Mercury 90-80 Sparks (29 Jul, 2022) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

12-16, 5-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	17	15	22	26	80
PHX	26	28	17	19	90

Phoenix Mercury

13-16, 9-5 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Katie Lou SamuelsonK. Samuelson#33
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
Brittney SykesB. Sykes#15
bench
Jasmine WalkerJ. Walker#40
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
Chennedy CarterC. Carter#7
Kianna SmithK. Smith#5
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	6-14	0-2	3-3	2	9	11	5	0	1	3	1	-16	15
21	2-6	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	1	2	3	-1	4
30	0-7	0-6	2-2	0	4	4	1	3	0	2	0	-9	2
27	3-10	0-6	4-4	0	2	2	2	0	0	4	2	-13	10
22	4-7	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	3	-18	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
16	1-2	0-0	3-6	3	3	6	0	1	0	2	4	-6	5
2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7	0
17	2-5	1-2	5-7	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	3	+4	10
20	8-10	1-1	6-6	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	+7	23
5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	+12	3
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	27-67	3-21	23-28	6	25	31	18	8	2	17	21		80
	40.3%	14.3%	82.1%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Reshanda GrayR. Gray#12
Kaela DavisK. Davis
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diamond DeShieldsD. DeShields#1
Kia NurseK. Nurse#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	4	2	3	2	4	+19	2
35	7-18	5-13	11-12	0	6	6	2	2	0	6	4	+3	30
33	5-8	1-2	1-1	1	3	4	4	3	0	5	1	+17	12
26	12-20	0-2	3-4	1	4	5	6	1	1	2	5	+16	27
35	3-9	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	5	+5	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8	0
11	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	1	0	2	-4	5
21	2-2	0-0	2-4	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	2	+2	6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-LEFT HIP INJURY
DNP-RIGHT ACL
	32-64	9-25	17-21	4	28	32	21	11	5	18	24		90
	50.0%	36.0%	81.0%

+/- 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

3:00 AM, 29 July 2022

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 8,124

Referees:
Che Flores
Randy Richardson
Ashley Gloss

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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Los Angeles Sparks

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Game Information

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