Sparks 98-85 Mercury (11 May, 2024) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Sparks

2-0, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	18	24	32	24	98
PHX	18	24	19	24	85

Phoenix Mercury

0-2, 0-1 home

Kahleah Copper makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Kahleah Copper misses 16-foot jumper
Kia Nurse blocks Diana Taurasi 's 8-foot driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bella Murekatete misses driving layup
Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kia Nurse blocks Kahleah Copper 's 6-foot pullup jump shot
Sug Sutton misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Bella Murekatete misses layup
Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot two point shot
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Sug Sutton assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 31-foot three point jumper
Diana Taurasi makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Mikiah Herbert Harrigan assists)
Rebecca Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Natasha Mack misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Sug Sutton makes two point shot
Sug Sutton misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
Natasha Mack misses 16-foot two point shot
Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amy Atwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
Diana Taurasi misses running pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Kahleah Copper misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mikiah Herbert Harrigan assists)
Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikiah Herbert Harrigan assists)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
Monique Billings blocks Mikiah Herbert Harrigan 's 8-foot driving layup
Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three pointer
Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point shot
Kahleah Copper misses layup
Diana Taurasi makes driving layup (Kahleah Copper assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 22-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
Rickea Jackson blocks Kahleah Copper 's 4-foot driving layup
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Amy Atwell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sug Sutton makes 3-foot two point shot
Jaz Shelley misses 22-foot three point jumper
Amy Atwell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Sug Sutton makes driving layup
Jaz Shelley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaz Shelley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Charisma Osborne misses 15-foot two point shot
Mya Hollingshed misses 25-foot three point jumper
Charisma Osborne misses driving layup
Mya Hollingshed makes 23-foot three point jumper (Charisma Osborne assists)
Charisma Osborne makes driving layup (Ariel Hearn assists)
Ariel Hearn makes 25-foot three pointer
Stephanie Talbot blocks Amy Atwell 's 4-foot layup
Jaz Shelley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amy Atwell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ariel Hearn assists)
Amy Atwell makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaz Shelley assists)
Amy Atwell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kahleah Copper blocks Layshia Clarendon 's 1-foot layup
Cameron Brink makes 3-foot layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Rickea Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)
Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Rickea Jackson assists)
Dearica Hamby misses driving layup
Layshia Clarendon misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Lexie Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Rickea Jackson misses running pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby misses 10-foot jumper
Lexie Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Aari McDonald misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rickea Jackson makes driving layup (Lexie Brown assists)
Aari McDonald misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Brink makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Zia Cooke misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Mack blocks Li Yueru 's 9-foot two point shot
Aari McDonald makes 22-foot step back jumpshot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Natasha Mack blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 6-foot driving layup
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Monique Billings assists)
Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Blake Dietrick assists)
Blake Dietrick makes driving layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
Zia Cooke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Brink assists)
Kia Nurse misses 15-foot jumper
Cameron Brink makes two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses 25-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes driving layup
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Cameron Brink assists)
Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Natasha Mack blocks Dearica Hamby 's 7-foot two point shot
Rickea Jackson misses two point shot
Rickea Jackson misses 10-foot two point shot
Dearica Hamby misses 5-foot hook shot
Dearica Hamby misses layup
Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
Aari McDonald makes driving layup
Lexie Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)
Aari McDonald makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Aari McDonald makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
Rickea Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zia Cooke misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zia Cooke misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bella Murekatete blocks Stephanie Talbot 's 3-foot layup
Zia Cooke makes 14-foot running pullup jump shot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
Li Yueru misses layup
Amy Atwell blocks Zia Cooke 's 10-foot driving layup
Zia Cooke makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nia Clouden assists)
Zia Cooke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nia Clouden assists)
Zia Cooke makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Rae Burrell makes driving layup
Monique Billings makes layup

