Sparks 91-89 Storm (10 Sep, 2023) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

17-23, 7-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	17	27	27	20	91
SEA	30	23	25	11	89

Seattle Storm

11-29, 4-16 home

Jewell Loyd misses 18-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three pointer
Mercedes Russell makes 9-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three pointer
Jewell Loyd misses layup
Mercedes Russell misses 18-foot jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup (Joyner Holmes assists)
Jordan Horston makes driving layup (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Kia Nurse misses driving floating jump shot
Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup
Jewell Loyd misses driving layup
Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point jumper
Joyner Holmes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Zia Cooke blocks Kia Nurse 's 23-foot three point jumper
Joyner Holmes misses two point shot
Joyner Holmes makes layup (Jordan Horston assists)
Mercedes Russell misses driving layup
Kia Nurse misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Kia Nurse makes three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Jordan Horston misses driving floating jump shot
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes 4-foot layup (Joyner Holmes assists)
Yvonne Turner misses driving layup
Jewell Loyd makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu assists)
Jordin Canada blocks Yvonne Turner 's 5-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 1-foot layup (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Kia Nurse makes driving layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Jewell Loyd makes layup (Mercedes Russell assists)
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup
Mercedes Russell makes two point shot (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
Jordan Horston makes driving floating jump shot (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd makes 3-foot layup (Mercedes Russell assists)
Mercedes Russell misses 19-foot jumper
Kia Nurse makes 25-foot three point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Ezi Magbegor makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Kia Nurse misses driving layup
Joyner Holmes makes layup (Ezi Magbegor assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Horston makes 5-foot jump bank shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
Ezi Magbegor misses 13-foot jumper
Ezi Magbegor makes two point shot
Ezi Magbegor misses driving layup
Jewell Loyd makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Horston assists)
Jewell Loyd misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Jewell Loyd misses 5-foot two point shot
Mercedes Russell misses tip shot
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jewell Loyd misses 14-foot two point shot
Jewell Loyd misses driving floating jump shot
Ezi Magbegor misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Jordin Canada makes 3-foot layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes 12-foot jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Jordin Canada misses two point shot
Azura Stevens misses layup
Azura Stevens misses two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses layup
Azura Stevens misses 3-foot two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses 13-foot two point shot
Ezi Magbegor blocks Dearica Hamby 's 5-foot layup
Zia Cooke makes driving layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Ezi Magbegor blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 17-foot jumper
Zia Cooke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Azura Stevens misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zia Cooke makes 8-foot two point shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes 6-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Zia Cooke misses driving floating jump shot
Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
Azura Stevens misses two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses tip shot
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
Zia Cooke misses 10-foot two point shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 6-foot two point shot
Evina Westbrook misses 3-foot tip shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses 4-foot two point shot
Rae Burrell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup
Rae Burrell makes 3-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Jordin Canada makes two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 12-foot jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses 11-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rae Burrell assists)
Layshia Clarendon makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada makes 25-foot three pointer
Jordin Canada misses 23-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 11-foot two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 11-foot jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordin Canada misses 17-foot two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Azura Stevens misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes alley oop layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Azura Stevens makes 4-foot layup (Rae Burrell assists)
Layshia Clarendon makes driving layup (Azura Stevens assists)
Jordin Canada misses two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 3-foot layup (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada makes two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses 20-foot jumper
Rae Burrell makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Zia Cooke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordin Canada assists)
Jordin Canada makes 7-foot running pullup jump shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot (Jordin Canada assists)
Azura Stevens misses 24-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes driving layup (Azura Stevens assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 13-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
Zia Cooke misses 25-foot three point shot
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Zia Cooke makes 2-foot two point shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Kia Nurse blocks Zia Cooke 's 2-foot driving layup
Layshia Clarendon misses 9-foot jumper
Zia Cooke misses pullup jump shot
Layshia Clarendon misses 7-foot two point shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Azura Stevens makes 6-foot two point shot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Layshia Clarendon misses three point jumper
Zia Cooke makes two point shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 20-foot two point shot
Layshia Clarendon makes layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 4-foot two point shot

