Carla Leite scores 19, Janelle Salaun adds 18 to help Valkyries beat Sparks 82-73

— Carla Leite scored 19 points, fellow rookie Janelle Salaun had 18, and Kayla Thornton added 14 points and 10 rebounds to help the Golden State Valkyries beat the Los Angeles Sparks 82-73 on Friday night.
May 24, 2025, 05:55 am - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Janelle Salaun makes 24-foot three pointer (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Temi Fagbenle makes two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving floating jump shot
  • Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Azura Stevens misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby blocks Veronica Burton 's 4-foot layup
  • Janelle Salaun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes 3-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes two point shot (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes 24-foot three point jumper (Azura Stevens assists)
  • Odyssey Sims makes 23-foot three point jumper (Liatu King assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby misses layup
  • Kyara Linskens blocks Odyssey Sims 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Carla Leite makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 11-foot hook shot
  • Odyssey Sims makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Carla Leite makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janelle Salaun assists)
  • Dearica Hamby misses 22-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Carla Leite misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kyara Linskens makes 2-foot layup (Carla Leite assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Julie Allemand misses 36-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kyara Linskens misses layup
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Mercedes Russell misses 19-foot jumper
  • Carla Leite makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes two point shot
  • Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Carla Leite makes two point shot
  • Carla Leite misses two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kate Martin misses driving layup
  • Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
  • Azura Stevens misses two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 2-foot layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes 4-foot two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Kate Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Temi Fagbenle makes driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun blocks Liatu King 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Temi Fagbenle makes 3-foot layup (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Julie Vanloo misses running pullup jump shot
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker misses driving layup
  • Janelle Salaun makes 22-foot three point jumper (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Azura Stevens assists)
  • Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes 1-foot layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses two point shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton blocks Dearica Hamby 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Carla Leite makes driving layup
  • Temi Fagbenle blocks Kelsey Plum 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kate Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Odyssey Sims misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Odyssey Sims makes 5-foot layup (Emma Cannon assists)
  • Emma Cannon blocks Kate Martin 's 3-foot layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Dearica Hamby blocks Carla Leite 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Kate Martin misses two point shot
  • Odyssey Sims misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Carla Leite makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Emma Cannon makes 13-foot jumper (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot makes 20-foot jumper (Kyara Linskens assists)
  • Carla Leite makes 23-foot three point shot (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Julie Allemand makes 23-foot three point jumper (Azura Stevens assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker makes two point shot
  • Stephanie Talbot misses layup
  • Kyara Linskens misses driving floating jump shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Azura Stevens makes layup (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker misses two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby blocks Kayla Thornton 's 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes layup (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Dearica Hamby makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sarah Ashlee Barker assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
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