Sparks looked totally out-classed by NEV - they didn't have sufficient O/D to make
any kind of run in the game. They're gonna miss Gray & CP3. I'm not expecting
this team to go anywhere if this is an example of their play. Looks like Nneka
had the only halfway decent game and the only stats that were pos. were they shot
slightly better from 3, had +1 RBs and -4 TOs. 69-97 Sparks lose by 28.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
NOgwumike 19 (53 /50 /0 )/ 5/ 3/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 3/+19
COgwumike 11 (40 /0 /60 )/ 5/ 2/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 5/ +9

Next games following:
Game 3 LAS vs CHI: Fri May 28 17:00 -- --
Game 4 LAS vs CHI: Sun May 30 15:00 -- --
Game 5 LAS vs DAL: Tue Jun 01 17:00 -- --

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Quarterly Sparks scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - NEV looks stronger coming out & LA better step up on both ends - shooting
42% vs 58%; pluses 1/2/0; minuses 2/3/2. Toliver/Coffey 5,
Wheeler/COgwumike 4. 20-25=-5Q.

Q2 - More of the same, but worse - shooting 33% vs 55%; pluses 0/0/1; minuses
3/8/1. NOgwumike 7, Toliver 4. 16-31=-15Q.

HT - Sparks not looking good at all - will need a lot on H2 to even get close -
shooting 38% vs 56%; pluses 1/2/1; minuses 5/11/3. Toliver/NOgwumike 9,
COgwumike 6, Coffey 5. 36-56=-20H.

Q3 - Still little improvement - not a great showing on the season - shooting
39% vs 46%; pluses 2/3/0; minuses 4/8/0. NOgwumike 10, Cooper 5.
18-20=-2Q (54-76=-22).

Q4 - Still no sunlight as LA takes the L - shooting 33% vs 50%; pluses 2/3/0;
minuses 2/5/1. Guirantes 6, COgwumike 4. 15-21=-6Q.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Sparks Opponent Sparks Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAS OPP
1 8-19 2-5 2-4 11-19 0-2 3-4 42.1 40 50 57.9 0.0 75 20 25
2 6-18 2-5 2-2 11-20 1-4 8-9 33.3 40 100 55 25 88.9 16 31
H 14-37 4-10 4-6 22-39 1-6 11-13 37.8 40 66.7 56.4 16.7 84.6 36 56
3 7-18 1-2 3-4 5-11 2-4 8-11 38.9 50 75 45.5 50 72.7 18 20
A3 21-55 5-12 7-10 27-50 3-10 19-24 38.2 41.7 70 54 30 79.2 54 76
4 6-18 0-4 3-5 6-12 1-4 8-8 33.3 0.0 60 50 25 100 15 21
F 27-73 5-16 10-15 33-62 4-14 27-32 37 31.3 66.7 53.2 28.6 84.4 69 97

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Sparks Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
1 3 6 1 2 0 2 3 2 5 11 0 3 2 2 -2 -5 -1 +2 -3 +1
2 4 8 0 0 1 3 8 1 6 12 2 3 1 2 -2 -4 -1 -2 -2 +2 +6
H 7 14 1 2 1 5 11 3 11 23 2 6 3 4 -4 -9 -2 -5 +2 +7
3 7 9 2 3 0 4 8 0 3 9 3 1 6 5 +4 +2 -1 -2 +3
A3 14 23 3 5 1 9 19 3 14 32 5 7 9 9 -9 -6 +10
4 4 5 2 3 0 2 5 1 4 12 2 5 6 6 -7 +1 +1 -5 -4 -1
F 18 28 5 8 1 11 24 4 18 44 7 12 15 15 -16 +1 +1 -11 -4 +9

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WNBA Finsl Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 16 18 15 69
Las Vegas Aces 25 31 20 21 97 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Erica Wheeler SF 19:14 3-6 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 3 6 -11 +7
Nneka Ogwumike PF 28:15 9-17 1-2 0-0 0 5 3 1 1 0 2 3 19 -15 +19
Chiney Ogwumike C 30:40 4-10 0-0 3-5 3 5 2 2 1 0 2 5 11 -8 +9
Brittney Sykes SG 22:33 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 -7 +0
Kristi Toliver PG 18:14 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 9 -9 +11
Te'a Cooper 21:13 2-4 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 8 -20 +7
Nia Coffey 20:43 3-7 1-2 1-2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 -33 +7
Arella Guirantes 21:19 2-9 0-3 2-2 1 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 -16 +6
Jasmine Walker 2:35 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -8 -2
Bria Holmes 15:13 0-6 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 -13 -2
Amanda Zahui B 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 27-73 5-16 10-15 5 28 18 11 8 1 0 24 69
Percent 37.0% 31.3% 66.7%

