Not sure why we had to settle for a 4 hr tape delay on Spectrum. Couldn't
imagine having to put up with that for a Laker game. Sparks had a terrible H1,
a great Q3 and folded in Q4 for L 11. Only 3 players in DFs with Sykes getting
a DD. A really disappointing game - not sure if I want to watch it now or not.
Q3 had me excited, but that didn't last long and what happened to my girl
Amanda? Need some O girl. Pretty much a difference in shooting that got them
the L. 74-84 Sparks lose by 10.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Sykes 19 (46 /0 /100)/10/ 5/ 0/ 2/ 1/ 1/+28 DD
Wheeler 19 (35 /33 /100)/ 4/ 5/ 0/ 2/ 2/ 3/+17
Coffey 11 (33 /50 /0 )/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 5/ +7

Next games following:
Game 18 LAS at SEA: Wed Jul 07 19:00 CBSNet AntennaTV SpecSN Overflow
Game 19 LAS vs MIN: Sun Jul 11 18:00 NBATV SpecSN
Game 20 LAS vs IND: Sun Aug 15 18:00 SpecSN fever.wnba.com

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

Q1 - Terrible shooting and poor D, but no TOs has them -5 after 1 - shooting 25%
vs 47%; pluses 2/1/2; minuses 0/4/0. Sykes 7, Wheeler/B 4. 15-20=-5Q.

Q2 - More of the same, but 6 TOs! - shooting 33% vs 50%; pluses 2/1/1; minuses
6/2/2. Coffey 5. 15-19=-4Q.

HT - Sparks in pretty deep with no signs of getting out - n eed a H2 miracle -
shooting 29% vs 49%; pluses 4/2/3; minuses 6/6/2. Sykes 9, Wheeler 7,
Coffey 5. 30-39=-9H.

Q3 - That's more like it! Sparks actually manage to eat the deficit +2 -
shooting 63% vs 47%; pluses 1/3/1; minuses 2/2/2. Sykes/Samuelson/Coffey
6, B/Wheeler 4. 28-17=+11Q (58-56=+2).

Q4 - And after that beautiful Q3, the Sparks fold for yet another L - shooting
36% vs 44%; pluses 2/0/1; minuses 4/10/3. Wheeler 8, Sykes 4. 16-28=-12Q.

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 5-20 0-3 5-5 8-17 2-4 2-2 25 0.0 100 47.1 50 100 15 20
2 5-15 3-5 2-2 8-16 3-6 0-0 33.3 60 100 50 50 0 15 19
H 10-35 3-8 7-7 16-33 5-10 2-2 28.6 37.5 100 48.5 50 100 30 39
3 10-16 4-4 4-4 7-15 1-5 2-2 62.5 100 100 46.7 20 100 28 17
A3 20-51 7-12 11-11 23-48 6-15 4-4 39.2 58.3 100 47.9 40 100 58 56
4 5-14 0-6 6-6 7-16 2-5 12-13 35.7 0.0 100 43.8 40 92.3 16 28
F 25-65 7-18 17-17 30-64 8-20 16-17 38.5 38.9 100 46.9 40 94.1 74 84

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 2 10 2 1 2 0 4 0 6 12 0 2 2 3 -4 -2 +2 +1 -2 +1
2 5 8 2 1 1 6 2 2 5 8 3 1 4 5 -2 +2 -3
H 7 18 4 2 3 6 6 2 11 20 3 3 6 8 -4 -2 +2 -1 -2
3 8 5 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 5 0 1 4 4 +5 -1 +3 -2 -2
A3 15 23 5 5 4 8 8 4 14 25 3 4 10 12 +1 -2 +1 +2 -2 -4
4 3 7 2 0 1 4 10 3 5 8 4 0 1 4 -2 -1 -1 -4 +1 +3 +6
F 18 30 7 5 5 12 18 7 19 33 7 4 11 16 -1 -3 -2 +1 +1 +2

