Sparks with a repeat of the last game end up giving up a lead and tie the game
in the last few seconds, but no OT this time as Nneke gets the RB from Toliver's
missed 3 and scores the layup for the W. Only 3 players in DFs and no DDs.
Once again poor RBing (11 oORBs), high TOs (19) and mediocre shooting
(45/36/65). 66-64 Sparks win by 2.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
NOgwumike 17 (57 /33 /0 )/ 7/ 4/ 0/ 3/ 6/ 0/+18
Zahui B 10 (27 /0 /100)/ 5/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 4/ 3/ +5
Toliver 10 (80 /67 /0 )/ 4/ 5/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 3/+15

Next games following:
Game 23 LAS at NYL: Sun Aug 22 11:00 ESPN3 YES SpecSN
Game 24 LAS at WAS: Tue Aug 24 16:00 ESPN3 NBC Washington SpecSN
Game 25 LAS at CON: Thu Aug 26 16:00 NESN+ SpecSN

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

Q1 - Good start for LA with -4 TOs and better shooting - shooting 41% vs 29%;
pluses 2/2/1; minuses 3/2/1. 16-9=+7Q.

Q2 - D slacks off and only a +1 Q - shooting 50% vs 50%; pluses 1/2/0; minuses
3/4/2. Toliver 5, NOgwumike/B 4. 20-19=+1Q.

HT - Sparks in decent shape if they can repeat H1 - shooting 45% vs 40%; pluses
3/4/1; minuses 6/6/3. Toliver 8, B/NOgwumike 6, Sykes 5. 36-28=+8H.

Q3 - Sparks add 4 despite 7 TOs - shooting 50% vs 38%; pluses 3/2/0; minuses
7/4/2. Wheeler/NOgwumike 5, Zahui B 4. 19-15=+4Q (55-43=+12).

Q4 - Sparks with a repeat of the last game almost blow the game in the last
minute yet again - shooting 39% vs 40%; pluses 2/0/1; minuses 6/5/6.
NOgwumike 6. 11-21=-10Q.

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 7-17 2-6 0-2 4-14 0-2 1-2 41.2 33.3 0.0 28.6 0.0 50 16 9
2 6-12 1-4 7-8 8-16 1-3 2-3 50 25 87.5 50 33.3 66.7 20 19
H 13-29 3-10 7-10 12-30 1-5 3-5 44.8 30 70 40 20 60 36 28
3 7-14 2-3 3-4 6-16 3-9 0-0 50 66.7 75 37.5 33.3 0 19 15
A3 20-43 5-13 10-14 18-46 4-14 3-5 46.5 38.5 71.4 39.1 28.6 60 55 43
4 5-13 0-1 1-3 8-20 4-11 1-2 38.5 0.0 33.3 40 36.4 50 11 21
F 25-56 5-14 11-17 26-66 8-25 4-7 44.6 35.7 64.7 39.4 32 57.1 66 64

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 6 9 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 9 1 1 7 5 +3 +1 +1 -4 -3
2 2 7 1 2 0 3 4 2 2 7 2 0 3 6 -1 -2
H 8 16 3 4 1 6 6 3 5 16 3 1 10 11 +3 +1 -4 -5
3 4 9 3 2 0 7 4 2 4 6 2 1 6 5 +3 +1 -1 +1 -1
A3 12 25 6 6 1 13 10 5 9 22 5 2 16 16 +3 +3 +1 +1 -1 -3 -6
4 4 7 2 0 1 6 5 6 6 12 2 3 2 5 -2 -5 -4 -2 -2 +4
F 16 32 8 6 2 19 15 11 15 34 7 5 18 21 +1 -2 -3 -1 -3 +1 -6

