Sun 83-68 Sparks (27 Aug, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

15-19, 6-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	20	18	19	11	68
CONN	19	24	26	14	83

Connecticut Sun

24-11, 10-6 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
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#22
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
Zia CookeZ. Cooke#1
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Nia CloudenN. Clouden#2
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	4-10	0-0	3-3	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	4	-9	11
32	5-13	2-6	5-5	0	5	5	4	2	0	1	1	-9	17
32	6-9	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	6	2	0	3	3	-17	13
28	3-8	3-7	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	-6	9
30	3-7	0-1	2-5	0	3	3	2	4	0	3	5	-13	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-7	0-1	0-2	0	9	9	1	2	1	0	1	-12	4
11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	-7	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-2	0
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
13	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
DNP-FOOT INJURY
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
DNP-KNEE INJURY
	26-62	6-21	10-15	1	25	26	21	13	1	14	16		68
	41.9%	28.6%	66.7%

Connecticut Sun

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
bench
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Bernadett HatarB. Hatar#44
Tyasha HarrisT. Harris#52
Leigha BrownL. Brown#32
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	5-10	1-5	1-2	2	6	8	1	1	1	3	2	+5	12
38	6-11	0-1	5-6	0	10	10	8	2	0	4	2	+17	17
30	4-7	0-1	3-3	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	3	+19	11
27	5-10	3-7	1-2	1	3	4	1	3	0	1	3	+2	14
28	5-12	2-7	0-1	1	2	3	2	2	0	3	2	+14	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	5-7	0-0	1-2	1	10	11	0	0	3	2	4	+17	11
2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
21	2-6	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	5	2	0	4	1	+5	6
2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	-2	0
DNP-RIGHT ACHILLES TENDON SURGERY
DNP-LEFT FOOT
	32-65	8-26	11-16	7	31	38	24	11	4	19	17		83
	49.2%	30.8%	68.8%

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

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 3-0

Sun
83
Sparks
74

Game 1

19/6

Sparks
68
Sun
83

Game 2

27/8

Sparks
76
Sun
90

Game 3

6/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

6:00 PM, 27 August 2023

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 6,783

Referees:
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Charles Watson
Randy Richardson

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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Regular Season Series

CONN wins 3-0

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