Sparks 77-71 Mercury (18 Jun, 2016) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Mercury

4-7, 0-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	20	16	18	17	71
LA	24	16	21	16	77

Los Angeles Sparks

11-0, 5-0 home

Essence Carson misses 18-foot two point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes 5-foot two point shot
Candace Parker makes 17-foot two point shot
Kristi Toliver makes 23-foot three point jumper
Essence Carson misses 19-foot jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker makes two point shot
Candace Parker makes 18-foot two point shot
Essence Carson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alana Beard assists)
Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes 2-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)
Jantel Lavender makes 1-foot layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 20-foot jumper
Chelsea Gray misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alana Beard makes two point shot
Chelsea Gray misses 14-foot jumper
Alana Beard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chelsea Gray makes two point shot
Chelsea Gray misses 17-foot two point jumper
Chelsea Gray misses layup
Candace Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike misses 19-foot two point shot
Candace Parker makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alana Beard makes two point shot (Candace Parker assists)
Kristi Toliver makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
Alana Beard misses 16-foot two point jumper
Candace Parker makes 8-foot jumper
Candace Parker misses
Kristi Toliver makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alana Beard assists)
Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 11-foot jumper
Essence Carson makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
Jantel Lavender misses layup
Kristi Toliver misses 18-foot jumper
Candace Parker makes driving layup (Alana Beard assists)
DeWanna Bonner blocks Nneka Ogwumike's layup
Candace Parker makes 14-foot jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Alana Beard misses 23-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker misses 17-foot jumper
Alana Beard makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Essence Carson makes 2-foot two point shot
Essence Carson makes free throw 1 of 1
Nneka Ogwumike misses 9-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Candace Parker assists)
Kristi Toliver makes technical free throw
Alana Beard makes 17-foot jumper (Essence Carson assists)
Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alana Beard misses 12-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 1 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 2 of 2
Chelsea Gray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jantel Lavender assists)
Jantel Lavender makes free throw 1 of 2
Jantel Lavender makes free throw 2 of 2
Jantel Lavender makes 14-foot jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
Jantel Lavender misses 6-foot hook shot
Kristi Toliver misses 18-foot jumper
Chelsea Gray misses 34-foot three point jumper
Essence Carson makes free throw 1 of 2
Essence Carson makes free throw 2 of 2
Essence Carson misses 16-foot jumper
Candace Parker makes layup
Candace Parker makes 1-foot layup (Essence Carson assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes 2-foot layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
Alana Beard misses 10-foot jumper
Candace Parker makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Essence Carson misses
Essence Carson makes driving layup
Kristi Toliver misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kristi Toliver misses 23-foot three point jumper
Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alana Beard misses 6-foot jumper
Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)
Brittney Griner misses 11-foot jumper
Candice Dupree misses 13-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
Candice Dupree makes 11-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot two point shot
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 11-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)
Candice Dupree misses hook shot
Diana Taurasi misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mistie Bass assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Noelle Quinn makes free throw 1 of 2
Noelle Quinn makes free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Noelle Quinn misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mistie Bass misses free throw 1 of 2
Mistie Bass makes free throw 2 of 2
Sonja Petrovic misses 17-foot jumper
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Noelle Quinn misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candice Dupree makes 12-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes jumper
Penny Taylor misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alex Harden makes layup
Alex Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Alex Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Penny Taylor misses free throw 1 of 2
Penny Taylor makes free throw 2 of 2
Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candice Dupree assists)
Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
Penny Taylor makes technical free throw
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Penny Taylor misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
Diana Taurasi makes 4-foot jumper (Penny Taylor assists)
Mistie Bass misses 11-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot two point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 8-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 1
Brittney Griner misses 6-foot jumper
Mistie Bass misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Candace Parker blocks Noelle Quinn 's 19-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 6-foot two point shot
Candice Dupree misses 14-foot jumper
Candice Dupree makes 8-foot two point shot (Noelle Quinn assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes 15-foot jumper (Noelle Quinn assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 10-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike blocks Noelle Quinn's jumper
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Candice Dupree makes 11-foot two point shot
Candice Dupree makes free throw 1 of 2
Candice Dupree makes free throw 2 of 2
Nneka Ogwumike blocks Candice Dupree 's 7-foot jumper
Brittney Griner misses 5-foot hook shot
Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 4-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 13-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper