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Seattle Storm 20 19 17 28 84
Los Angeles Sparks 15 15 28 16 74 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Katie Lou Samuel SF 17:01 1-6 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -7 -1
Breanna Stewart PF 36:36 8-15 3-7 2-3 0 4 4 2 1 2 0 1 21 9 +22
Mercedes Russell C 16:41 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 +7
Epiphanny Prince SG 31:19 6-12 2-5 4-4 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 18 21 +18
Sue Bird PG 29:05 4-8 3-5 2-2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 -10 +14
Ezi Magbegor 23:19 7-11 0-0 6-6 3 9 0 3 0 1 3 5 20 10 +23
Jordin Canada 19:36 2-5 0-0 2-2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 6 9 +9
Stephanie Talbot 16:24 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 12 +7
Kennedy Burke 9:58 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 +2
Cierra Burdick 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Jewell Loyd 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 30-64 8-20 16-17 7 33 19 11 7 4 0 16 84
Percent 46.9% 40.0% 94.1%

Biggest Lead: 14; Bench Pts: 28; Fast Break Pts: 5; Points in Paint: 36
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 13; Team RBs: 5; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Karlie Samuelson SF 31:07 2-8 2-6 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 -2 +4
Nia Coffey PF 27:34 4-12 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 11 4 +7
Amanda Zahui B C 21:08 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 3 2 1 3 0 5 8 -1 +16
Brittney Sykes SG 36:50 6-13 0-0 7-7 1 10 5 1 2 0 0 1 19 -7 +28
Erica Wheeler PG 35:08 6-17 1-3 6-6 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 19 2 +17
Bria Holmes 16:59 1-3 0-1 2-2 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 -13 +5
Te'a Cooper 16:54 1-5 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 -23 -2
Lauren Cox 14:19 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 -10 +5
Arella Guirantes 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Chiney Ogwumike 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Nneka Ogwumike 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Kristi Toliver 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Maria Vadeeva 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Jasmine Walker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 25-65 7-18 17-17 7 30 18 12 5 5 0 18 74
Percent 38.5% 38.9% 100%

Biggest Lead: 8; Bench Pts: 11; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 14; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 6, Times Tied: 4
Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center - Los Angeles, CA
Officials: 18 Kurt Walker, 9 Tim Greene, 47 Brandon Schwab

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Seattle Storm 20 19 17 0 56
Los Angeles Sparks 15 15 28 0 58 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Katie Lou Samuel SF 17:01 1-6 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -7 -1
Breanna Stewart PF 26:36 5-10 2-5 2-2 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 14 -3 +15
Mercedes Russell C 16:41 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 +7
Epiphanny Prince SG 21:19 4-8 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 9 9 +9
Sue Bird PG 21:56 4-6 3-4 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 -15 +12
Ezi Magbegor 13:19 6-8 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 3 0 1 2 3 12 -2 +14
Jordin Canada 16:45 2-5 0-0 2-2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 +7
Stephanie Talbot 8:25 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 +3
Kennedy Burke 7:57 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 +1
Cierra Burdick 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Jewell Loyd 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 23-48 6-15 4-4 4 25 14 10 3 4 0 12 56
Percent 47.9% 40.0% 100%

Biggest Lead: 12; Bench Pts: 18; Fast Break Pts: 5; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 9; Team RBs: 2; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Karlie Samuelson SF 23:00 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 6 +7
Nia Coffey PF 19:58 4-11 3-5 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 11 11 +7
Amanda Zahui B C 18:54 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 3 8 1 +17
Brittney Sykes SG 29:14 4-11 0-0 7-7 1 8 5 1 2 0 0 0 15 0 +22
Erica Wheeler PG 25:08 3-10 1-2 4-4 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 11 14 +10
Bria Holmes 10:02 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 -9 +1
Te'a Cooper 12:37 1-4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 -14 -1
Lauren Cox 11:06 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 +3
Arella Guirantes 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Chiney Ogwumike 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Nneka Ogwumike 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Kristi Toliver 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Maria Vadeeva 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Jasmine Walker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 20-51 7-12 11-11 5 23 15 8 5 4 0 8 58
Percent 39.2% 58.3% 100%