Mercury 70-66 Sparks (29 Aug, 2016) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

21-5, 10-4 away

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

Phoenix Mercury

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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	3	+10	4
36	10-18	2-4	3-3	0	13	13	7	3	1	6	1	+1	25
33	6-10	1-1	2-4	2	7	9	2	1	0	3	3	+7	15
26	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	+3	8
30	3-9	1-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	-4	7
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-10	4
14	0-2	0-1	1-4	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	2	-11	1
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	-5	0
8	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	-7	2
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	-4	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-57	4-13	6-11	4	33	37	16	10	5	21	15		66
	49.1%	30.8%	54.5%

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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	5	0	1	1	1	-4	3
28	4-12	0-0	1-2	4	3	7	2	0	1	2	0	-6	9
30	3-16	0-7	1-2	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	+1	7
21	4-7	0-0	1-3	1	3	4	0	1	1	2	6	-5	9
30	9-17	4-10	4-4	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	4	+1	26
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	+12	0
9	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	+7	5
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0
19	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	1	0	0	2	3	+9	2
6	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	2-4	1-3	2-4	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	+7	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-70	7-24	9-15	12	22	34	15	7	4	16	16		70
	38.6%	29.2%	60.0%

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

Regular Season Series

LA wins 2-1

Mercury
71
Sparks
77

Game 1

18/6

Sparks
66
Mercury
70

Game 2

29/8

Mercury
85
Sparks
90

Game 3

14/9

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 29 August 2016

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 11,905

Referees:
Billy Smith
Michael Price
Billy Smith
Maj Forsberg

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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LA wins 2-1

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