SPARKS

MERCURY

TIME		LA	PHX
10:00	Cameron Brink vs. Natasha Mack (Dearica Hamby gains possession)	0	0
9:44	Lexie Brown lost ball turnover (Natasha Cloud steals)	0	0
9:33	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Lexie Brown steals)	0	0
9:31	Kahleah Copper blocks Layshia Clarendon 's 1-foot layup	0	0
9:31	Mercury defensive team rebound	0	0
9:22	Kahleah Copper makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	0	2
9:22	Cameron Brink shooting foul	0	2
9:22	Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1	0	3
8:58	Cameron Brink makes 3-foot layup (Lexie Brown assists)	2	3
8:40	Rebecca Allen misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	2	3
8:38	Rebecca Allen offensive rebound	2	3
8:33	Kahleah Copper misses 16-foot jumper	2	3
8:27	Natasha Mack offensive rebound	2	3
8:23	Cameron Brink shooting foul	2	3
8:23	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2	2	4
8:23	Rickea Jackson enters the game for Cameron Brink	2	4
8:23	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2	2	5
8:15	Lexie Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	5
8:11	Rickea Jackson offensive rebound	2	5
8:08	Rickea Jackson bad pass (Rebecca Allen steals)	2	5
7:59	Kahleah Copper bad pass (Dearica Hamby steals)	2	5
7:47	Layshia Clarendon misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	2	5
7:45	Kahleah Copper defensive rebound	2	5
7:30	Rebecca Allen steps out of bounds turnover	2	5
7:06	Rickea Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	5
7:05	Dearica Hamby offensive rebound	2	5
7:04	Dearica Hamby lost ball turnover (Rebecca Allen steals)	2	5
6:47	Kia Nurse blocks Diana Taurasi 's 8-foot driving layup	2	5
6:47	Sparks defensive team rebound	2	5
6:24	Natasha Mack shooting foul	2	5
6:24	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
6:24	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2	4	5
6:07	Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	5
6:03	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	4	5
6:00	Dearica Hamby makes two point shot (Kia Nurse assists)	6	5
5:44	Kahleah Copper bad pass (Layshia Clarendon steals)	6	5
5:37	Lexie Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	5
5:35	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	6	5
5:33	Kia Nurse shooting foul	6	5
5:33	Diana Taurasi makes free throw 1 of 2	6	6
5:33	Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 2	6	6
5:30	Layshia Clarendon defensive rebound	6	6
5:22	Diana Taurasi personal foul	6	6
5:22	Sug Sutton enters the game for Diana Taurasi	6	6
5:22	Bella Murekatete enters the game for Natasha Mack	6	6
5:07	shot clock turnover	6	6
4:56	Bella Murekatete misses driving layup	6	6
4:54	Rickea Jackson defensive rebound	6	6
4:50	Kia Nurse makes two point shot (Rickea Jackson assists)	8	6
4:41	Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)	8	9
4:25	Dearica Hamby misses driving layup	8	9
4:23	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	8	9
4:20	Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)	8	12
3:51	Layshia Clarendon misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	8	12
3:49	Mercury defensive team rebound	8	12
3:49	Official timeout	8	12
3:49	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan enters the game for Rebecca Allen	8	12
3:49	Aari McDonald enters the game for Layshia Clarendon	8	12
3:41	Kahleah Copper traveling	8	12
3:41	Mercury delay of game violation	8	12
3:22	Lexie Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)	11	12
3:06	Kia Nurse blocks Kahleah Copper 's 6-foot pullup jump shot	11	12
3:05	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	11	12
2:54	Rickea Jackson misses running pullup jump shot	11	12
2:51	Rickea Jackson offensive rebound	11	12
2:50	Rickea Jackson lost ball turnover (Kahleah Copper steals)	11	12
2:41	Sug Sutton bad pass (Dearica Hamby steals)	11	12
2:36	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan shooting foul	11	12
2:36	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2	12	12
2:36	Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Kia Nurse	12	12
2:36	Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2	13	12
2:16	Sug Sutton misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	13	12
2:12	Stephanie Talbot defensive rebound	13	12
1:58	Dearica Hamby misses 10-foot jumper	13	12
1:55	Aari McDonald offensive rebound	13	12
1:54	Lexie Brown makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aari McDonald assists)	16	12
1:29	Bella Murekatete misses layup	16	12
1:25	Rickea Jackson defensive rebound	16	12
1:17	Natasha Cloud personal foul	16	12
1:17	Diana Taurasi enters the game for Kahleah Copper	16	12
1:17	Li Yueru enters the game for Dearica Hamby	16	12
1:12	Aari McDonald misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	12
1:08	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan defensive rebound	16	12
59.0	Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot two point shot	16	12
56.1	Li Yueru defensive rebound	16	12
53.1	Lexie Brown bad pass (Natasha Cloud steals)	16	12
47.1	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	16	15
33.1	Stephanie Talbot lost ball turnover (Bella Murekatete steals)	16	15
27.0	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Sug Sutton assists)	16	18
1.2	Rickea Jackson makes driving layup (Lexie Brown assists)	18	18
0.0	Natasha Cloud misses 31-foot three point jumper	18	18
0.0	Mercury offensive team rebound	18	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	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

3:00 AM, 11 May 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 4,598

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Angel Kent
Kelly Broomfield

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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