Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury

7-12, 2-7 Away

Final

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

Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	20	10-15	0-1	0-0	14	0	4	1	0	3	11	2	-6
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
40	13	4-12	2-5	3-4	8	1	0	4	0	3	5	5	-6
29	10	4-9	2-4	0-0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	+3
29	16	5-17	2-5	4-4	2	3	1	2	0	0	2	6	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	+4
22	6	1-4	1-2	3-4	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	-12
21	3	1-10	1-3	0-0	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	2	-5
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-REST
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	72	26-70	8-21	12-14	30	15	11	9	2	8	22	19
		37%	38%	86%

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	+3
30	29	12-18	0-0	5-5	11	2	4	0	0	3	8	4	-3
30	22	7-13	2-6	6-6	4	5	4	0	1	0	4	4	-7
27	11	4-10	1-3	2-4	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	1	+6
34	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	6	2	0	1	1	2	4	4	-2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	5	2	3	0	0	4	1	5	+10
7	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+4
10	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	+9
15	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	+10
DNP-ACHILLES
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	78	30-63	5-17	13-15	37	22	17	7	6	10	27	19
		48%	29%	87%

+/- 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

Mortgage Matchup 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	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

As both sides continue negotiations ahead of the Jan. 9 deadline, housing emerged as an issue in the latest proposal.

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say

The WNBA's latest proposal to the players' union includes a maximum salary base of $1 million, sources told ESPN's Alexa Philippou. The new offer reflects incremental increases from the league's previous proposal.

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Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

WNBA News

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say