Lynx 67-52 Sparks (17 Jun, 2015) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

4-1, 2-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	12	11	23	21	67
LA	15	13	9	15	52

Los Angeles Sparks

0-3, 0-2 home

Marianna Tolo makes 20-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Jantel Lavender makes 19-foot jumper (Farhiya Abdi assists)
Marianna Tolo makes layup (Jennifer Lacy assists)
Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper
Erin Phillips misses 20-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender makes layup (Marianna Tolo assists)
Erin Phillips misses 18-foot two point shot
Andrea Hoover misses 3-foot jumper
Temeka Johnson misses 11-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender makes two point shot (Temeka Johnson assists)
Farhiya Abdi makes 16-foot two point shot (Temeka Johnson assists)
Temeka Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Farhiya Abdi misses 15-foot jumper
Farhiya Abdi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jennifer Hamson makes 12-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Erin Phillips misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jennifer Hamson misses free throw 1 of 2
Jennifer Hamson makes free throw 2 of 2
Erin Phillips makes 18-foot jumper
Marianna Tolo makes 20-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Erin Phillips misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jennifer Hamson misses free throw 1 of 2
Jennifer Hamson misses free throw 2 of 2
Temeka Johnson makes two point shot
Jennifer Lacy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marianna Tolo misses 18-foot jumper
Andrea Hoover makes 23-foot three point jumper (Farhiya Abdi assists)
Temeka Johnson makes driving layup
Temeka Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Andrea Hoover misses 23-foot three point jumper
Temeka Johnson misses jumper
Jantel Lavender makes layup
Erin Phillips misses two point shot
Jantel Lavender misses 17-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender misses 15-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jennifer Lacy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Erin Phillips misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jennifer Lacy makes layup (Temeka Johnson assists)
Marianna Tolo makes 18-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)
Temeka Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Temeka Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jantel Lavender makes layup (Erin Phillips assists)
Farhiya Abdi makes 22-foot three point jumper (Andrea Hoover assists)
Andrea Hoover misses 17-foot jumper
Erin Phillips misses 20-foot jumper
Maya Moore blocks Temeka Johnson 's 4-foot jumper
Temeka Johnson misses 10-foot jumper
Erin Phillips makes 21-foot jumper
Temeka Johnson misses 20-foot jumper
Farhiya Abdi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jantel Lavender makes 11-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Marianna Tolo makes driving layup (Temeka Johnson assists)
Andrea Hoover misses layup
Temeka Johnson makes two point shot
Andrea Hoover makes 23-foot three point jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)
Farhiya Abdi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Erin Phillips makes 14-foot two point shot
Erin Phillips misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andrea Hoover misses 24-foot three point jumper
Farhiya Abdi makes 18-foot jumper
Andrea Hoover misses 6-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender misses 4-foot jumper
Erin Phillips misses 4-foot jumper
Andrea Hoover misses 24-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore misses free throw 2 of 2
Asjha Jones misses 13-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore misses free throw 2 of 2
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 14-foot jumper (Jennifer O'Neill assists)
Maya Moore makes jumper
Seimone Augustus makes layup (Tricia Liston assists)
Rebekkah Brunson misses 18-foot jumper
Jantel Lavender blocks Damiris Dantas 's 4-foot jumper
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 18-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 18-foot jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)
Seimone Augustus misses 17-foot jumper
Jennifer Hamson blocks Reshanda Gray 's 4-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 6-foot jumper
Tricia Liston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Asjha Jones makes jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 14-foot jumper (Asjha Jones assists)
Jennifer O'Neill makes 23-foot three point jumper (Seimone Augustus assists)
Asjha Jones misses 16-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 11-foot jumper
Asjha Jones misses 15-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen misses jumper
Jennifer O'Neill misses 23-foot three point jumper
Asjha Jones makes 22-foot jumper (Jennifer O'Neill assists)
Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
Lindsay Whalen misses layup
Maya Moore makes jumper
Maya Moore makes 20-foot jumper
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Rebekkah Brunson misses 18-foot jumper
Asjha Jones misses jumper
Asjha Jones makes 15-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Erin Phillips blocks Maya Moore 's 2-foot layup
Maya Moore misses 4-foot jumper
Seimone Augustus makes 13-foot jumper (Maya Moore assists)
Rebekkah Brunson makes layup (Asjha Jones assists)
Seimone Augustus makes driving layup
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes 18-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes 10-foot jumper (Devereaux Peters assists)
Damiris Dantas makes layup (Seimone Augustus assists)
Devereaux Peters makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2
Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebekkah Brunson misses layup
Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Maya Moore makes 14-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 17-foot jumper (Asjha Jones assists)
Maya Moore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Asjha Jones assists)
Asjha Jones makes 14-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Lindsay Whalen makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
Seimone Augustus makes 12-foot jumper (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
Maya Moore makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1