SPARKS

STORM

TIME		LA	SEA
10:00	Azura Stevens vs. Ezi Magbegor (Jordan Horston gains possession)	0	0
9:53	Jordan Horston bad pass (Layshia Clarendon steals)	0	0
9:40	Jordin Canada makes 3-foot layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)	2	0
9:23	Jewell Loyd misses 18-foot jumper	2	0
9:22	Sparks defensive team rebound	2	0
9:22	Mercedes Russell loose ball foul	2	0
9:11	Nneka Ogwumike makes 12-foot jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)	4	0
8:58	Jewell Loyd bad pass (Jordin Canada steals)	4	0
8:54	Jordin Canada misses two point shot	4	0
8:50	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	4	0
8:50	Ezi Magbegor out of bounds bad pass turnover	4	0
8:38	Azura Stevens misses layup	4	0
8:36	Azura Stevens offensive rebound	4	0
8:34	Azura Stevens misses two point shot	4	0
8:31	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	4	0
8:27	Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot three pointer	4	3
8:15	Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)	7	3
7:58	Mercedes Russell makes 9-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)	7	5
7:48	Nneka Ogwumike bad pass (Ezi Magbegor steals)	7	5
7:45	Jewell Loyd makes two point shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)	7	7
7:31	Jordin Canada out of bounds bad pass turnover	7	7
7:23	Nneka Ogwumike personal foul	7	7
7:18	Jewell Loyd makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Ezi Magbegor assists)	7	10
7:06	Layshia Clarendon misses layup	7	10
7:02	Jordan Horston defensive rebound	7	10
6:54	Ezi Magbegor makes layup (Jewell Loyd assists)	7	12
6:44	Azura Stevens misses 3-foot two point shot	7	12
6:42	Jewell Loyd defensive rebound	7	12
6:34	Jewell Loyd makes 23-foot step back jumpshot	7	15
6:33	Sparks Full timeout	7	14
6:16	Azura Stevens bad pass (Mercedes Russell steals)	7	15
6:11	Jewell Loyd makes 24-foot three pointer	7	18
6:01	Rae Burrell bad pass (Sami Whitcomb steals)	7	18
5:57	Sami Whitcomb out of bounds bad pass turnover	7	18
5:57	Dearica Hamby enters the game for Azura Stevens	7	18
5:41	Nneka Ogwumike misses 13-foot two point shot	7	18
5:37	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	7	18
5:28	Layshia Clarendon personal foul	7	18
5:28	Zia Cooke enters the game for Rae Burrell	7	18
5:23	Jewell Loyd misses layup	7	18
5:20	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	7	18
5:03	Ezi Magbegor blocks Dearica Hamby 's 5-foot layup	7	18
5:01	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	7	18
4:56	Nneka Ogwumike personal foul	7	18
4:50	Dearica Hamby defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	7	18
4:50	Jewell Loyd makes technical free throw	7	19
4:43	Mercedes Russell misses 18-foot jumper	7	19
4:38	Layshia Clarendon defensive rebound	7	19
4:31	Zia Cooke makes driving layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)	9	19
4:21	Jewell Loyd misses 28-foot step back jumpshot	9	19
4:20	Sparks defensive team rebound	9	19
4:12	Ezi Magbegor blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 17-foot jumper	9	19
4:11	Storm defensive team rebound	9	19
4:11	Nneka Ogwumike loose ball foul	9	19
4:11	Azura Stevens enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike	9	19
3:55	Layshia Clarendon personal foul	9	19
3:55	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 1 of 2	9	20
3:55	Joyner Holmes enters the game for Mercedes Russell	9	20
3:55	Jewell Loyd makes free throw 2 of 2	9	21
3:43	Jewell Loyd defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	9	21
3:43	Jordin Canada makes technical free throw	10	21
3:36	Zia Cooke misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	21
3:33	Joyner Holmes defensive rebound	10	21
3:25	Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup (Joyner Holmes assists)	10	23
3:16	Azura Stevens misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	23
3:12	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	10	23
3:00	Jordan Horston makes driving layup (Ezi Magbegor assists)	10	25
3:00	Sparks Full timeout	10	25
3:00	Kia Nurse enters the game for Jordan Horston	10	25
3:00	Evina Westbrook enters the game for Jordin Canada	10	25
3:00	Jasmine Thomas enters the game for Layshia Clarendon	10	25
2:45	Zia Cooke makes 8-foot two point shot (Dearica Hamby assists)	12	25
2:31	Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	12	25
2:27	Zia Cooke defensive rebound	12	25
2:25	Evina Westbrook out of bounds lost ball turnover	12	25
2:03	Kia Nurse misses driving floating jump shot	12	25
1:59	Azura Stevens defensive rebound	12	25
1:48	Jasmine Thomas makes 6-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)	14	25
1:37	Ezi Magbegor makes driving layup	14	27
1:18	Zia Cooke misses driving floating jump shot	14	27
1:16	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	14	27
1:01	Jewell Loyd misses driving layup	14	27
58.1	Joyner Holmes offensive rebound	14	27
57.1	Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	27
57.1	Evina Westbrook defensive rebound	14	27
45.0	Dearica Hamby misses two point shot	14	27
43.0	Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound	14	27
35.1	Sami Whitcomb bad pass (Evina Westbrook steals)	14	27
30.0	Azura Stevens misses two point shot	14	27
29.1	Dearica Hamby offensive rebound	14	27
28.0	Dearica Hamby misses tip shot	14	27
27.1	Dearica Hamby offensive rebound	14	27
27.0	Dearica Hamby makes two point shot	16	27
27.0	Ezi Magbegor shooting foul	16	27
27.0	Jordan Horston enters the game for Ezi Magbegor	16	27
27.0	Yvonne Turner enters the game for Jewell Loyd	16	27
27.0	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Sami Whitcomb	16	27
27.0	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 1	17	27
8.0	Joyner Holmes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)	17	30
1.1	Zia Cooke misses 10-foot two point shot	17	30
0.1	Yvonne Turner defensive rebound	17	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	30

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Storm
85
Sparks
92

Game 1

4/6

Sparks
63
Storm
66

Game 2

7/6

Storm
72
Sparks
61

Game 3

1/9

Sparks
91
Storm
89

Game 4

10/9

Climate Pledge Arena

8:00 PM, 10 September 2023

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 10,728

Referees:
Randy Richardson
Toni Patillo
Kevin Fahy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	17	8	.680	-	W1
Seattle	17	8	.680	-	W3
Las Vegas	16	8	.667	0.5	L1
Phoenix	13	12	.520	4	W1
Los Angeles	6	18	.250	10.5	L1
Dallas	6	19	.240	11	W1

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