Storm 90-87 Sparks (15 Sep, 2024) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

7-31, 2-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	15	23	27	22	87
SEA	24	28	21	17	90

Seattle Storm

24-14, 14-5 home

Nneka Ogwumike misses 16-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell misses two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes 13-foot two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell makes 9-foot two point shot
Gabby Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 19-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Joyner Holmes assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point shot
Jordan Horston makes tip shot
Gabby Williams makes two point shot
Nneka Ogwumike misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Joyner Holmes misses alley oop layup
Victoria Vivians misses 13-foot jumper
Mercedes Russell makes layup (Victoria Vivians assists)
Victoria Vivians misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nika Muhl misses two point shot
Nika Muhl misses 23-foot three point jumper
Joyner Holmes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jordan Horston misses driving layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving layup
Jordan Horston makes driving layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Gabby Williams assists)
Gabby Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan Horston assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup
Victoria Vivians misses 25-foot three point jumper
Gabby Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Horston makes 2-foot layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Victoria Vivians makes layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Jordan Horston misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes 9-foot two point shot
Gabby Williams makes driving layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Nneka Ogwumike makes 2-foot layup (Jordan Horston assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gabby Williams makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup
Gabby Williams misses 45-foot three point shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 12-foot jumper
Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Gabby Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gabby Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gabby Williams makes two point shot
Gabby Williams misses 17-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby blocks Mercedes Russell's tip shot
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup
Gabby Williams makes driving layup (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses finger roll layup
Nneka Ogwumike makes layup
Jordan Horston makes layup
Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Horston makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Gabby Williams assists)
Jordan Horston makes 9-foot jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Gabby Williams misses driving floating jump shot
Joyner Holmes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nneka Ogwumike makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Skylar Diggins-Smith assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Gabby Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mercedes Russell misses layup
Jordan Horston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mercedes Russell assists)
Jordan Horston misses driving layup
Gabby Williams misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Azura Stevens misses 9-foot hook shot
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Odyssey Sims makes 9-foot two point shot
Rae Burrell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
Odyssey Sims misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rickea Jackson misses 11-foot two point shot
Rickea Jackson makes 12-foot jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Li Yueru makes 8-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 19-foot jumper
Crystal Dangerfield misses 28-foot three point jumper
Stephanie Talbot misses 20-foot jumper
Rickea Jackson misses 10-foot two point shot
Rickea Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Kia Nurse misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses layup
Li Yueru makes layup
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Zia Cooke misses 7-foot jumper
Zia Cooke makes driving layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Azura Stevens makes layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Skylar Diggins-Smith blocks Odyssey Sims 's 16-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
Rickea Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes layup
Rickea Jackson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rae Burrell assists)
Rickea Jackson makes 12-foot two point shot (Rae Burrell assists)
Azura Stevens misses 22-foot three point jumper
Azura Stevens makes two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Rickea Jackson assists)
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Rickea Jackson assists)
Azura Stevens misses two point shot
Rickea Jackson makes 2-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Rae Burrell misses layup
Rickea Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Azura Stevens assists)
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup
Azura Stevens misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
Odyssey Sims misses two point shot
Dearica Hamby makes layup
Rickea Jackson misses 9-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Rae Burrell misses 22-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims makes layup (Rae Burrell assists)
Rickea Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Stephanie Talbot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Odyssey Sims misses 8-foot jumper
Rickea Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point jumper
Joyner Holmes blocks Dearica Hamby 's 3-foot layup
Odyssey Sims misses driving floating jump shot
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
Odyssey Sims makes layup
Dearica Hamby makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
Rickea Jackson makes 2-foot two point shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Odyssey Sims makes two point shot
Rickea Jackson makes two point shot
Rickea Jackson misses 14-foot two point shot
Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
Victoria Vivians blocks Rae Burrell 's 5-foot layup
Odyssey Sims misses driving layup
Rickea Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper

SPARKS

STORM

TIME		LA	SEA
10:00	Azura Stevens vs. Nneka Ogwumike (Odyssey Sims gains possession)	0	0
9:38	Rickea Jackson bad pass (Mercedes Russell steals)	0	0
9:26	Nneka Ogwumike misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
9:22	Mercedes Russell offensive rebound	0	0
9:21	Mercedes Russell misses two point shot	0	0
9:21	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	0	0
9:05	Azura Stevens misses 9-foot hook shot	0	0
9:02	Gabby Williams defensive rebound	0	0
8:55	Nneka Ogwumike misses layup	0	0
8:49	Azura Stevens defensive rebound	0	0
8:48	Dearica Hamby misses layup	0	0
8:42	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	0	0
8:31	Nneka Ogwumike makes 13-foot two point shot (Gabby Williams assists)	0	2
8:12	Odyssey Sims makes 9-foot two point shot	2	2
7:59	Skylar Diggins-Smith lost ball turnover (Odyssey Sims steals)	2	2
7:52	Rae Burrell misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
7:52	Sparks offensive team rebound	2	2
7:44	Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Odyssey Sims assists)	4	2
7:25	Sami Whitcomb misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	2
7:22	Dearica Hamby defensive rebound	4	2
7:16	Dearica Hamby vs. Mercedes Russell	4	2
7:16	Dearica Hamby lost ball turnover (Mercedes Russell steals)	4	2
7:04	Mercedes Russell makes 9-foot two point shot	4	4
6:40	Dearica Hamby misses driving layup	4	4
6:37	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	4	4
6:30	Gabby Williams makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	4	6
6:11	Odyssey Sims misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	6
6:06	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	4	6
6:01	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Sami Whitcomb assists)	4	8
5:38	Rickea Jackson misses 11-foot two point shot	4	8
5:34	Rickea Jackson offensive rebound	4	8
5:33	Rickea Jackson makes 12-foot jumper	6	8
5:22	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 19-foot jumper	6	8
5:20	Storm offensive team rebound	6	8
5:20	Joyner Holmes enters the game for Mercedes Russell	6	8
5:20	Li Yueru enters the game for Dearica Hamby	6	8
5:20	Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Azura Stevens	6	8
5:20	Sparks delay of game violation	6	8
5:08	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes driving layup	6	10
4:52	Sami Whitcomb shooting foul	6	10
4:52	Official timeout	6	10
4:52	Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2	7	10
4:52	Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2	8	10
4:34	Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Joyner Holmes assists)	8	13
4:18	Sami Whitcomb personal foul	8	13
4:18	Jordan Horston enters the game for Sami Whitcomb	8	13
4:11	Odyssey Sims misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	8	13
4:05	Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound	8	13
4:02	Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 25-foot three point shot	8	13
4:00	Jordan Horston offensive rebound	8	13
4:00	Jordan Horston makes tip shot	8	15
4:00	Rae Burrell shooting foul	8	15
4:00	Jordan Horston makes free throw 1 of 1	8	16
4:00	Kia Nurse enters the game for Rae Burrell	8	16
3:58	Stephanie Talbot bad pass (Gabby Williams steals)	8	16
3:53	Gabby Williams makes two point shot	8	18
3:41	Li Yueru makes 8-foot jumper (Kia Nurse assists)	10	18
3:28	Nneka Ogwumike misses 10-foot pullup jump shot	10	18
3:28	Sparks defensive team rebound	10	18
3:28	Mercedes Russell enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike	10	18
3:28	Crystal Dangerfield enters the game for Odyssey Sims	10	18
3:12	Stephanie Talbot misses 19-foot jumper	10	18
3:09	Li Yueru offensive rebound	10	18
3:07	Crystal Dangerfield misses 28-foot three point jumper	10	18
3:03	Mercedes Russell defensive rebound	10	18
3:02	Crystal Dangerfield shooting foul	10	18
3:02	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	10	19
3:02	Victoria Vivians enters the game for Gabby Williams	10	19
3:02	Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	10	20
2:56	Stephanie Talbot misses 20-foot jumper	10	20
2:50	Jordan Horston defensive rebound	10	20
2:38	Joyner Holmes misses alley oop layup	10	20
2:34	Li Yueru defensive rebound	10	20
2:25	Rickea Jackson misses 10-foot two point shot	10	20
2:21	Joyner Holmes defensive rebound	10	20
2:15	Stephanie Talbot shooting foul	10	20
2:15	Joyner Holmes makes free throw 1 of 2	10	21
2:15	Nika Muhl enters the game for Skylar Diggins-Smith	10	21
2:15	Joyner Holmes makes free throw 2 of 2	10	22
2:01	Rickea Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)	13	22
1:48	Rickea Jackson personal foul	13	22
1:48	Dearica Hamby enters the game for Stephanie Talbot	13	22
1:39	Victoria Vivians misses 13-foot jumper	13	22
1:36	Mercedes Russell offensive rebound	13	22
1:33	Mercedes Russell makes layup (Victoria Vivians assists)	13	24
1:31	Sparks Full timeout	13	24
1:20	Kia Nurse misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	13	24
1:17	Joyner Holmes defensive rebound	13	24
1:10	Victoria Vivians misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	24
1:06	Nika Muhl offensive rebound	13	24
1:04	Nika Muhl misses two point shot	13	24
1:04	Crystal Dangerfield defensive rebound	13	24
47.1	Rickea Jackson lost ball turnover (Mercedes Russell steals)	13	24
40.2	Nika Muhl misses 23-foot three point jumper	13	24
37.1	Crystal Dangerfield defensive rebound	13	24
29.0	Crystal Dangerfield misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	24
25.1	Kia Nurse offensive rebound	13	24
24.0	Kia Nurse misses layup	13	24
21.1	Li Yueru offensive rebound	13	24
20.1	Li Yueru makes layup	15	24
3.1	Joyner Holmes misses 23-foot three point jumper	15	24
3.1	Li Yueru defensive rebound	15	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	24

Regular Season Series

SEA wins 4-0

Sparks
79
Storm
95

Game 1

12/6

Storm
89
Sparks
83

Game 2

16/7

Storm
90
Sparks
82

Game 3

12/9

Sparks
87
Storm
90

Game 4

15/9

Climate Pledge Arena

11:00 PM, 15 September 2024

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 11,301

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Tiara Cruse
Jenna Reneau

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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