Sun 68-65 Sparks (8 May, 2018) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	11	21	13	20	65
CONN	19	12	23	14	68

Connecticut Sun

1-0, 1-0 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#21
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter#25
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
bench
Sandrine GrudaS. Gruda#7
Tiffany Jackson-JonesT. Jackson-Jones#33
Taya ReimerT. Reimer#22
Shakayla ThomasS. Thomas#20
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#32
Maria VadeevaM. Vadeeva
Julia ReisingerovaJ. Reisingerova
Kaylee JensenK. Jensen#54
Jolene AndersonJ. Anderson#5
Gabbi OrtizG. Ortiz#15
Brooke McCarty-WilliamsB. McCarty-Williams#18
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	1-4	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	1	-17	3
23	2-11	0-2	3-3	2	5	7	0	2	1	4	1	-3	7
30	6-18	0-2	2-3	0	6	6	3	2	0	1	1	+9	14
21	0-6	0-4	0-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	3	-11	0
18	6-7	2-3	0-0	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	4	-4	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
26	8-15	0-0	1-2	4	4	8	1	2	0	3	1	-6	17
15	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	+8	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	2-8	0-2	0-0	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	2	+15	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-1	0
15	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	-1	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-76	2-17	9-14	15	24	39	10	12	1	14	17		65
	35.5%	11.8%	64.3%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonB. Laney-Hamilton#44
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Cayla GeorgeC. George#23
Nikki GreeneN. Greene#54
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Leticia RomeroL. Romero#2
Jessica JanuaryJ. January#14
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Tyra BussT. Buss#3
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	+5	3
22	2-4	0-0	1-6	1	2	3	1	2	1	4	2	+4	5
15	4-8	0-0	2-2	3	5	8	0	2	1	1	1	+1	10
20	5-9	1-4	1-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	+15	12
21	2-5	0-1	2-3	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	+10	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3-7	1-3	3-3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	+5	10
16	1-4	0-2	3-4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	+1	5
14	1-3	0-0	4-4	2	1	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	6
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	+2	0
10	1-2	0-0	1-1	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	3	-9	3
13	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	-8	5
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8	0
5	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	3
14	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	-8	0
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	23-59	5-20	17-24	10	26	36	9	10	4	20	20		68
	39.0%	25.0%	70.8%

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

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 3-0

Sparks
94
Sun
102

Game 1

25/5

Sun
73
Sparks
72

Game 2

4/7

Sparks
86
Sun
89

Game 3

19/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 8 May 2018

Uncasville, CT

Referees:
Eric Brewton
Daryl Humphrey
Ashley Moyer-Gleich

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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