovicA. Dabovic#23
Jelena DubljevicJ. Dubljevic#28
Whitney KnightW. Knight#35
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	+10
36	25	10-18	2-4	3-3	13	7	6	3	1	0	13	1	+1
33	15	6-10	1-1	2-4	9	2	3	1	0	2	7	3	+7
26	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	+3
30	7	3-9	1-6	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	-4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	-10
14	1	0-2	0-1	1-4	3	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	-11
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-5
8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	-7
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	66	28-57	4-13	6-11	37	16	21	10	5	4	33	15
		49%	31%	55%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
Sonja PetrovicS. Petrovic#5
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#45
Lindsey HardingL. Harding#10
Marta XargayM. Xargay#21
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	4	5	1	0	1	0	4	1	-4
28	9	4-12	0-0	1-2	7	2	2	0	1	4	3	0	-6
30	7	3-16	0-7	1-2	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	+1
21	9	4-7	0-0	1-3	4	0	2	1	1	1	3	6	-5
30	26	9-17	4-10	4-4	3	2	3	1	0	1	2	4	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	+12
9	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	+7
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2
19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	7	1	2	0	0	2	5	3	+9
6	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	7	2-4	1-3	2-4	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	+7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	70	27-70	7-24	9-15	34	15	16	7	4	12	22	16
		39%	29%	60%

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

Matchups

LA wins season

2-1

PHX

Game 1@ LA

Final

Game 2@ PHX

Final

Game 3@ LA

Final

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Billy Smith

Referee:Michael Price

Referee:Billy Smith

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	4	2	.667	-	L1
Minnesota	4	2	.667	-	W2
Golden State	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Dallas	3	3	.500	1	L1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1	W2
Portland	3	3	.500	1	W1
Phoenix	2	4	.333	2	L2
Seattle	2	4	.333	2	W1

WNBA News

Portland Fire roll past Toronto Tempo 99-80 in first matchup between WNBA expansion teams

— Emily Engstler had 16 points and seven rebounds, Portland dominated the second half, and the Fire defeated the Toronto Tempo 99-80 on Saturday in the inaugural matchup between these two expansion teams.

Toronto Tempo vs. Fire - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Toronto Tempo vs. Fire, 05/23/2026

Natasha Howard scores 26 points, grabs 14 rebounds, and Lynx hold off Sky 85-75

— Natasha Howard scored 26 points, including 14 in the second quarter, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 85-75 on Saturday.

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