Sparks 85-80 Mercury (17 Jun, 2021) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

5-7, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	19	23	14	80
LA	27	26	15	17	85

Los Angeles Sparks

5-5, 3-1 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Haley GoreckiH. Gorecki#20
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	2-5	0-0	2-2	3	9	12	0	0	0	1	1	-4	6
33	10-16	0-1	10-12	3	7	10	1	0	1	2	2	+8	30
34	4-13	2-5	5-6	0	6	6	10	0	0	2	1	+9	15
18	2-5	1-3	0-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	-14	5
32	5-9	3-6	3-4	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	4	-6	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	2-6	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	5
13	1-5	0-0	1-2	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	-14	3
23	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	26-63	7-21	21-28	9	29	38	18	1	1	10	15		80
	41.3%	33.3%	75.0%

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nia CoffeyN. Coffey#12
Amanda Zahui B.A. Zahui B.#1
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
Erica WheelerE. Wheeler#17
Bria HolmesB. Holmes#32
bench
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#31
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#15
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Arella GuirantesA. Guirantes#22
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	-11	4
35	6-19	3-11	0-0	0	7	7	0	0	2	0	4	+5	15
29	7-14	2-6	1-1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	-7	17
31	8-17	1-2	1-1	2	3	5	10	0	2	1	4	0	18
25	4-8	2-4	0-1	3	3	6	4	0	1	0	1	+2	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	3	+6	4
23	6-10	0-0	2-3	5	4	9	1	1	1	2	2	+11	14
13	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	+17	3
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
	36-80	9-28	4-6	14	21	35	17	3	6	5	23		85
	45.0%	32.1%	66.7%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Mercury
80
Sparks
85

Game 1

17/6

Mercury
80
Sparks
66

Game 2

19/6

Sparks
79
Mercury
88

Game 3

27/6

Los Angeles Convention Center

3:30 AM, 17 June 2021

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 514

Referees:
Randy Richardson
Danielle Scott
Matt Kallio

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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Phoenix Mercury

Los Angeles Sparks

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

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