Sparks 90-71 Mercury (13 May, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	21	27	21	21	90
PHX	19	19	18	15	71

Phoenix Mercury

1-1, 0-1 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Layshia ClarendonL. Clarendon#25
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Jordin CanadaJ. Canada#21
bench
Reshanda GrayR. Gray#22
Crystal BradfordC. Bradford#6
Joyner HolmesJ. Holmes#24
Monika CzinanoM. Czinano#20
Karlie SamuelsonKar. Samuelson#44
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
Yang LiweiY. Liwei#37
Zia CookeZ. Cooke#1
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
Azura StevensA. Stevens#23
Katie Lou SamuelsonKat. Samuelson#33
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#15
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	4-7	0-2	0-1	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	+11	8
17	4-7	0-1	1-1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	+5	9
24	2-4	1-1	2-2	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	0	+7	7
19	3-6	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	+2	7
14	4-6	0-0	0-1	1	2	3	5	3	0	1	1	+2	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	+6	4
12	2-6	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	+10	4
16	3-5	0-1	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	+2	6
9	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	+4	6
10	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	+2	2
18	2-6	0-2	5-6	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	+17	9
15	3-4	2-2	0-0	0	3	3	5	0	0	2	0	+10	8
21	4-8	2-3	2-6	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	+17	12
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - POSTPARTUM
DNP-REST
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - PREGNANCY
DNP-ACL REHAB
	37-68	6-17	10-17	5	26	31	22	7	2	12	21		90
	54.4%	35.3%	58.8%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
bench
Sam ThomasS. Thomas#14
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Liz DixonL. Dixon#20
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Jennie SimmsJ. Simms#25
Destiny SlocumD. Slocum#5
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
Evina WestbrookE. Westbrook#2
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Skylar Diggins-SmithS. Diggins-Smith#4
Essence BookerE. Booker#0
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	-5	0
17	2-5	0-1	6-8	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	-5	10
18	4-7	1-4	4-4	0	1	1	5	0	1	2	2	-5	13
15	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	-8	5
19	5-5	1-1	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-3	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	-13	3
12	3-7	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	-5	6
12	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	-4	4
19	1-7	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	-14	3
10	1-4	0-2	0-0	3	3	6	0	0	1	1	1	-9	2
12	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-9	4
12	0-5	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	-9	0
13	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	-2	3
15	2-7	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	3	2	1	4	3	-4	5
DNP-RIGHT ACL
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM - MATERNITY LEAVE
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	25-61	5-25	16-19	7	23	30	17	3	7	18	20		71
	41.0%	20.0%	84.2%

+/- 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

3:00 AM, 13 May 2023

Phoenix, AZ

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Angel Kent
Catherine Chang

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

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

LA wins 3-1

Game Information

2023-24 Western Conference Standings

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