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Atlanta Dream 9 19 15 21 64
Los Angeles Sparks 16 20 20 10 66 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Crystal Bradford SF 22:19 3-7 1-4 0-1 0 5 2 2 1 2 0 3 7 -4 +10
Candice Dupree PF 32:26 4-7 0-1 2-2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 -8 +13
Elizabeth Willia C 23:02 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 1 1 0 2 1 2 6 -8 +10
Courtney William SG 36:05 10-22 3-7 0-0 5 11 4 6 1 1 0 3 23 -2 +22
Odyssey Sims PG 20:44 0-6 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 -10 -5
Monique Billings 17:22 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 4 +2
Aari McDonald 19:15 5-10 4-8 1-2 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 4 15 8 +15
Tiffany Hayes 15:43 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 +1
Tianna Hawkins 7:33 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 -5
Shekinna Strickl 5:26 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 +1
Chennedy Carter 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Cheyenne Parker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 26-66 8-25 4-7 11 34 15 18 7 5 0 21 64
Percent 39.4% 32.0% 57.1%

Biggest Lead: 3; Bench Pts: 17; Fast Break Pts: 6; Points in Paint: 18
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 19; Team RBs: 8; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 33:14 3-5 0-0 3-4 2 8 1 2 2 0 1 1 9 -1 +15
Nneka Ogwumike PF 36:07 8-14 1-3 0-1 2 7 4 6 3 0 1 0 17 9 +18
Amanda Zahui B C 29:16 3-11 0-3 4-4 1 5 1 4 0 1 3 3 10 5 +5
Kristi Toliver SG 32:34 4-5 2-3 0-0 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 3 10 10 +15
Erica Wheeler PG 32:26 3-12 1-2 0-0 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 5 7 -4 +3
Te'a Cooper 13:05 2-5 0-1 3-4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 +4
Nia Coffey 17:10 1-3 1-2 1-2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 -3 +4
Lauren Cox 6:03 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -6 +2
Arella Guirantes 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Karlie Samuelson 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
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 25-56 5-14 11-17 8 32 16 19 6 2 0 15 66
Percent 44.6% 35.7% 64.7%

Biggest Lead: 17; Bench Pts: 13; Fast Break Pts: 11; Points in Paint: 34
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 16; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 1, Times Tied: 4
Venue: STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA
Officials: 55 Eric Brewton, 53 Jeffrey Smith, 44 Janetta Graham

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Atlanta Dream 9 19 15 0 43
Los Angeles Sparks 16 20 19 0 55 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Crystal Bradford SF 16:02 1-4 0-2 0-1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -14 +4
Candice Dupree PF 23:31 4-6 0-1 2-2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 -17 +11
Elizabeth Willia C 16:29 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 -11 +8
Courtney William SG 26:05 7-15 2-4 0-0 2 7 2 6 0 1 0 2 16 -12 +12
Odyssey Sims PG 20:44 0-6 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 -10 -5
Monique Billings 13:30 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 -1 -1
Aari McDonald 9:15 3-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 -2 +7
Tiffany Hayes 12:25 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 +2
Tianna Hawkins 6:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 -4
Shekinna Strickl 5:26 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 +1
Chennedy Carter 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Cheyenne Parker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 18-46 4-14 3-5 5 22 9 16 5 2 0 16 43
Percent 39.1% 28.6% 60.0%

Biggest Lead: 3; Bench Pts: 8; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 12
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 12; Team RBs: 5; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 27:18 2-4 0-0 3-4 2 7 1 2 2 0 1 1 7 3 +12
Nneka Ogwumike PF 26:07 5-9 1-3 0-0 1 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 11 19 +13
Amanda Zahui B C 23:21 3-9 0-3 4-4 1 5 1 3 0 1 1 1 10 10 +8
Kristi Toliver SG 26:38 4-4 2-2 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 2 10 14 +15
Erica Wheeler PG 22:27 3-11 1-2 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 7 7 +4
Te'a Cooper 9:00 1-2 0-1 3-4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 +3
Nia Coffey 13:05 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 +3
Lauren Cox 1:59 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 +1
Arella Guirantes 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Karlie Samuelson 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
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 20-43 5-13 10-14 6 25 12 13 6 1 0 10 55
Percent 46.5% 38.5% 71.4%

Biggest Lead: 17; Bench Pts: 10; Fast Break Pts: 11; Points in Paint: 24
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 13; Team RBs: 5; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 1, Times Tied: 3
Venue: STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA
Officials: 55 Eric Brewton, 53 Jeffrey Smith, 44 Janetta Graham