Sparks 83-74 Mercury (20 Aug, 2020) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

6-6, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	10	16	23	25	74
LA	24	18	20	21	83

Los Angeles Sparks

8-3, 5-0 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Nia CoffeyN. Coffey#10
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
Shatori Walker-KimbroughS. Walker-Kimbrough#2
Jessica BrelandJ. Breland#51
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	4-6	0-0	0-0	5	2	7	0	0	0	1	4	-2	8
33	5-13	0-0	3-3	0	6	6	1	1	1	4	2	-11	13
31	6-17	4-10	3-4	0	6	6	4	1	1	3	2	-8	19
30	2-9	0-3	0-0	0	4	4	5	0	0	4	2	-14	4
16	2-3	1-1	1-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	+8	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	-12	4
13	4-5	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	2	+1	10
8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	-6	0
24	4-9	2-5	0-0	0	3	3	9	2	0	3	3	+2	10
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0
DNP-MEDICAL EXEMPTION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-66	7-21	9-10	7	30	37	23	5	3	17	18		74
	43.9%	33.3%	90.0%

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#15
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
bench
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#31
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Tierra Ruffin-PrattT. Ruffin-Pratt#10
Te'a CooperT. Cooper#4
Reshanda GrayR. Gray#1
Marie GuelichGülich#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	3-8	2-3	8-10	2	10	12	4	2	1	2	1	+7	16
28	5-10	0-1	0-0	0	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	+11	10
32	7-16	0-0	2-2	2	4	6	6	3	0	2	0	+18	16
26	5-12	1-4	5-7	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	+9	16
25	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	+10	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	+6	3
19	4-7	0-0	1-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	-6	9
17	3-7	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	-10	6
13	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	+2	2
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	30-69	4-15	19-25	5	29	34	17	12	2	9	12		83
	43.5%	26.7%	76.0%

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

Regular Season Series

LA wins 2-0

Sparks
99
Mercury
76

Game 1

25/7

Mercury
74
Sparks
83

Game 2

20/8

IMG Academy

3:00 AM, 20 August 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Amy Bonner
Billy Smith
Eric Brewton

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 2-0

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