Sparks 85-83 Lynx (30 May, 2022) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

4-6, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	24	21	16	24	85
MIN	11	23	24	25	83

Minnesota Lynx

2-7, 1-3 home

Sylvia Fowles misses layup
Moriah Jefferson makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot
Jessica Shepard misses two point shot
Kayla McBride misses 20-foot jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles misses 5-foot two point shot
Rachel Banham misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Liz Cambage blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup
Rachel Banham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes 5-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Liz Cambage blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot layup
Moriah Jefferson makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Moriah Jefferson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Bridget Carleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses two point shot
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Moriah Jefferson 's 4-foot driving layup
Aerial Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point jumper
Moriah Jefferson misses two point shot
Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
Rachel Banham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aerial Powers assists)
Aerial Powers makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Aerial Powers misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes 5-foot two point shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Aerial Powers misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Aerial Powers misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Rachel Banham makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
Rachel Banham misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sylvia Fowles makes layup
Bridget Carleton makes three point jumper (Rachel Banham assists)
Bridget Carleton misses 34-foot three point jumper
Sylvia Fowles makes 4-foot two point shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
Evina Westbrook makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Moriah Jefferson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Evina Westbrook assists)
Moriah Jefferson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kayla McBride misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Moriah Jefferson assists)
Moriah Jefferson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Rachel Banham misses pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Evina Westbrook makes 12-foot two point shot (Bridget Carleton assists)
Kayla McBride makes driving layup
Rachel Banham makes pullup jump shot
Kayla McBride misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Katie Lou Samuelson misses pullup jump shot
Liz Cambage makes two point shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Liz Cambage misses layup
Liz Cambage makes driving layup
Liz Cambage makes layup (Chennedy Carter assists)
Evina Westbrook blocks Katie Lou Samuelson 's 26-foot three point jumper
Chennedy Carter makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Chennedy Carter makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Chiney Ogwumike makes 8-foot two point shot
Katie Lou Samuelson misses two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 1-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Chennedy Carter assists)
Lexie Brown misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Liz Cambage misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike makes two point shot
Chennedy Carter misses driving floating jump shot
Chennedy Carter misses two point shot
Lexie Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Chennedy Carter makes 3-foot two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Sylvia Fowles blocks Olivia Nelson-Ododa 's 5-foot layup
Lexie Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chennedy Carter makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Lexie Brown assists)
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chennedy Carter assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Chennedy Carter makes driving layup
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Liz Cambage misses 16-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses 10-foot two point shot
Chennedy Carter misses two point shot
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Moriah Jefferson blocks Chennedy Carter 's 5-foot driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Chennedy Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Liz Cambage makes layup
Liz Cambage misses driving layup
Lexie Brown makes 28-foot three point jumper (Chiney Ogwumike assists)
Rachel Banham blocks Chiney Ogwumike 's 11-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chennedy Carter makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
Lexie Brown makes driving layup (Liz Cambage assists)
Chennedy Carter misses 22-foot three point jumper
Liz Cambage makes 14-foot jumper (Chennedy Carter assists)
Liz Cambage makes 6-foot hook shot (Chiney Ogwumike assists)
Chennedy Carter makes driving layup
Katie Lou Samuelson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Chennedy Carter makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses hook shot
Evina Westbrook blocks Chennedy Carter 's 15-foot jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)
Katie Lou Samuelson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes tip shot

