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

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

Kahleah Copper drains a 3-pointer for the Mercury

0:17

Natasha Cloud gets the And-1

0:18

What a shot by Diana Taurasi

0:18

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

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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