Mercury 82-75 Sparks (12 May, 2019) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	23	22	18	12	75
PHX	21	22	18	21	82

Phoenix Mercury

1-0, 1-0 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Rachel HollivayR. Hollivay#55
Alexis JonesA. Jones#1
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
bench
Ashley WalkerA. Walker#22
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Loryn GoodwinL. Goodwin#32
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Gabby GreenG. Green#33
Marina MabreyM. Mabrey#5
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Maria VadeevaM. Vadeeva#7
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Tierra Ruffin-PrattT. Ruffin-Pratt#10
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0
21	5-12	0-2	2-2	3	4	7	3	3	1	1	0	-5	12
12	1-4	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	6	-15	4
27	4-9	3-5	0-0	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	1	-16	11
27	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	-6	3
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	5-8	2-4	4-6	3	4	7	0	3	1	4	4	+2	16
25	2-9	0-0	3-6	1	3	4	4	4	1	4	3	+2	7
12	1-1	0-0	3-5	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	+8	5
18	2-5	2-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	2	2	-2	6
14	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	+2	0
17	3-7	3-5	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	11
DNP-OVERSEAS
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-OVERSEAS
	24-59	11-22	16-23	8	25	33	15	14	4	19	23		75
	40.7%	50.0%	69.6%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell#5
Briann JanuaryB. January#12
bench
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Emese HofE. Hof#10
Alexis PetersonA. Peterson#4
Arica CarterA. Carter#1
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Sancho LyttleS. Lyttle#31
Camille LittleC. Little#20
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Yvonne TurnerY. Turner#6
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	2-8	1-5	1-1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	+7	6
22	6-9	1-2	7-7	1	7	8	3	3	1	2	1	+4	20
21	4-8	0-0	1-1	0	5	5	1	0	2	2	1	+5	9
16	2-5	1-3	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+4	7
16	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	+12	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-6	1-5	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	2	+2	6
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	-8	2
25	2-10	1-4	0-0	2	5	7	5	3	3	1	2	+4	5
11	0-0	0-0	2-4	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	+8	2
6	2-2	0-0	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	7
12	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	-3	6
22	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	2	3	0	3	5	-1	10
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-ANKLE INJURY
DNP-BACK INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-59	9-25	19-22	6	26	32	16	13	11	18	17		82
	45.8%	36.0%	86.4%

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

Regular Season Series

LA wins 2-1

Sparks
85
Mercury
68

Game 1

15/6

Sparks
72
Mercury
82

Game 2

23/6

Mercury
74
Sparks
84

Game 3

9/8

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 12 May 2019

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 3,751

Referees:
Michael Price
Tim Greene
Katie Lukanich

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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Regular Season Series

LA wins 2-1

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