Sparks lose yet another by only 2 points in he last 15 seconds. 4 players in
DFs with no DDs. Sparks shot a little better, but got killed on the boards by
-7 ORBs and their fouls accounted for -10 pts on FTs. Somebody start RBing and
somebody quit fouling. 72-74 Sparks lose by 2.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
NOgwumike 17 (58 /0 /100)/ 1/ 5/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 3/+18
Cox 14 (86 /0 /100)/ 2/ 2/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0/+19
Coffey 13 (71 /75 /0 )/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 3/+13
Wheeler 10 (27 /25 /100)/ 4/ 7/ 0/ 1/ 4/ 4/+10

Next games following:
Game 28 LAS at MIN: Thu Sep 02 17:00 NBA TV Bally North
Game 29 LAS vs CON: Thu Sep 09 19:30 NBA TV SpecSN NESN
Game 30 LAS vs SEA: Sun Sep 12 18:00 NBA TV SpecSN JoeTV

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

Q1 - LA getting their asses kicked on the boards for -3 Q - shooting 40% vs 33%;
pluses 0/1/1; minuses 3/2/8. NOgwumike 8. 13-16=-3Q.

Q2 - A little better O and worse D - shooting 50% vs 47%; pluses 0/3/0; minuses
4/2/2. Cooper 9, Cox 4. 17-19=-2Q.

HT - Sparks better step it up in H2 - shooting 45% vs 39%; pluses 0/4/1; minuses
7/4/10. NOgwumike 10, Cooper 9, Cox 6. 30-35=-5H.

Q3 - LA +8 to go +3 on the game - shooting 57% vs 43%; pluses 0/3/0; minuses
0/7/2. Cox 8, Sykes/Wheeler 6, NOgwumike 5. 26-18=+8Q (56-53=+3).

Q4 - LA drops yet another and by only 2 - shooting 43% vs 39%; pluses 3/0/0;
minuses 4/6/2. Coffey 10. 16-21=-5Q.

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 6-15 1-3 0-0 6-18 1-6 3-4 40 33.3 0 33.3 16.7 75 13 16
2 8-16 0-2 1-3 7-15 1-3 4-4 50 0.0 33.3 46.7 33.3 100 17 19
H 14-31 1-5 1-3 13-33 2-9 7-8 45.2 20 33.3 39.4 22.2 87.5 30 35
3 8-14 3-6 7-8 6-14 1-5 5-8 57.1 50 87.5 42.9 20 62.5 26 18
A3 22-45 4-11 8-11 19-47 3-14 12-16 48.9 36.4 72.7 40.4 21.4 75 56 53
4 6-14 2-6 2-4 5-13 3-3 8-8 42.9 33.3 50 38.5 100 100 16 21
F 28-59 6-17 10-15 24-60 6-17 20-24 47.5 35.3 66.7 40 35.3 83.3 72 74

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 5 4 0 1 1 3 2 8 1 14 0 2 3 1 +4 -10 -8 +1 -1 +1
2 5 5 0 3 0 4 2 2 3 10 3 0 6 3 +2 -5 -2 -2 -1
H 10 9 0 4 1 7 4 10 4 24 3 2 9 4 +6 -15 -10 +1 -1 -2
3 6 3 0 3 0 0 7 2 3 8 0 1 4 6 +3 -5 -2 +3 -1 -4 +1
A3 16 12 0 7 1 7 11 12 7 32 3 3 13 10 +9 -20 -12 +4 -2 -6 +1
4 5 8 3 0 0 4 6 2 4 7 3 0 2 4 +1 +1 +1 -3 +2 +2
F 21 20 3 7 1 11 17 14 11 39 6 3 15 14 +10 -19 -11 +1 -2 -4 +3

