Los Angeles Sparks @ New York Liberty

12-19, 5-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	24	15	11	11	61
Liberty NY	8	20	17	19	64

New York LibertyLibertyNY

13-18, 8-9 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

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

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	19	8-11	2-2	1-1	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	3	-4
34	4	1-7	0-3	2-2	5	4	0	2	0	0	5	1	-11
31	8	3-5	0-0	2-2	10	1	3	1	4	3	7	4	-1
36	12	6-13	0-1	0-0	5	1	8	1	2	0	5	4	-4
34	10	3-10	0-1	4-4	2	8	3	0	0	0	2	2	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	+4
8	3	1-5	1-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2
16	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-1
DNP-FACE
DNP-CALF INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	61	24-60	4-17	9-9	34	17	16	4	6	4	30	19
		40%	24%	100%

New York Liberty

starters
Natasha HowardN. Howard#6
Stefanie DolsonS. Dolson#31
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Sabrina IonescuS. Ionescu#20
Crystal DangerfieldC. Dangerfield#3
bench
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Han XuH. Xu#21
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#32
Marine JohannesM. Johannes#23
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonLaney#44
Jocelyn WilloughbyJ. Willoughby#13
DiDi RichardsD. Richards#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	12	5-13	0-2	2-3	7	3	4	2	0	2	5	2	+10
22	7	2-7	1-1	2-2	8	1	2	0	1	4	4	2	+4
14	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	-2
31	20	6-18	3-9	5-7	8	6	2	2	0	2	6	2	+12
34	9	4-10	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	-4
14	6	2-8	0-1	2-2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	-4
15	0	0-6	0-6	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	-10
26	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	+5
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	64	23-73	7-28	11-14	39	17	10	8	3	10	29	14
		32%	25%	79%

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

Matchups

NY wins season

2-1

Game 1@ LA

Final

Game 2@ NY

Final

102

Game 3@ NY

Final

Game Information

Brooklyn, NY

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Toni Patillo

Referee:Matt Kallio

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	.000	-	-
Golden State	.000	-	-
Las Vegas	.000	-	-
Los Angeles	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Seattle	.000	-	-

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Washington	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Atlanta	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Chicago	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Indiana	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Toronto	0	1	.000	1	L1
Connecticut	0	1	.000	1	L1

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