Sparks didn't show up till H2 and then too little too late. Only 1! player in
DFs for LA; poor shooting 36/23/87% exc FTs; medicore D and pretty much a
lackadaisical effort. 68-78 Sparks lose by 10 (was much worse than that).

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Coffey 15 (44 /50 /100)/ 4/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/+14

Next games following:
Game 25 LAS at CON: Thu Aug 26 16:00 NESN+ SpecSN
Game 26 LAS at CON: Sat Aug 28 16:00 NBA TV NESN+ SpecSN
Game 27 LAS at IND: Tue Aug 31 16:00 Twitter fever.wnba.com SpecSN

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

Q1 - Terrible 0-14 start for LA plus 4 TOs/5 PFs/6 oORBs - shooting 27% vs 58%;
pluses 2/2/2; minuses 4/5/6. NOgwumike 4. 11-28=-17Q.

Q2 - Equally as bad as Q1 - Sparks down 33 - shooting 37% vs 53%; pluses 1/0/2;
minuses 3/6/1. Guirantes 5. 12-28=-16Q.

HT - Worst half of play I've ever seen by LA - shooting 27% vs 56%; pluses
3/2/4; minuses 7/11/7. NOgwumike 6, Guirantes/Coffey 5. 23-56=-33H.

Q3 - Sparks get 6 back (not even a dent) - shooting 41% vs 33%; pluses 1/4/0;
minuses 1/3/1. Wheeler 7, Sykes 6, Toliver/Zahui B 4.
21-15=+6Q (44-71=-27).

Q4 - WAS relaxed and gave 17 back, but not enough - shooting 44% vs 25%; pluses
4/3/2; minuses 3/3/0. Coffey 10, COgwumike 7, Cooper 4. 24-7=+17Q.

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 4-15 1-3 2-2 11-19 3-4 3-5 26.7 33.3 100 57.9 75 60 11 28
2 4-15 1-5 3-4 9-17 2-4 8-9 26.7 20 75 52.9 50 88.9 12 28
H 8-30 2-8 5-6 20-36 5-8 11-14 26.7 25 83.3 55.6 62.5 78.6 23 56
3 9-22 1-8 2-3 5-15 2-4 3-3 40.9 12.5 66.7 33.3 50 100 21 15
A3 17-52 3-16 7-9 25-51 7-12 14-17 32.7 18.8 77.8 49 58.3 82.4 44 71
4 8-18 2-6 6-6 3-12 1-6 0-0 44.4 33.3 100 25 16.7 0 24 7
F 25-70 5-22 13-15 28-63 8-18 14-17 35.7 22.7 86.7 44.4 44.4 82.4 68 78

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 5 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 14 2 2 3 3 -4 -9 -4 +1 +2
2 3 8 1 0 2 3 6 1 7 11 3 2 0 4 -4 -3 -3 +3 +2
H 5 13 3 2 4 7 11 7 13 25 5 4 3 7 -8 -12 -4 -3 +4 +4
3 4 10 1 4 0 1 3 1 3 11 1 0 7 6 +1 -1 +3 -6 -3
A3 9 23 4 6 4 8 14 8 16 36 6 4 10 13 -7 -13 -4 -2 +1
4 2 12 4 3 2 3 3 0 2 5 2 1 5 5 +7 +4 +1 +1 -2 -2
F 11 35 8 9 6 11 17 8 18 41 8 5 15 18 -7 -6 +1 +1 -4 -1

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 11 12 21 24 68
Washington Mystics 28 28 15 7 78 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nneka Ogwumike SF 25:56 3-11 0-1 0-0 1 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 -17 +4
Brittney Sykes PF 25:25 4-8 0-1 0-0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 8 -15 +14
Amanda Zahui B C 14:38 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 -11 +3
Erica Wheeler SG 25:32 2-7 1-3 2-3 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 7 -22 +7
Kristi Toliver PG 22:50 3-7 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 -18 +9
Chiney Ogwumike 18:56 4-9 0-0 1-1 4 8 0 0 1 0 2 2 9 8 +13
Te'a Cooper 19:03 1-7 0-1 2-2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 -2
Nia Coffey 20:30 4-9 3-6 4-4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 15 0 +14
Arella Guirantes 17:09 2-6 0-2 4-5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 8 +5
Lauren Cox 10:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 +4
Jasmine Walker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 25-70 5-22 13-15 8 35 11 11 9 6 0 17 68
Percent 35.7% 22.7% 86.7%

