Mercury 92-78 Sparks (29 Jun, 2024) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

4-14, 1-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	26	19	17	16	78
PHX	23	21	28	20	92

Phoenix Mercury

9-8, 7-2 home

Brittney Griner misses 18-foot jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
Kahleah Copper makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner makes 8-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three pointer (Rebecca Allen assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Li Yueru blocks Kahleah Copper 's 19-foot pullup jump shot
Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Mack misses 11-foot two point shot
Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point shot
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Stephanie Talbot blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 4-foot driving layup
Natasha Cloud misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner makes 6-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Brittney Griner assists)
Sug Sutton misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner misses driving layup
Natasha Cloud misses 13-foot two point shot
Kahleah Copper misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham misses 30-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen makes two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Kahleah Copper misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Kahleah Copper makes two point shot
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
Natasha Cloud makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 26-foot three point shot
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Brittney Griner makes driving layup
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Brittney Griner assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Sophie Cunningham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kahleah Copper misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
Natasha Cloud makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
Kahleah Copper makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Rae Burrell blocks Kahleah Copper 's 2-foot driving layup
Kahleah Copper misses 3-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 1-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes driving layup (Sophie Cunningham assists)
Brittney Griner misses 4-foot two point shot
Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Griner misses 9-foot hook shot
Brittney Griner makes two point shot
Rebecca Allen misses running pullup jump shot
Stephanie Talbot blocks Natasha Mack 's 6-foot two point shot
Natasha Mack makes two point shot
Kia Nurse blocks Sug Sutton 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Mack misses layup
Natasha Mack misses two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses 7-foot two point shot
Stephanie Talbot makes 1-foot layup (Aari McDonald assists)
Rickea Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Aari McDonald assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Aari McDonald assists)
Kia Nurse misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Kia Nurse makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Rickea Jackson makes driving layup
Aari McDonald misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 7-foot two point shot (Aari McDonald assists)
Rickea Jackson misses running pullup jump shot
Rickea Jackson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Aari McDonald misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 2-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Zia Cooke makes 2-foot layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Dearica Hamby misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Griner blocks Dearica Hamby 's 4-foot driving layup
Rae Burrell misses 15-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Rickea Jackson assists)
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rickea Jackson assists)
Rebecca Allen blocks Zia Cooke 's 7-foot two point shot
Rickea Jackson misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Natasha Mack blocks Rickea Jackson 's 3-foot driving layup
Aari McDonald misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Aari McDonald makes 24-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Dearica Hamby misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aari McDonald misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 1-foot two point shot (Rae Burrell assists)
Rae Burrell misses 11-foot jumper
Stephanie Talbot makes 2-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Aari McDonald assists)
Rickea Jackson makes driving layup (Aari McDonald assists)
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aari McDonald makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Rebecca Allen blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 4-foot layup
Dearica Hamby makes 12-foot two point shot
Li Yueru misses 20-foot jumper
Zia Cooke misses 29-foot three point jumper
Li Yueru makes 20-foot jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Zia Cooke makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Sophie Cunningham blocks Zia Cooke 's 16-foot pullup jump shot
Rae Burrell misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Aari McDonald misses driving floating jump shot
Zia Cooke misses 26-foot three point shot
Rae Burrell makes two point shot
Aari McDonald misses two point shot
Zia Cooke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses driving floating jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 6-foot two point shot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aari McDonald makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby misses 9-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses driving floating jump shot
Rickea Jackson makes driving layup
Zia Cooke misses driving floating jump shot
Stephanie Talbot misses driving layup
Rickea Jackson makes 24-foot three pointer (Zia Cooke assists)
Rickea Jackson makes 3-foot layup (Zia Cooke assists)
Liz Dixon blocks Zia Cooke 's 5-foot driving layup

