Mercury 88-79 Sparks (27 Jun, 2021) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

6-8, 2-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	26	17	12	24	79
PHX	24	23	22	19	88

Phoenix Mercury

7-7, 2-5 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nia CoffeyN. Coffey#12
Amanda Zahui B.A. Zahui B.#1
Erica WheelerE. Wheeler#17
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
Te'a CooperT. Cooper#2
bench
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#31
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#15
Arella GuirantesA. Guirantes#22
Bria HolmesB. Holmes#32
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	2-6	2-4	0-0	1	6	7	1	1	0	1	4	-5	6
33	4-10	2-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	-16	10
32	9-19	0-4	3-4	0	3	3	4	2	1	1	5	-19	21
16	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	-6	0
31	8-14	2-4	2-2	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	-5	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	2-7	0-0	3-4	3	6	9	0	0	1	1	3	+4	7
32	5-13	0-1	1-3	1	5	6	4	3	1	1	3	-4	11
9	1-4	0-3	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	+6	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-74	6-20	11-15	5	26	31	14	7	3	9	24		79
	41.9%	30.0%	73.3%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
bench
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	4-8	0-0	0-0	1	14	15	2	2	1	2	2	+11	8
34	8-12	0-0	6-6	4	4	8	1	0	2	6	5	+1	22
32	6-11	4-8	9-9	0	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	+13	25
36	6-13	2-4	2-3	0	2	2	4	0	0	4	2	+9	16
30	3-9	3-7	4-4	1	5	6	0	0	1	0	3	+4	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	0-1	0-1	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0
18	1-5	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	+6	4
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
	28-62	9-21	23-26	8	36	44	13	3	4	18	18		88
	45.2%	42.9%	88.5%

+/- 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

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 27 June 2021

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 7,304

Referees:
Tiara Cruse
Randy Richardson
Robert Hussey

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

PHX wins 2-1

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