Biggest Lead: 0; Bench Pts: 36; Fast Break Pts: 6; Points in Paint: 32
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 24; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Elena Delle Donn SF 17:35 5-9 1-2 7-7 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 18 36 +20
Myisha Hines-All PF 21:47 8-13 2-2 1-1 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 19 9 +23
Shatori Walker-K C 23:59 4-9 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 10 11 +6
Ariel Atkins SG 24:36 4-11 1-4 1-2 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 10 18 +6
Natasha Cloud PG 24:57 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 8 8 2 1 0 2 1 2 22 +14
Erica McCall 14:31 0-1 0-0 2-4 2 5 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 +9
Theresa Plaisanc 19:43 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 -7 +5
Leilani Mitchell 16:36 2-4 2-4 1-1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 -11 +6
Sydney Wiese 15:24 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 -8 -1
Shavonte Zellous 14:28 3-7 0-2 0-0 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 -2 +11
Megan Gustafson 6:24 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 -20 -2
Tina Charles 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 28-63 8-18 14-17 8 41 18 15 8 5 0 18 78
Percent 44.4% 44.4% 82.4%

Biggest Lead: 37; Bench Pts: 19; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 26
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 17; Team RBs: 3; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 0, Times Tied: 0
Venue: Entertainment and Sports Arena - Washington, DC
Officials: 86 Angelica Suffren, 34 Maj Forsberg, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 11 12 21 0 44
Washington Mystics 28 28 15 0 71 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nneka Ogwumike SF 25:56 3-11 0-1 0-0 1 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 -17 +4
Brittney Sykes PF 25:25 4-8 0-1 0-0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 8 -15 +14
Amanda Zahui B C 14:38 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 -11 +3
Erica Wheeler SG 25:32 2-7 1-3 2-3 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 7 -22 +7
Kristi Toliver PG 22:50 3-7 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 -18 +9
Chiney Ogwumike 8:56 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 -9 -1
Te'a Cooper 9:03 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -17 -2
Nia Coffey 10:30 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 -17 +3
Arella Guirantes 7:09 1-3 0-1 3-4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 -9 +4
Lauren Cox 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 17-52 3-16 7-9 4 23 9 8 6 4 0 14 44
Percent 32.7% 18.8% 77.8%

Biggest Lead: 0; Bench Pts: 12; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 24
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 14; Team RBs: 3; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Elena Delle Donn SF 15:41 5-8 1-1 7-7 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 35 +20
Myisha Hines-All PF 18:27 8-12 2-2 1-1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 19 6 +21
Shatori Walker-K C 19:36 4-8 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 10 24 +7
Ariel Atkins SG 20:08 3-10 1-4 1-2 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 8 24 +6
Natasha Cloud PG 21:09 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 8 8 2 0 0 1 1 2 25 +14
Erica McCall 12:49 0-1 0-0 2-4 2 5 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 +8
Theresa Plaisanc 13:03 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 13 +5
Leilani Mitchell 10:24 1-2 1-2 1-1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 +5
Sydney Wiese 9:52 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 -1
Shavonte Zellous 8:51 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 +9
Megan Gustafson 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Tina Charles 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 25-51 7-12 14-17 8 36 16 10 6 4 0 13 71
Percent 49.0% 58.3% 82.4%

Biggest Lead: 37; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 22
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 15; Team RBs: 3; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 0, Times Tied: 0
Venue: Entertainment and Sports Arena - Washington, DC
Officials: 86 Angelica Suffren, 34 Maj Forsberg, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 11 12 0 0 23
Washington Mystics 28 28 0 0 56 Halftime

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nneka Ogwumike SF 15:56 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -23 +6
Brittney Sykes PF 15:25 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 -21 +6
Amanda Zahui B C 4:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 -17 -2
Erica Wheeler SG 15:32 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 -28 +2
Kristi Toliver PG 12:50 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -24 +1
Chiney Ogwumike 8:56 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 -9 -1
Te'a Cooper 9:03 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -17 -2
Nia Coffey 10:30 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 -17 +3
Arella Guirantes 7:09 1-3 0-1 3-4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 -9 +4
Lauren Cox 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 8-30 2-8 5-6 3 13 5 7 2 4 0 11 23
Percent 26.7% 25.0% 83.3%