SPARKS

MERCURY

TIME		LA	PHX
10:00	Dearica Hamby vs. Brittney Griner (Natasha Cloud gains possession)	0	0
9:53	Rickea Jackson personal foul	0	0
9:41	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Kia Nurse steals)	0	0
9:33	Dearica Hamby misses 7-foot two point shot	0	0
9:29	Rebecca Allen defensive rebound	0	0
9:22	Brittney Griner misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
9:19	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	0	0
8:57	Stephanie Talbot makes 1-foot layup (Aari McDonald assists)	2	0
8:43	Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittney Griner assists)	2	3
8:26	Rickea Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)	5	3
8:14	Kahleah Copper makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	5	5
7:55	Dearica Hamby makes layup (Aari McDonald assists)	7	5
7:43	Brittney Griner makes 8-foot two point shot (Diana Taurasi assists)	7	7
7:31	Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)	10	7
7:16	Kahleah Copper makes driving layup	10	9
7:02	Aari McDonald lost ball turnover (Kahleah Copper steals)	10	9
6:55	Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three pointer (Rebecca Allen assists)	10	12
6:31	Dearica Hamby makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Aari McDonald assists)	13	12
6:22	Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	12
6:19	Rickea Jackson defensive rebound	13	12
6:13	Kia Nurse misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	13	12
6:09	Diana Taurasi defensive rebound	13	12
6:02	Brittney Griner lost ball turnover (Aari McDonald steals)	13	12
5:58	Kia Nurse out of bounds lost ball turnover	13	12
5:43	Brittney Griner makes 2-foot layup (Diana Taurasi assists)	13	14
5:20	Diana Taurasi personal foul	13	14
5:15	Kia Nurse makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)	16	14
5:01	Diana Taurasi offensive foul	16	14
5:01	Diana Taurasi turnover	16	14
5:01	Li Yueru enters the game for Dearica Hamby	16	14
5:01	Sophie Cunningham enters the game for Diana Taurasi	16	14
5:01	Natasha Mack enters the game for Brittney Griner	16	14
4:51	Rickea Jackson makes driving layup	18	14
4:51	Mercury Full timeout	18	14
4:35	Li Yueru blocks Kahleah Copper 's 19-foot pullup jump shot	18	14
4:34	Natasha Mack offensive rebound	18	14
4:30	Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point jumper	18	14
4:29	Rebecca Allen offensive rebound	18	14
4:23	Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	18	17
4:06	Aari McDonald misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	17
4:02	Kahleah Copper defensive rebound	18	17
3:56	Aari McDonald shooting foul	18	17
3:56	Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2	18	18
3:56	Sug Sutton enters the game for Rebecca Allen	18	18
3:56	Kahleah Copper misses free throw 2 of 2	18	18
3:55	Sparks defensive team rebound	18	18
3:44	Kia Nurse makes 7-foot two point shot (Aari McDonald assists)	20	18
3:29	Sophie Cunningham bad pass (Rickea Jackson steals)	20	18
3:24	Rickea Jackson misses running pullup jump shot	20	18
3:21	Natasha Mack defensive rebound	20	18
3:14	Natasha Mack misses 11-foot two point shot	20	18
3:14	Li Yueru defensive rebound	20	18
2:51	Rickea Jackson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	20	18
2:49	Natasha Mack defensive rebound	20	18
2:43	Kahleah Copper misses 23-foot three point shot	20	18
2:38	Stephanie Talbot defensive rebound	20	18
2:30	Aari McDonald misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	20	18
2:29	Mercury defensive team rebound	20	18
2:29	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Kahleah Copper	20	18
2:29	Zia Cooke enters the game for Kia Nurse	20	18
2:17	Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	20	21
2:03	Natasha Mack shooting foul	20	21
2:03	Aari McDonald makes free throw 1 of 2	21	21
2:03	Dearica Hamby enters the game for Rickea Jackson	21	21
2:03	Rae Burrell enters the game for Li Yueru	21	21
2:03	Aari McDonald makes free throw 2 of 2	22	21
1:52	Sophie Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	21
1:46	Zia Cooke defensive rebound	22	21
1:46	Zia Cooke lost ball turnover (Sophie Cunningham steals)	22	21
1:37	Sug Sutton makes 18-foot pullup jump shot	22	23
1:11	Dearica Hamby makes 2-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)	24	23
56.1	Zia Cooke personal foul	24	23
56.1	Brittney Griner enters the game for Natasha Mack	24	23
53.0	Stephanie Talbot blocks Sophie Cunningham 's 4-foot driving layup	24	23
52.1	Aari McDonald defensive rebound	24	23
46.2	Kia Nurse enters the game for Aari McDonald	24	23
44.0	Rae Burrell out of bounds bad pass turnover	24	23
32.0	Natasha Cloud misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	24	23
30.1	Stephanie Talbot defensive rebound	24	23
16.1	Sophie Cunningham personal foul	24	23
13.2	Zia Cooke makes 2-foot layup (Kia Nurse assists)	26	23
1.2	Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper	26	23
1.2	Mercury offensive team rebound	26	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	23

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

3:00 AM, 29 June 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 14,363

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Charles Watson
Sarah Williams

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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