Sparks 89-87 Mercury (17 Sep, 2017) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

26-8, 10-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	21	24	18	26	89
PHX	25	13	24	25	87

Phoenix Mercury

18-16, 9-8 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
C. Parker F
N. Ogwumike F
A. Beard G
O. Sims G
C. Gray G
bench
E. Carson F
J. Lavender F
R. Williams G
S. Gruda F
T. Jackson-Jones F
M. Diarra F
S. Wiese G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	7-16	2-6	5-6	2	5	7	11	4	3	1	4	+5	21
31	3-5	0-1	3-4	1	11	12	1	2	1	3	4	-7	9
34	4-9	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	2	+5	8
34	9-12	1-2	3-3	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	-5	22
34	6-14	2-7	0-0	1	4	5	8	0	0	2	1	-3	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	4
15	5-6	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	+6	11
4	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+8	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-66	6-17	11-13	4	25	29	23	9	5	12	15		89
	54.5%	35.3%	84.6%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
C. Little F
B. Griner C
D. Taurasi G
L. Mitchell G
Y. Turner G
bench
M. Currie F
A. Robinson F
S. Talbot F
D. Robinson G
E. Cannon F
A. Prince F
C. George F
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	8-10	2-3	0-0	4	4	8	4	1	1	2	1	+2	18
40	7-23	0-0	4-4	1	7	8	3	1	1	1	4	-2	18
35	7-16	6-10	2-2	0	2	2	5	2	0	4	4	-2	22
33	4-8	1-2	3-3	0	1	1	5	2	1	3	2	0	12
21	3-5	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	-3	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	3
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
15	2-2	1-1	1-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	6
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	32-68	13-20	10-10	6	19	25	20	6	3	13	18		87
	47.1%	65.0%	100.0%

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

Mercury
66
Sparks
79

Game 1

13/9

Mercury
72
Sparks
86

Game 2

15/9

Sparks
89
Mercury
87

Game 3

17/9

Footprint Center

10:00 PM, 17 September 2017

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 12,043

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Eric Brewton
Billy Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	14	5	.737	-	L1
Seattle	13	6	.684	1	W4
Las Vegas	11	6	.647	2	W5
Phoenix	10	10	.500	4.5	W1
Los Angeles	4	15	.211	10	L8
Dallas	4	16	.200	10.5	L3

Kahleah Copper knocks down 3-pointer in final minute

Diana Taurasi finds Kahleah Copper for an open three-pointer to extend the Mercury's lead over the Wings in the final minute.

Kahleah Copper scores 34, including late 3-pointer, as Mercury beat Wings 102-96

— Kahleah Copper scored 34 points, including a late 3-pointer, and Brittney Griner added 24 points to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the Dallas Wings 104-96 Wednesday night.

Natasha Howard turns in career-high 36-point game for Wings

Natasha Howard finishes with a double-double of 36 points and 11 rebounds in the Wings' loss to the Mercury.

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Kahleah Copper knocks down 3-pointer in final minute

Kahleah Copper scores 34, including late 3-pointer, as Mercury beat Wings 102-96

Natasha Howard turns in career-high 36-point game for Wings