Sparks 77-76 Lynx (20 May, 2018) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	18	14	25	20	77
MIN	18	20	11	27	76

Minnesota Lynx

0-1, 0-1 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
bench
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter#25
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Maria VadeevaM. Vadeeva#10
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	5-11	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	-6	10
38	8-15	1-2	2-3	1	8	9	1	2	1	1	4	+2	19
27	0-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	-1	0
29	6-14	1-3	8-11	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	+5	21
34	7-16	0-4	4-4	0	2	2	8	6	0	2	3	+3	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-9	2
17	2-6	0-2	0-0	2	0	2	2	4	0	0	4	+8	4
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
13	1-6	1-6	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	+2	3
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-SUSPENDED BY LEAGUE
DNP-SUSPENDED BY LEAGUE
	29-72	3-18	16-20	5	20	25	13	14	1	6	20		77
	40.3%	16.7%	80.0%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#5
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Tanisha WrightT. Wright#30
Danielle RobinsonD. Robinson#3
Alexis JonesA. Jones#12
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	5-6	1-1	4-4	0	9	9	1	0	1	4	1	-7	15
34	4-14	0-3	3-4	2	5	7	2	1	0	4	2	+6	11
35	6-10	0-0	3-3	2	10	12	0	1	3	6	5	+3	15
28	5-8	1-1	6-7	0	2	2	9	0	0	2	0	+8	17
27	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	3	1	1	3	2	+8	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	+8	2
5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-4	2
10	1-4	1-1	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-11	4
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	-9	2
15	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	-7	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-55	3-7	19-22	6	35	41	19	4	5	24	15		76
	49.1%	42.9%	86.4%

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

0:34

Sparks take control with 14-0 run in 3rd quarter

0:34

Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

Sparks
77
Lynx
76

Game 1

20/5

Lynx
69
Sparks
77

Game 2

3/6

Sparks
72
Lynx
83

Game 3

6/7

Lynx
57
Sparks
79

Game 4

3/8

Target Center

10:00 PM, 20 May 2018

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 13,032

Referees:
Tiffany Bird
Che Flores
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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