Biggest Lead: 5; Bench Pts: 22; Fast Break Pts: 6; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 14; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Jackie Young SF 30:36 5-8 0-0 7-9 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 17 22 +16
A'ja Wilson PF 29:43 6-10 0-0 5-5 1 8 2 1 1 3 0 2 17 21 +26
Liz Cambage C 20:39 4-8 0-1 3-5 1 10 0 3 0 2 0 3 11 15 +14
Riquna Williams SG 23:34 2-7 1-4 2-2 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 7 7 +10
Chelsea Gray PG 30:01 7-8 2-3 2-2 0 5 6 4 2 1 0 0 18 23 +27
Dearica Hamby 25:39 6-13 1-3 4-4 1 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 17 28 +23
JiSu Park 18:09 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 4 2 16 +6
Destiny Slocum 15:12 2-5 0-2 2-3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 6 14 +6
Emma Cannon 6:24 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 -6 +1
Angel McCoughtry 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Kelsey Plum 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 33-62 4-14 27-32 4 44 18 15 7 12 0 15 97
Percent 53.2% 28.6% 84.4%

Biggest Lead: 29; Bench Pts: 27; Fast Break Pts: 8; Points in Paint: 34
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 11; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 7, Times Tied: 0
Venue: Michelob ULTRA Arena - Las Vegas, NV
Officials: 31 Amy Bonner, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, 76 Toni Patillo

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 16 18 0 54
Las Vegas Aces 25 31 20 0 76 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Erica Wheeler SF 16:41 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 3 4 -9 +5
Nneka Ogwumike PF 28:15 9-17 1-2 0-0 0 5 3 1 1 0 2 3 19 -15 +19
Chiney Ogwumike C 20:40 2-6 0-0 3-4 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 7 -2 +7
Brittney Sykes SG 22:33 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 -7 +0
Kristi Toliver PG 18:14 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 9 -9 +11
Te'a Cooper 13:46 2-3 2-2 2-2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 8 -16 +8
Nia Coffey 10:43 2-5 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -27 +5
Arella Guirantes 11:19 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -10 +0
Jasmine Walker 2:35 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -8 -2
Bria Holmes 5:13 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -7 -2
Amanda Zahui B 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 21-55 5-12 7-10 3 23 14 9 5 1 0 19 54
Percent 38.2% 41.7% 70.0%

Biggest Lead: 5; Bench Pts: 13; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 22
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 8; Team RBs: 4; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Jackie Young SF 28:20 5-8 0-0 7-9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 20 +15
A'ja Wilson PF 27:04 6-10 0-0 3-3 1 7 2 1 2 3 0 2 15 16 +24
Liz Cambage C 15:44 2-5 0-1 3-5 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 8 +8
Riquna Williams SG 18:29 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 +7
Chelsea Gray PG 25:06 5-6 1-2 2-2 0 4 6 3 1 1 0 0 13 16 +21
Dearica Hamby 15:39 5-11 1-3 2-2 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 13 22 +15
JiSu Park 13:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 17 +3
Destiny Slocum 5:12 2-4 0-1 2-3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 +4
Emma Cannon 1:19 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5 +0
Angel McCoughtry 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Kelsey Plum 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 27-50 3-10 19-24 3 32 14 9 5 7 0 9 76
Percent 54.0% 30.0% 79.2%

Biggest Lead: 23; Bench Pts: 19; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 26
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 4; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 7, Times Tied: 0
Venue: Michelob ULTRA Arena - Las Vegas, NV
Officials: 31 Amy Bonner, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, 76 Toni Patillo

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 16 0 0 36
Las Vegas Aces 25 31 0 0 56 Halftime

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Erica Wheeler SF 10:31 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 -9 +5
Nneka Ogwumike PF 18:15 4-11 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 9 -13 +6
Chiney Ogwumike C 12:45 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 -2 +6
Brittney Sykes SG 12:33 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 -1
Kristi Toliver PG 16:01 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 9 -9 +10
Te'a Cooper 9:56 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 -14 +4
Nia Coffey 8:38 2-5 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -25 +5
Arella Guirantes 3:32 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -8 -1
Jasmine Walker 2:35 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -8 -2
Bria Holmes 5:13 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -7 -2
Amanda Zahui B 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 14-37 4-10 4-6 1 14 7 5 2 1 0 11 36
Percent 37.8% 40.0% 66.7%