Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA FINALS - GAME 1 • LA leads series 1-0

26-8, 12-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	21	13	22	22	78
Lynx MIN	18	18	24	16	76

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

28-6, 15-2 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
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Sandrine GrudaS. Gruda#7
Evgeniia BelyakovaE. Belyakova#10
Jelena DubljevicJ. Dubljevic#28
Ann WautersA. Wauters#21
Ana DabovicA. Dabovic#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	2	1-8	0-4	0-2	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	3	-3
32	14	5-12	1-3	3-4	9	3	3	3	1	1	8	4	-3
29	19	8-9	0-0	3-3	9	1	3	2	0	2	7	4	+6
28	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	4	2	1	2	2	1	3	4	+3
33	19	5-11	2-4	7-7	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	+6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
30	12	3-9	0-1	6-8	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	-3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	78	28-60	3-12	19-24	24	15	11	13	3	5	19	20
		47%	25%	79%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Janel McCarvilleJ. McCarville#4
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Anna CruzA. Cruz#51
Keisha HamptonK. Hampton#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	8	3-6	0-0	2-2	3	3	2	3	0	1	2	5	+4
34	18	7-14	0-3	4-5	6	3	1	0	0	0	6	3	+2
39	18	7-10	0-0	4-5	13	1	2	1	1	4	9	4	-1
31	18	8-14	0-1	2-2	2	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	+4
23	6	2-5	0-0	2-2	5	0	4	0	0	1	4	2	-5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-9
6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+4
15	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	-3
9	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	+4
8	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	76	31-61	0-4	14-16	32	17	15	6	1	8	24	22
		51%	0%	88%

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

Sparks
78
Lynx
76

Game 1

9/10

Sparks
60
Lynx
79

Game 2

12/10

Lynx
75
Sparks
92

Game 3

15/10

Lynx
85
Sparks
79

Game 4

17/10

Sparks
77
Lynx
76

Game 5

21/10

Target Center

8:00 PM, 9 October 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 12,113

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Maj Forsberg
Thomas Nunez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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