Sykes keeps Sparks playoff hopes alive with win over Mystics

— Brittney Sykes scored 21 points. including a driving layup in the closing seconds, and the Los Angeles Sparks kept their slim playoff hopes alive Sunday with a 79-76 win over the Washington Mystics.
Aug 7, 2023, 10:43 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--LA
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--WSH

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Katie Lou Samuelson misses driving layup
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 16-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson misses finger roll layup
  • Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes 17-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alysha Clark misses driving layup
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 22-foot jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Shakira Austin makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 16-foot jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Lexie Brown makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jordin Canada makes 16-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Myisha Hines-Allen 's 5-foot layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jasmine Walker misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Elizabeth Williams misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Elizabeth Williams makes two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Brittney Sykes 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses two point shot
  • Elizabeth Williams misses two point shot
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordin Canada misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne blocks Brittney Sykes 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 44-foot three point shot
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes driving layup
  • Jasmine Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jordin Canada misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Lexie Brown makes driving layup (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Katie Lou Samuelson blocks Ariel Atkins 's 3-foot layup
  • Lexie Brown makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Jasmine Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving floating jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 17-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordin Canada misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexie Brown blocks Ariel Atkins 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes makes 15-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Lexie Brown misses 29-foot three point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brittney Sykes makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Jasmine Walker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jasmine Walker misses layup
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lexie Brown misses 22-foot jumper
  • Shakira Austin misses driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shakira Austin misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving floating jump shot
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes tip shot
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 2-foot layup (Olivia Nelson-Ododa assists)
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes 20-foot jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne makes 13-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Natasha Cloud 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 17-foot jumper
  • Shakira Austin misses 18-foot jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes driving layup (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Ariel Atkins misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes technical free throw
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordin Canada misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shakira Austin makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 30-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes driving layup (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jordin Canada makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes 14-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson makes 15-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 7-foot jumper
  • Lexie Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jordin Canada misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordin Canada misses two point shot
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordin Canada misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses running pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rui Machida assists)
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Lexie Brown 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Elena Delle Donne misses running pullup jump shot
  • Lexie Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 15-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Shakira Austin makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes 3-foot layup (Lexie Brown assists)
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Katie Lou Samuelson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes 16-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brittney Sykes misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses layup
  • Elena Delle Donne makes two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Elena Delle Donne blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 10-foot two point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin blocks Brittney Sykes's driving layup
  • Ariel Atkins blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 3-foot layup
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes free throw 2 of 2
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