Sparks vs. Mercury - WNBA Game Summary - 5 June 2022

Los Angeles Sparks

5-7, 3-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	18	22	19	15	74
PHX	21	22	15	23	81

Phoenix Mercury

3-8, 2-3 home

Diggins-Smith leads Mercury past Sparks 81-74 to end skid

— Skylar Diggins-Smith scored a season-high 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting to lead the Phoenix Mercury to an 81-74 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.

6/6/2022 - AP

Brianna Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brianna Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields misses layup
Brianna Turner makes alley oop layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Diana Taurasi makes three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Brianna Turner makes 4-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses two point shot
Brianna Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brianna Turner misses free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes two point shot
Shey Peddy misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 2
Shey Peddy makes free throw 2 of 2
Diamond DeShields makes two point shot (Shey Peddy assists)
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 8-foot driving layup
Diamond DeShields makes free throw 1 of 2
Diamond DeShields makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diamond DeShields makes 24-foot three point jumper (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Diamond DeShields misses 24-foot three point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 3
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 3
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
Brianna Turner makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 8-foot jumper
Diamond DeShields makes two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner misses two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 29-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Brianna Turner assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Liz Cambage blocks Diamond DeShields 's 6-foot pullup jump shot
Brianna Turner misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy makes 25-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike blocks Skylar Diggins-Smith 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields misses driving layup
Shey Peddy makes layup (Megan Gustafson assists)
Shey Peddy makes free throw 1 of 1
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Megan Gustafson assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point shot
Liz Cambage blocks Megan Gustafson's layup
Diana Taurasi misses 3-foot two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Megan Gustafson assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three pointer (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike blocks Megan Gustafson's two point shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
Shey Peddy makes layup
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Shey Peddy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses pullup jump shot
Diamond DeShields makes layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Liz Cambage assists)
Jordin Canada misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike misses 15-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
Chiney Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
Lexie Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chennedy Carter assists)
Chennedy Carter makes driving layup
Jordin Canada misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Jordin Canada misses two point shot
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chennedy Carter makes 2-foot two point shot
Brittney Sykes misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Chennedy Carter makes 3-foot two point shot
Liz Cambage misses free throw 1 of 2
Liz Cambage misses free throw 2 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
Liz Cambage makes two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 1-foot layup (Chennedy Carter assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Chennedy Carter assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Liz Cambage misses 8-foot two point shot
Brittney Sykes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Chiney Ogwumike misses 25-foot three point jumper
Diamond DeShields blocks Chiney Ogwumike 's 4-foot layup
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 10-foot two point shot
Jordin Canada misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
Chiney Ogwumike makes 3-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Jordin Canada 's 2-foot driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes hook shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Jordin Canada makes two point shot
Liz Cambage makes two point shot (Lexie Brown assists)
Liz Cambage makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes 6-foot two point shot (Lexie Brown assists)
Chiney Ogwumike misses 8-foot two point shot
Chiney Ogwumike misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot
Chennedy Carter makes driving floating jump shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 1 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
Brittney Sykes misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Chennedy Carter makes driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 17-foot two point shot (Chiney Ogwumike assists)
Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Liz Cambage misses two point shot
Liz Cambage makes free throw 1 of 2
Liz Cambage makes free throw 2 of 2
Lexie Brown misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
Chiney Ogwumike misses free throw 2 of 2
Chiney Ogwumike makes driving layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 4-foot two point shot (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Sykes misses free throw 2 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike misses 7-foot two point shot
Chiney Ogwumike makes tip shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Katie Lou Samuelson 's 20-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi blocks Chiney Ogwumike 's 5-foot driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson misses three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses 8-foot two point shot
Lexie Brown makes 26-foot three pointer (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper