Mercury 87-68 Sparks (2 Jun, 2024) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

2-6, 1-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	15	7	24	22	68
PHX	16	23	29	19	87

Phoenix Mercury

4-5, 3-1 home

Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Sophie Cunningham makes 1-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
Natasha Mack misses two point shot
Liz Dixon misses layup
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Liz Dixon misses layup
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Mack misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Sug Sutton misses 47-foot three point pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 19-foot jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes two point shot
Sophie Cunningham makes driving layup (Natasha Mack assists)
Natasha Cloud misses running pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot jumper
Sug Sutton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Liz Dixon makes 11-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kahleah Copper makes 1-foot layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 18-foot two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 29-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three pointer
Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Liz Dixon assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper
Cameron Brink blocks Kahleah Copper 's 1-foot driving layup
Kahleah Copper misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Sug Sutton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 31-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses driving floating jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Brink blocks Sug Sutton 's 3-foot two point shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 24-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 29-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 5-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Natasha Cloud misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses driving floating jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses layup
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Natasha Mack makes 12-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Natasha Mack makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Rickea Jackson misses 17-foot two point shot
Natasha Mack blocks Cameron Brink 's 1-foot driving layup
Dearica Hamby makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Dearica Hamby misses two point shot
Kia Nurse makes 9-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
Natasha Cloud blocks Rickea Jackson's driving layup
Lexie Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Lexie Brown misses driving layup
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point shot
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Lexie Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point shot
Rickea Jackson misses 6-foot two point shot
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Aari McDonald assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Zia Cooke 's 2-foot driving layup
Aari McDonald misses 27-foot three point jumper
Zia Cooke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rickea Jackson misses layup
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Cameron Brink's two point shot
Lexie Brown misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
Lexie Brown misses 29-foot three point jumper
Li Yueru misses 1-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes 1-foot layup (Li Yueru assists)
Aari McDonald misses 18-foot jumper
Li Yueru makes layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Li Yueru misses 20-foot jumper
Kia Nurse misses 30-foot three point jumper
Cameron Brink makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Kia Nurse misses 29-foot three point jumper
Aari McDonald makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Brink assists)
Rickea Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Kia Nurse misses driving layup
Rickea Jackson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Cameron Brink makes 1-foot layup (Rickea Jackson assists)
Rickea Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aari McDonald misses 24-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes 16-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse misses two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
Aari McDonald misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Cameron Brink makes driving layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Stephanie Talbot makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot
Cameron Brink misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud blocks Dearica Hamby's two point shot
Stephanie Talbot makes driving layup
Rickea Jackson misses layup
Zia Cooke makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Rickea Jackson makes driving layup
Stephanie Talbot misses 13-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Zia Cooke assists)
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zia Cooke makes 26-foot three pointer
Rae Burrell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses 7-foot jumper
Rickea Jackson makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)

