Mercury 81-74 Sparks (5 Jun, 2022) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

5-7, 3-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	18	22	19	15	74
PHX	21	22	15	23	81

Phoenix Mercury

3-8, 2-3 home

Los Angeles Sparks

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	8-11	0-0	3-4	2	5	7	1	2	0	0	2	-4	19
35	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	-5	4
13	3-5	0-0	2-4	2	4	6	1	0	2	2	0	-6	8
24	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	-1	6
21	1-9	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	4	1	0	4	2	+7	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	3-9	0-2	3-4	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	3	-2	9
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0
5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
27	4-8	3-5	3-4	0	4	4	3	1	0	3	3	-14	14
13	5-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	-8	10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-59	5-16	11-16	5	23	28	19	5	5	17	18		74
	49.2%	31.3%	68.8%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Diamond DeShieldsD. DeShields#1
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Kristine AnigweK. Anigwe#33
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	3-5	0-0	3-4	2	7	9	3	2	0	2	4	+5	9
35	6-15	3-9	4-5	0	2	2	7	1	1	5	4	+11	19
35	10-16	3-4	6-6	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	+3	29
32	4-8	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	1	5	2	+4	11
26	1-7	1-5	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	4	-2	3
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	3	0	0	1	3	+10	0
21	3-6	1-4	3-3	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	+4	10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	27-59	9-24	18-20	4	20	24	17	8	4	16	19		81
	45.8%	37.5%	90.0%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Mercury
94
Sparks
99

Game 1

26/5

Sparks
74
Mercury
81

Game 2

5/6

Mercury
75
Sparks
78

Game 3

5/7

Sparks
80
Mercury
90

Game 4

29/7

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 5 June 2022

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,151

Referees:
Billy Smith
Eric Brewton
Angel Kent

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

Series tied 2-2

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