Sparks 91-62 Mercury (24 Aug, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

9-24, 1-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	15	15	14	18	62
LA	30	14	21	26	91

Los Angeles Sparks

14-18, 9-8 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Liz DixonL. Dixon#20
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Madi WilliamsM. Williams#25
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Ashley JoensA. Joens#23
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	2	0	4	0	2	-27	2
18	1-10	0-2	1-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	5	-12	3
25	7-13	0-2	0-0	2	6	8	3	1	0	0	4	-13	14
25	2-7	0-3	1-2	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	-15	5
32	5-10	2-6	4-4	1	4	5	6	0	0	2	4	-21	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	4-5	0-0	4-4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-17	12
12	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	3
10	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	-17	2
30	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	1	-19	5
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0
DNP-HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS
DNP-LEFT TOE
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - PREGNANCY
	24-59	3-16	11-14	8	20	28	19	4	6	13	18		62
	40.7%	18.8%	78.6%

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
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#22
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
Zia CookeZ. Cooke#1
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Katie Lou SamuelsonKat. Samuelson#33
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Nia CloudenN. Clouden#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	3-6	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	5	0	1	1	0	+25	7
32	9-14	0-2	2-4	2	7	9	3	1	3	1	2	+17	20
23	3-8	0-1	0-0	2	2	4	3	1	0	2	2	+20	6
21	5-7	3-3	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	+14	15
26	4-7	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	+28	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	1-1	2-5	0	6	6	1	2	0	1	4	+10	9
14	4-5	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	+1	9
8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	+14	0
13	1-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	+7	3
17	2-5	1-1	6-6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	+9	11
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - MATERNITY LEAVE
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	34-63	10-17	13-19	8	22	30	24	8	5	7	18		91
	54.0%	58.8%	68.4%

+/- 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

crypto.com Arena

3:00 AM, 24 August 2023

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 3,469

Referees:
Gina Cross
Randy Richardson
Sha'Rae Mitchell

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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Phoenix Mercury

Los Angeles Sparks

Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

Game Information

2023-24 Western Conference Standings

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