Lynx 73-70 Sparks (21 Jul, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

7-14, 2-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	19	10	26	15	70
MIN	18	28	11	16	73

Minnesota Lynx

10-12, 5-7 home

Los Angeles Sparks

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	7-19	0-2	5-5	2	7	9	2	3	0	2	1	-7	19
18	1-5	0-2	0-0	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	5	-5	2
23	4-8	1-3	2-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	3	3	-11	11
28	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	3	4	2	3	0	3	2	-9	3
35	3-9	1-2	5-5	0	7	7	8	0	1	3	2	+8	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	2-2	0-0	1-4	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	-4	5
5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	-11	0
20	5-9	3-6	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	+3	13
12	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	+21	5
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	25-62	7-21	13-16	7	32	39	17	9	1	18	20		70
	40.3%	33.3%	81.3%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Napheesa CollierN. Collier#24
Dorka JuhaszD. Juhasz#14
Diamond MillerD. Miller#1
Kayla McBrideK. McBride#21
Lindsay AllenL. Allen#2
bench
Bridget CarletonB. Carleton#6
Nikolina MilicN. Milic#31
Tiffany MitchellT. Mitchell#25
Aerial PowersA. Powers#3
Jessica ShepardJ. Shepard#10
Emily EngstlerE. Engstler#22
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#15
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	9-20	1-6	3-6	1	7	8	0	1	0	1	3	-4	22
33	7-10	2-3	0-2	4	6	10	3	2	1	1	1	+14	16
35	5-13	1-3	2-2	1	6	7	9	1	1	4	4	+11	13
29	0-7	0-4	0-0	0	5	5	3	2	0	1	0	+4	0
32	2-7	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	-1	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+9	3
15	4-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	-7	9
11	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	-6	4
4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT HAND
	30-68	6-23	7-12	6	30	36	19	8	2	13	14		73
	44.1%	26.1%	58.3%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 4-0

Sparks
86
Lynx
91

Game 1

12/6

Lynx
77
Sparks
72

Game 2

17/6

Lynx
67
Sparks
61

Game 3

21/6

Sparks
70
Lynx
73

Game 4

21/7

Target Center

1:00 AM, 21 July 2023

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,014

Referees:
Randy Richardson
Tyler Ricks
Clare Aubry

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

MIN wins 4-0

Game Information

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