MERCURY

SPARKS

TIME		PHX	LA
10:00	Brittney Griner vs. Nneka Ogwumike (Diana Taurasi gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Sonja Petrovic makes layup (Penny Taylor assists)	2	0
9:29	Essence Carson misses 18-foot two point jumper	2	0
9:25	Sonja Petrovic defensive rebound	2	0
9:11	Brittney Griner misses 11-foot jumper	2	0
9:10	Candace Parker defensive rebound	2	0
8:57	Nneka Ogwumike makes 5-foot two point shot	2	2
8:41	Candice Dupree misses 13-foot jumper	2	2
8:41	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	2	2
8:36	Candace Parker makes 17-foot two point shot	2	4
8:14	Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)	4	4
8:02	Kristi Toliver makes 23-foot three point jumper	4	7
7:45	Candice Dupree makes 11-foot two point shot	6	7
7:28	Essence Carson misses 19-foot jumper	6	7
7:28	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	6	7
7:16	Diana Taurasi makes 19-foot two point shot	8	7
7:07	Kristi Toliver misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	7
7:05	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	8	7
6:50	Sonja Petrovic vs. Alana Beard (Essence Carson gains possession)	8	7
6:50	Sonja Petrovic lost ball turnover (Alana Beard steals)	8	7
6:47	Diana Taurasi personal foul (Candace Parker draws the foul)	8	7
6:31	Candace Parker makes two point shot	8	9
6:20	Penny Taylor misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	9
6:16	Sonja Petrovic offensive rebound	8	9
6:11	Penny Taylor misses layup	8	9
6:11	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	8	9
6:05	Candace Parker makes 18-foot two point shot	8	11
5:54	Sonja Petrovic bad pass (Candace Parker steals)	8	11
5:54	Sonja Petrovic personal take foul (Candace Parker draws the foul)	8	11
5:54	DeWanna Bonner enters the game for Sonja Petrovic	8	11
5:54	Jantel Lavender enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike	8	11
5:39	Essence Carson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alana Beard assists)	8	14
5:31	Phoenix Full timeout	8	14
5:18	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	14
5:16	Candice Dupree offensive rebound	8	14
5:11	Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	14
5:09	Essence Carson defensive rebound	8	14
5:05	Brittney Griner shooting foul (Candace Parker draws the foul)	8	14
5:05	Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2	8	15
5:05	Chelsea Gray enters the game for Essence Carson	8	15
5:05	Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2	8	16
4:50	Brittney Griner makes 11-foot two point shot (Candice Dupree assists)	10	16
4:33	Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	16
4:31	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	10	16
4:24	Brittney Griner offensive foul (Chelsea Gray draws the foul)	10	16
4:24	Brittney Griner turnover	10	16
4:24	Mistie Bass enters the game for Brittney Griner	10	16
4:24	Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Alana Beard	10	16
4:11	Candace Parker Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	10	16
4:01	Candice Dupree misses hook shot	10	16
3:58	Jantel Lavender defensive rebound	10	16
3:54	Nneka Ogwumike makes 2-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)	10	18
3:40	Diana Taurasi misses layup	10	18
3:40	Los Angeles defensive team rebound	10	18
3:27	Candice Dupree personal foul (Candace Parker draws the foul)	10	18
3:15	Jantel Lavender makes 1-foot layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)	10	20
2:55	DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	20
2:54	Mistie Bass offensive rebound	10	20
2:53	Mistie Bass back court turnover	10	20
2:39	Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point jumper	10	20
2:33	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	10	20
2:30	Penny Taylor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)	13	20
2:16	Kristi Toliver misses 20-foot jumper	13	20
2:15	Mistie Bass defensive rebound	13	20
2:11	Diana Taurasi makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mistie Bass assists)	16	20
1:45	Chelsea Gray misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	20
1:44	Phoenix defensive team rebound	16	20
1:44	Alana Beard enters the game for Candace Parker	16	20
1:34	Diana Taurasi offensive foul (Alana Beard draws the foul)	16	20
1:34	Diana Taurasi turnover	16	20
1:34	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Diana Taurasi	16	20
1:20	Alana Beard makes two point shot	16	22
1:04	Kristi Toliver shooting foul (DeWanna Bonner draws the foul)	16	22
1:04	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2	17	22
1:04	Ana Dabovic enters the game for Kristi Toliver	17	22
1:04	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2	18	22
51.0	Nneka Ogwumike Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	18	22
39.0	Ana Dabovic shooting foul (Noelle Quinn draws the foul)	18	22
39.0	Noelle Quinn makes free throw 1 of 2	19	22
39.0	Sonja Petrovic enters the game for Penny Taylor	19	22
39.0	Noelle Quinn makes free throw 2 of 2	20	22
18.0	Chelsea Gray misses 14-foot jumper	20	22
16.0	Jantel Lavender offensive rebound	20	22
2.0	Alana Beard misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	22
2.0	Chelsea Gray offensive rebound	20	22
0.0	Chelsea Gray makes two point shot	20	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	24

Regular Season Series

LA wins 2-1

Mercury
71
Sparks
77

Game 1

18/6

Sparks
66
Mercury
70

Game 2

29/8

Mercury
85
Sparks
90

Game 3

14/9

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 18 June 2016

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 8,964

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Byron Jarrett
Jb Derosa

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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