SPARKS

LYNX

TIME		LA	MIN
10:00	Liz Cambage vs. Sylvia Fowles (Katie Lou Samuelson gains possession)	0	0
9:43	Katie Lou Samuelson misses pullup jump shot	0	0
9:40	Jessica Shepard defensive rebound	0	0
9:25	Jessica Shepard bad pass (Liz Cambage steals)	0	0
9:19	Liz Cambage makes two point shot (Katie Lou Samuelson assists)	2	0
9:01	Sylvia Fowles misses layup	2	0
8:58	Liz Cambage defensive rebound	2	0
8:51	Liz Cambage misses layup	2	0
8:51	Moriah Jefferson defensive rebound	2	0
8:44	Moriah Jefferson makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot	2	2
8:28	Liz Cambage makes driving layup	4	2
8:28	Sylvia Fowles shooting foul	4	2
8:28	Liz Cambage makes free throw 1 of 1	5	2
8:12	Liz Cambage shooting foul	5	2
8:12	Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 2	5	2
8:12	Lynx offensive team rebound	5	2
8:12	Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2	5	3
7:54	Liz Cambage makes layup (Chennedy Carter assists)	7	3
7:41	Lexie Brown shooting foul	7	3
7:41	Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 2	7	4
7:41	Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 2	7	5
7:26	Lexie Brown vs. Moriah Jefferson (Chennedy Carter gains possession)	7	5
7:22	Evina Westbrook blocks Katie Lou Samuelson 's 26-foot three point jumper	7	5
7:22	Kayla McBride defensive rebound	7	5
7:15	Kayla McBride bad pass (Katie Lou Samuelson steals)	7	5
7:08	Chennedy Carter makes 11-foot pullup jump shot	9	5
6:58	Jessica Shepard misses two point shot	9	5
6:58	Liz Cambage defensive rebound	9	5
6:48	Chennedy Carter makes 12-foot pullup jump shot	11	5
6:26	Kayla McBride misses 20-foot jumper	11	5
6:23	Evina Westbrook offensive rebound	11	5
6:21	Moriah Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	5
6:21	Katie Lou Samuelson defensive rebound	11	5
6:08	Moriah Jefferson shooting foul	11	5
6:08	Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2	12	5
6:08	Chiney Ogwumike enters the game for Liz Cambage	12	5
6:08	Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2	13	5
5:50	Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	5
5:46	Sparks defensive team rebound	13	5
5:46	Moriah Jefferson personal foul	13	5
5:46	Lynx Full timeout	13	5
5:46	Aerial Powers enters the game for Kayla McBride	13	5
5:46	Brittney Sykes enters the game for Chennedy Carter	13	5
5:27	Chiney Ogwumike makes 8-foot two point shot	15	5
5:17	Moriah Jefferson out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	5
4:58	Aerial Powers shooting foul	15	5
4:58	Chiney Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2	16	5
4:58	Bridget Carleton enters the game for Evina Westbrook	16	5
4:58	Rachel Banham enters the game for Moriah Jefferson	16	5
4:58	Chiney Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2	17	5
4:49	Brittney Sykes personal foul	17	5
4:39	Aerial Powers traveling	17	5
4:17	Katie Lou Samuelson misses two point shot	17	5
4:15	Sylvia Fowles defensive rebound	17	5
4:04	Sylvia Fowles misses 5-foot two point shot	17	5
4:01	Katie Lou Samuelson defensive rebound	17	5
3:51	Nneka Ogwumike makes 1-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)	19	5
3:42	Katie Lou Samuelson shooting foul	19	5
3:42	Rachel Banham makes free throw 1 of 2	19	6
3:42	Nikolina Milic enters the game for Jessica Shepard	19	6
3:42	Liz Cambage enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike	19	6
3:42	Rachel Banham makes free throw 2 of 2	19	7
3:24	Bridget Carleton shooting foul	19	7
3:24	Brittney Sykes misses free throw 1 of 2	19	7
3:24	Sparks offensive team rebound	19	7
3:24	Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2	20	7
3:15	Rachel Banham misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	20	7
3:09	Chiney Ogwumike defensive rebound	20	7
2:58	Brittney Sykes bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	20	7
2:54	Aerial Powers bad pass (Brittney Sykes steals)	20	7
2:48	Brittney Sykes bad pass (Nikolina Milic steals)	20	7
2:39	Liz Cambage blocks Sylvia Fowles's layup	20	7
2:35	Sylvia Fowles offensive rebound	20	7
2:33	Rachel Banham misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	7
2:30	Lexie Brown defensive rebound	20	7
2:14	Liz Cambage bad pass (Sylvia Fowles steals)	20	7
1:56	Sylvia Fowles makes 5-foot two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)	20	9
1:47	Sparks Full timeout	20	9
1:47	Kayla McBride enters the game for Aerial Powers	20	9
1:47	Jessica Shepard enters the game for Rachel Banham	20	9
1:47	Moriah Jefferson enters the game for Sylvia Fowles	20	9
1:47	Chennedy Carter enters the game for Lexie Brown	20	9
1:47	Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Chiney Ogwumike	20	9
1:37	Nikolina Milic personal foul	20	9
1:37	Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2	21	9
1:37	Sylvia Fowles enters the game for Nikolina Milic	21	9
1:37	Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2	22	9
1:19	Liz Cambage blocks Sylvia Fowles 's 4-foot layup	22	9
1:16	Chennedy Carter defensive rebound	22	9
1:13	Nneka Ogwumike offensive foul	22	9
1:13	Nneka Ogwumike turnover	22	9
1:13	Lexie Brown enters the game for Katie Lou Samuelson	22	9
1:04	Moriah Jefferson makes 11-foot pullup jump shot	22	11
51.6	Brittney Sykes out of bounds bad pass turnover	22	11
41.3	Moriah Jefferson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot	22	11
37.8	Chennedy Carter defensive rebound	22	11
29.8	Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Chennedy Carter assists)	24	11
7.7	Moriah Jefferson bad pass (Brittney Sykes steals)	24	11
1.5	Lexie Brown misses 16-foot step back jumpshot	24	11
1.5	Jessica Shepard defensive rebound	24	11
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	11

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 2-1

Lynx
87
Sparks
84

Game 1

18/5

Sparks
85
Lynx
83

Game 2

30/5

Lynx
84
Sparks
77

Game 3

1/8

Target Center

12:00 AM, 30 May 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 7,234

Referees:
Randy Richardson
Robert Hussey
Clare Aubry

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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