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 13 17 26 16 72
Indiana Fever 16 19 18 21 74 Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 33:06 2-8 2-3 0-2 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 -3 +7
Nneka Ogwumike PF 31:19 7-12 0-1 3-3 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 3 17 -6 +18
Amanda Zahui B C 24:19 0-3 0-2 1-4 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 -3 -1
Te'a Cooper SG 21:37 4-7 0-3 1-1 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 9 5 +7
Erica Wheeler PG 35:03 3-11 1-4 3-3 0 4 7 4 1 0 1 4 10 -6 +10
Lauren Cox 15:41 6-7 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1 +19
Arella Guirantes 13:25 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 +1
Nia Coffey 25:29 5-7 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 13 -1 +13
Chiney 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
Jasmine Walker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 28-59 6-17 10-15 3 20 21 11 7 1 0 17 72
Percent 47.5% 35.3% 66.7%

Biggest Lead: 8; Bench Pts: 29; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 23; Team RBs: 10; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Tiffany Mitchell SF 32:27 4-11 2-5 2-4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 12 9 +4
Emma Cannon PF 4:22 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 +1
Teaira McCowan C 29:40 3-6 0-0 9-11 8 19 1 3 1 1 0 5 15 -3 +29
Kelsey Mitchell SG 36:53 9-15 4-7 3-3 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 25 -1 +24
Lindsay Allen PG 29:31 3-8 0-2 2-2 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 8 2 +3
Victoria Vivians 28:07 2-9 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 4 2 +3
Jantel Lavender 14:31 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 7 +6
Aaliyah Wilson 3:46 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Jessica Breland 20:41 0-3 0-0 4-4 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 -2 +8
Kysre Gondrezick 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Bernadett Hatar 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Chelsey Perry 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Danielle Robinso 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 24-60 6-17 20-24 14 39 11 15 6 3 0 14 74
Percent 40.0% 35.3% 83.3%

Biggest Lead: 8; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 11; Points in Paint: 22
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 17; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 17, Times Tied: 10
Venue: Indiana Farmers Coliseum - Indianapolis, IN
Officials: 55 Eric Brewton, 2 Tiffany Bird, 14 Dannica Mosher

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 13 17 26 0 56
Indiana Fever 16 19 18 0 53 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 26:53 2-6 2-2 0-0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 6 +9
Nneka Ogwumike PF 24:18 7-11 0-1 1-1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 15 -2 +14
Amanda Zahui B C 17:18 0-3 0-2 1-4 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 -1
Te'a Cooper SG 18:38 4-7 0-3 1-1 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 6 +8
Erica Wheeler PG 26:46 2-8 1-2 3-3 0 2 7 3 1 0 1 2 8 -2 +9
Lauren Cox 12:42 6-7 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 2 +16
Arella Guirantes 7:55 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 +1
Nia Coffey 15:29 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 +3
Chiney 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
Jasmine Walker 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 22-45 4-11 8-11 0 12 16 7 7 1 0 11 56
Percent 48.9% 36.4% 72.7%

Biggest Lead: 8; Bench Pts: 17; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 26
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 18; Team RBs: 8; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Tiffany Mitchell SF 23:22 2-7 0-3 2-4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 -1 -1
Emma Cannon PF 4:21 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 +1
Teaira McCowan C 20:56 3-5 0-0 4-6 6 15 1 2 1 1 0 4 10 -8 +22
Kelsey Mitchell SG 26:53 6-10 3-6 0-0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 -6 +13
Lindsay Allen PG 24:00 3-7 0-2 2-2 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 8 -2 +3
Victoria Vivians 20:02 2-7 0-3 0-0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 +4
Jantel Lavender 13:15 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 +6
Aaliyah Wilson 3:46 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Jessica Breland 13:24 0-3 0-0 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 -3 +5
Kysre Gondrezick 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Bernadett Hatar 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Chelsey Perry 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Danielle Robinso 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 19-47 3-14 12-16 12 32 7 13 3 3 0 10 53
Percent 40.4% 21.4% 75.0%

Biggest Lead: 8; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 11; Points in Paint: 22
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 12; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 14, Times Tied: 8
Venue: Indiana Farmers Coliseum - Indianapolis, IN
Officials: 55 Eric Brewton, 2 Tiffany Bird, 14 Dannica Mosher

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 13 17 0 0 30
Indiana Fever 16 19 0 0 35 Halftime