SPARKS

MERCURY

TIME		LA	PHX
10:00	Cameron Brink vs. Natasha Mack (Dearica Hamby gains possession)	0	0
9:40	Dearica Hamby lost ball turnover (Kahleah Copper steals)	0	0
9:31	Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	0	3
9:10	Rickea Jackson misses 17-foot two point shot	0	3
9:07	Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound	0	3
9:06	Sophie Cunningham out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	3
9:01	Natasha Mack blocks Cameron Brink 's 1-foot driving layup	0	3
9:01	Sparks offensive team rebound	0	3
8:57	Dearica Hamby makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)	3	3
8:34	Sophie Cunningham makes 1-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	3	5
8:08	Dearica Hamby misses two point shot	3	5
8:07	Natasha Mack defensive rebound	3	5
8:01	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)	3	8
7:46	Kahleah Copper personal foul	3	8
7:43	Lexie Brown bad pass (Diana Taurasi steals)	3	8
7:38	Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot	3	8
7:36	Sparks defensive team rebound	3	8
7:36	Natasha Mack loose ball foul	3	8
7:21	Kia Nurse makes 9-foot two point shot	5	8
7:12	Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper	5	8
7:08	Lexie Brown defensive rebound	5	8
7:00	Dearica Hamby misses driving layup	5	8
6:56	Natasha Mack defensive rebound	5	8
6:55	Kahleah Copper misses two point shot	5	8
6:53	Natasha Mack offensive rebound	5	8
6:52	Natasha Mack misses two point shot	5	8
6:51	Lexie Brown defensive rebound	5	8
6:45	Natasha Mack personal foul	5	8
6:45	Liz Dixon enters the game for Natasha Mack	5	8
6:34	Natasha Cloud blocks Rickea Jackson's driving layup	5	8
6:34	Sparks offensive team rebound	5	8
6:29	Lexie Brown misses 20-foot jumper	5	8
6:24	Liz Dixon defensive rebound	5	8
6:19	Kahleah Copper bad pass (Dearica Hamby steals)	5	8
6:08	Lexie Brown misses driving layup	5	8
6:07	Mercury defensive team rebound	5	8
5:50	Liz Dixon misses layup	5	8
5:48	Rickea Jackson defensive rebound	5	8
5:43	Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point shot	5	8
5:40	Sophie Cunningham defensive rebound	5	8
5:29	Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	5	11
5:03	shot clock turnover	5	11
5:03	Aari McDonald enters the game for Rickea Jackson	5	11
4:43	Diana Taurasi misses 22-foot three point jumper	5	11
4:38	Cameron Brink defensive rebound	5	11
4:28	Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Lexie Brown assists)	7	11
4:04	Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sophie Cunningham assists)	7	14
3:46	Lexie Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper	7	14
3:42	Kahleah Copper defensive rebound	7	14
3:37	Lexie Brown shooting foul	7	14
3:37	Official timeout	7	14
3:37	Sug Sutton enters the game for Natasha Cloud	7	14
3:37	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan enters the game for Sophie Cunningham	7	14
3:37	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	7	15
3:37	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2	7	16
3:18	Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)	10	16
2:50	Liz Dixon misses layup	10	16
2:49	Cameron Brink defensive rebound	10	16
2:43	Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point shot	10	16
2:40	Sug Sutton defensive rebound	10	16
2:40	Aari McDonald personal foul	10	16
2:40	Natasha Cloud enters the game for Diana Taurasi	10	16
2:20	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	16
2:18	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	10	16
2:11	Kahleah Copper shooting foul	10	16
2:11	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2	11	16
2:11	Zia Cooke enters the game for Lexie Brown	11	16
2:11	Rickea Jackson enters the game for Cameron Brink	11	16
2:11	Dearica Hamby misses free throw 2 of 2	11	16
2:09	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	11	16
1:57	Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	16
1:55	Sparks defensive team rebound	11	16
1:55	Kahleah Copper loose ball foul	11	16
1:55	Natasha Mack enters the game for Liz Dixon	11	16
1:55	Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2	12	16
1:55	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Kahleah Copper	12	16
1:55	Kia Nurse makes free throw 2 of 2	13	16
1:45	Aari McDonald personal foul	13	16
1:37	Natasha Mack misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	13	16
1:36	Sparks defensive team rebound	13	16
1:36	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan loose ball foul	13	16
1:36	Rickea Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2	14	16
1:36	Rickea Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2	15	16
1:26	Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	15	16
1:22	Rickea Jackson defensive rebound	15	16
1:07	Aari McDonald out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	16
52.0	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 13-foot step back jumpshot	15	16
48.1	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	15	16
31.0	Rickea Jackson misses 6-foot two point shot	15	16
29.1	Natasha Mack defensive rebound	15	16
10.2	Diana Taurasi out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	16
0.2	Aari McDonald bad pass (Sug Sutton steals)	15	16
0.1	Sug Sutton misses 47-foot three point pullup jump shot	15	16
0.0	Mercury offensive team rebound	15	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	16

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Sparks
68
Mercury
87

Game 1

2/6

Sparks
78
Mercury
92

Game 2

29/6

Mercury
84
Sparks
78

Game 3

8/7

Mercury
85
Sparks
81

Game 4

18/9

Footprint Center

11:00 PM, 2 June 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,207

Referees:
Randy Richardson
Angel Kent
Biniam Maru

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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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