Mercury 78-72 Sparks (9 Jul, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

7-12, 2-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	14	22	14	22	72
PHX	17	25	17	19	78

Phoenix Mercury

4-14, 3-6 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
Azura StevensA. Stevens#23
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#15
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
bench
Destanni HendersonD. Henderson#24
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
Zia CookeZ. Cooke#1
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Layshia ClarendonL. Clarendon#25
Karlie SamuelsonKar. Samuelson#44
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Nia CloudenN. Clouden#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	10-15	0-1	0-0	3	11	14	0	1	0	4	2	-6	20
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
40	4-12	2-5	3-4	3	5	8	1	4	0	0	5	-6	13
29	4-9	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	+3	10
29	5-17	2-5	4-4	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	6	-8	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	1-3	0-1	2-2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	3	+4	4
22	1-4	1-2	3-4	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	-12	6
21	1-10	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	2	-5	3
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-REST
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	26-70	8-21	12-14	8	22	30	15	9	2	11	19		72
	37.1%	38.1%	85.7%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	3	2	0	+3	4
30	12-18	0-0	5-5	3	8	11	2	0	0	4	4	-3	29
30	7-13	2-6	6-6	0	4	4	5	0	1	4	4	-7	22
27	4-10	1-3	2-4	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	1	+6	11
34	0-6	0-4	0-0	2	4	6	2	1	1	0	4	-2	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	0-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	5	2	0	0	3	5	+10	0
7	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+4	2
10	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	+9	7
15	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	3	3	3	1	0	3	0	+10	3
DNP-ACHILLES
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	30-63	5-17	13-15	10	27	37	22	7	6	17	19		78
	47.6%	29.4%	86.7%

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

Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

Mercury
71
Sparks
94

Game 1

20/5

Sparks
99
Mercury
93

Game 2

3/6

Sparks
72
Mercury
78

Game 3

9/7

Mercury
62
Sparks
91

Game 4

24/8

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 9 July 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,206

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Tyler Ricks

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

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Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

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