LYNX

SPARKS

TIME		MIN	LA
10:00	Rebekkah Brunson vs. Jantel Lavender (Marianna Tolo gains possession)	0	0
9:41	Marianna Tolo makes 20-foot jumper (Erin Phillips assists)	0	2
9:23	Jennifer Lacy shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	0	2
9:23	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	1	2
9:23	Maya Moore misses free throw 2 of 2	1	2
9:22	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	1	2
9:07	Jantel Lavender makes 19-foot jumper (Farhiya Abdi assists)	1	4
8:53	Asjha Jones misses 13-foot jumper	1	4
8:52	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	1	4
8:44	Asjha Jones personal foul (Erin Phillips draws the foul)	1	4
8:33	Jantel Lavender bad pass	1	4
8:25	Farhiya Abdi personal foul (Seimone Augustus draws the foul)	1	4
8:17	Seimone Augustus makes 16-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)	3	4
8:02	Maya Moore loose ball foul (Jennifer Lacy draws the foul)	3	4
8:00	Marianna Tolo offensive foul (Asjha Jones draws the foul)	3	4
8:00	Marianna Tolo turnover	3	4
7:48	Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	4
7:46	Marianna Tolo defensive rebound	3	4
7:35	Marianna Tolo makes layup (Jennifer Lacy assists)	3	6
7:11	Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)	5	6
6:52	Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper	5	6
6:50	Lindsay Whalen defensive rebound	5	6
6:41	Marianna Tolo shooting foul (Maya Moore draws the foul)	5	6
6:41	Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	6	6
6:41	Andrea Hoover enters the game for Farhiya Abdi	6	6
6:41	Maya Moore misses free throw 2 of 2	6	6
6:39	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	6	6
6:18	Erin Phillips misses 20-foot jumper	6	6
6:16	Seimone Augustus defensive rebound	6	6
6:11	Asjha Jones offensive foul (Erin Phillips draws the foul)	6	6
6:11	Asjha Jones turnover	6	6
6:11	Damiris Dantas enters the game for Asjha Jones	6	6
6:03	Rebekkah Brunson personal foul (Erin Phillips draws the foul)	6	6
6:03	Jennifer O'Neill enters the game for Lindsay Whalen	6	6
5:52	Jantel Lavender makes layup (Marianna Tolo assists)	6	8
5:35	Seimone Augustus misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	8
5:33	Erin Phillips defensive rebound	6	8
5:15	Erin Phillips misses 18-foot two point shot	6	8
5:13	Erin Phillips offensive rebound	6	8
5:11	Erin Phillips bad pass (Maya Moore steals)	6	8
5:01	Seimone Augustus makes 14-foot jumper (Jennifer O'Neill assists)	8	8
4:41	Andrea Hoover misses 3-foot jumper	8	8
4:35	Rebekkah Brunson defensive rebound	8	8
4:30	Maya Moore makes jumper	10	8
4:26	Los Angeles Full timeout	10	8
4:26	Temeka Johnson enters the game for Jennifer Lacy	10	8
4:26	Farhiya Abdi enters the game for Erin Phillips	10	8
4:26	Tricia Liston enters the game for Maya Moore	10	8
4:13	Temeka Johnson misses 11-foot jumper	10	8
4:11	Jennifer O'Neill defensive rebound	10	8
4:11	Farhiya Abdi loose ball foul (Jennifer O'Neill draws the foul)	10	8
3:59	Seimone Augustus makes layup (Tricia Liston assists)	12	8
3:33	Jantel Lavender makes two point shot (Temeka Johnson assists)	12	10
3:17	Rebekkah Brunson misses 18-foot jumper	12	10
3:15	Farhiya Abdi defensive rebound	12	10
3:05	Marianna Tolo 3 second turnover	12	10
3:05	Lindsay Whalen enters the game for Seimone Augustus	12	10
2:49	Damiris Dantas 3 second turnover	12	10
2:49	Erin Phillips enters the game for Andrea Hoover	12	10
2:49	Jennifer Hamson enters the game for Marianna Tolo	12	10
2:38	Tricia Liston personal foul (Farhiya Abdi draws the foul)	12	10
2:38	Devereaux Peters enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson	12	10
2:27	Farhiya Abdi makes 16-foot two point shot (Temeka Johnson assists)	12	12
2:01	Jantel Lavender blocks Damiris Dantas 's 4-foot jumper	12	12
2:00	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	12	12
1:52	Temeka Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	12
1:47	Tricia Liston defensive rebound	12	12
1:42	Damiris Dantas offensive foul (Jennifer Hamson draws the foul)	12	12
1:42	Damiris Dantas turnover	12	12
1:42	Maya Moore enters the game for Tricia Liston	12	12
1:42	Reshanda Gray enters the game for Damiris Dantas	12	12
1:25	Farhiya Abdi misses 15-foot jumper	12	12
1:24	Maya Moore defensive rebound	12	12
1:15	Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	12
1:15	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	12	12
1:15	Seimone Augustus enters the game for Jennifer O'Neill	12	12
56.0	Farhiya Abdi misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	12
54.0	Reshanda Gray defensive rebound	12	12
47.0	Maya Moore misses 18-foot jumper	12	12
46.0	Temeka Johnson defensive rebound	12	12
37.0	Jennifer Hamson makes 12-foot jumper (Temeka Johnson assists)	12	14
15.0	Seimone Augustus offensive foul (Erin Phillips draws the foul)	12	14
15.0	Seimone Augustus turnover	12	14
4.0	Erin Phillips misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	14
3.0	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	12	14
3.0	Maya Moore personal foul (Jennifer Hamson draws the foul)	12	14
3.0	Jennifer Hamson misses free throw 1 of 2	12	14
3.0	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	12	14
3.0	Tricia Liston enters the game for Maya Moore	12	14
3.0	Jennifer Hamson makes free throw 2 of 2	12	15
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	12	15

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

Lynx
67
Sparks
52

Game 1

17/6

Sparks
76
Lynx
82

Game 2

30/7

Lynx
61
Sparks
83

Game 3

5/8

Sparks
64
Lynx
72

Game 4

10/8

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 17 June 2015

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 5,025

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Kurt Walker
Jeff Wooten

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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