Wheeler, Sykes help Sparks hold off Liberty for 86-83 win

— Erica Wheeler scored 17 points and Brittney Sykes made two defensive stops in the closing seconds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the New York Liberty 86-83 on Sunday.
Aug 22, 2021, 10:03 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

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  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Kristi Toliver makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Howard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Amanda Zahui B. misses 19-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Howard misses layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Kristi Toliver makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Natasha Howard makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Amanda Zahui B. makes layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Erica Wheeler blocks Sami Whitcomb 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Amanda Zahui B. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amanda Zahui B. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Brittney Sykes misses driving layup
  • Kristi Toliver misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Reshanda Gray misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Chiney Ogwumike misses 5-foot two point shot
  • DiDi Richards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Erica Wheeler makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Sami Whitcomb misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses three point jumper
  • Nia Coffey makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nia Coffey makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chiney Ogwumike makes layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Chiney Ogwumike blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Te'a Cooper misses driving layup
  • Reshanda Gray makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Te'a Cooper misses jumper
  • Betnijah Laney misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kristi Toliver makes 25-foot three point jumper (Te'a Cooper assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Howard makes layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nia Coffey makes driving layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses two point shot
  • Amanda Zahui B. blocks Natasha Howard 's 3-foot layup
  • Te'a Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Te'a Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nia Coffey blocks Betnijah Laney 's 4-foot layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Howard misses three point jumper
  • Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rebecca Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses driving layup
  • Rebecca Allen misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
  • Rebecca Allen blocks Kristi Toliver's jumper
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 4-foot hook shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 8-foot two point shot (Nia Coffey assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Erica Wheeler misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver misses layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses driving layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses layup
  • Amanda Zahui B. makes 17-foot jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses three point jumper
  • Amanda Zahui B. makes driving layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Erica Wheeler makes 17-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Howard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes 3-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
  • Erica Wheeler makes layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Rebecca Allen blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Erica Wheeler makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Kristi Toliver makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 4-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Kristi Toliver makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Nia Coffey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Chiney Ogwumike makes 12-foot two point shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
  • Chiney Ogwumike makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Nia Coffey misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nia Coffey makes two point shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Erica Wheeler makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Te'a Cooper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nia Coffey assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses two point shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Te'a Cooper makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Te'a Cooper misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Erica Wheeler misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Erica Wheeler makes driving layup
  • Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
  • Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Nia Coffey blocks Sami Whitcomb 's 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Erica Wheeler misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 41-foot three point shot
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