Lynx 87-84 Sparks (18 May, 2022) Box Score

Minnesota Lynx

1-4, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	25	21	16	25	87
LA	19	21	25	19	84

Los Angeles Sparks

2-3, 0-1 home

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#4
Aerial PowersA. Powers#3
bench
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Nikolina MilicN. Milic#31
Hannah SjervenH. Sjerven#30
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	4-6	1-1	1-2	3	6	9	3	0	0	1	4	-8	10
39	8-10	0-0	4-5	5	7	12	2	1	2	3	6	-1	20
38	8-18	4-7	4-4	1	2	3	3	2	0	3	1	+5	24
36	7-14	1-2	5-6	1	6	7	6	4	0	6	4	+5	20
21	1-9	1-3	2-2	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	1	+1	5
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	3-3	2-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	+11	8
7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	+6	0
2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
14	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	31-64	9-17	16-19	13	27	40	19	9	2	18	21		87
	48.4%	52.9%	84.2%

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Liz CambageL. Cambage#1
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#15
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
bench
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Katie Lou SamuelsonK. Samuelson#33
Jasmine WalkerJ. Walker#40
Chennedy CarterC. Carter#7
Amy AtwellA. Atwell#25
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	9-16	0-1	4-4	3	5	8	3	1	0	0	4	+4	22
25	5-8	1-2	1-3	1	6	7	3	0	3	3	5	+4	12
32	2-8	0-1	3-4	2	4	6	5	3	1	2	3	+4	7
32	4-7	4-6	0-0	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	-1	12
26	3-10	0-3	2-3	0	0	0	6	3	0	4	2	+9	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	2-5	0-1	2-3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	-6	6
23	3-6	3-5	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	-12	9
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
11	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	-13	8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	32-67	8-20	12-17	7	19	26	23	10	6	14	20		84
	47.8%	40.0%	70.6%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Lynx
87
Sparks
84

Game 1

18/5

Sparks
85
Lynx
83

Game 2

30/5

Lynx
84
Sparks
77

Game 3

1/8

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 18 May 2022

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 4,701

Referees:
Kurt Walker
Che Flores
Ryan Sassano

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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Minnesota Lynx

Los Angeles Sparks

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Game Information

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