Sparks mediocre in H1 and complete failures in H2. Poor shooting (31/32/77%),
poor RBing (-6 ORBs), poor BHing (12 TOs) - D at least decent. Only 2 players
in DFs with Nneka getting the DD. 57-66 Sparks lose by 9.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
NOgwumike 16 (43 /25 /75 )/10/ 1/ 0/ 4/ 0/ 1/+22 DD
Wheeler 16 (33 /40 /67 )/ 2/ 7/ 2/ 2/ 4/ 3/+13

Next games following:
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
Game 31 LAS at ATL: Thu Sep 16 16:00 Amazon Prime

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

Q1 - Despite 4 TOs, mediocre shooting, poor RBing, Sparks +2 due to 8 oTOs -
shooting 38% vs 40%; pluses 0/4/2; minuses 4/2/4. Wheeler/Sykes/Coffey 5.
20-18=+2Q.

Q2 - Better shooting, RBing for +4 - shooting 50% vs 39%; pluses 2/2/3; minuses
3/4/0. NOgwumike 7, Cox 5, Wheeler 4. 21-17=+4Q.

HT - Let's hope the effort improves in H2 - shooting 44% vs 39%; pluses 2/6/5;
minuses 7/6/4. Wheeler 9, NOgwumike 7, Coffey/Sykes/Cox/Cooper 5.
41-35=+6H.

Q3 - No O in Q3, poor RBing & 4 TOs for -4 - shooting 29% vs 29%; pluses 0/0/1;
minuses 4/6/3. NOgwumike/Wheeler 6. 12-16=-4Q (53-51=+2).

Q4 - Complete and utter failure for the L - shooting 7% vs 331%; pluses 1/3/0;
minuses 1/4/2. 4-15=-11Q.

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 6-16 2-4 6-7 6-15 3-6 3-3 37.5 50 85.7 40 50 100 20 18
2 8-16 2-4 3-4 5-13 1-5 6-6 50 50 75 38.5 20 100 21 17
H 14-32 4-8 9-11 11-28 4-11 9-9 43.8 50 81.8 39.3 36.4 100 41 35
3 4-14 1-5 3-4 5-17 0-3 6-8 28.6 20 75 29.4 0.0 75 12 16
A3 18-46 5-13 12-15 16-45 4-14 15-17 39.1 38.5 80 35.6 28.6 88.2 53 51
4 1-15 1-6 1-2 4-13 3-8 4-4 6.7 16.7 50 30.8 37.5 100 4 15
F 19-61 6-19 13-17 20-58 7-22 19-21 31.1 31.6 76.5 34.5 31.8 90.5 57 66

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 4 0 4 2 4 2 4 5 11 3 1 8 6 -2 -7 -4 +1 +1 -4 -4
2 6 10 2 2 3 3 4 0 4 6 1 0 2 4 +2 +4 +2 +1 +3 +1
H 9 14 2 6 5 7 6 4 9 17 4 1 10 10 -3 -2 +2 +4 -3 -4
3 2 8 0 0 1 4 6 3 4 11 1 1 2 4 -2 -3 -3 -1 +2 +2
A3 11 22 2 6 6 11 12 7 13 28 5 2 12 14 -2 -6 -5 +1 +4 -1 -2
4 1 7 1 3 0 1 4 2 4 15 1 1 3 2 -3 -8 -1 +2 -1 -2 +2
F 12 29 3 9 6 12 16 9 17 43 6 3 15 16 -5 -14 -6 +3 +3 -3

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 21 12 4 57
Minnesota Lynx 18 17 16 15 66 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nia Coffey SF 24:09 2-9 1-5 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 -18 +2
Nneka Ogwumike PF 38:18 6-14 1-4 3-4 0 10 1 0 4 0 0 1 16 -11 +22
Amanda Zahui B C 17:42 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 -5 +2
Brittney Sykes SG 37:46 1-4 0-0 3-3 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 5 5 -12 +4
Erica Wheeler PG 36:04 5-15 2-5 4-6 0 2 7 4 2 2 2 3 16 -14 +13
Te'a Cooper 24:34 2-11 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 10 +0
Arella Guirantes 3:56 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 +1
Lauren Cox 17:29 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 +11
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 19-61 6-19 13-17 3 29 12 12 9 6 0 16 57
Percent 31.1% 31.6% 76.5%

Biggest Lead: 9; Bench Pts: 12; Fast Break Pts: 3; Points in Paint: 20
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 11; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Bridget Carleton SF 25:47 1-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 7 +6
Napheesa Collier PF 33:00 1-7 1-3 2-2 2 8 4 5 1 0 1 4 5 14 +7
Sylvia Fowles C 35:55 7-10 0-0 1-2 1 17 1 3 0 1 0 1 15 15 +27
Kayla McBride SG 35:48 4-11 3-5 6-7 1 6 2 1 1 0 1 2 17 6 +17
Crystal Dangerfi PG 29:12 1-8 1-5 2-2 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 5 8 +5
Rachel Banham 10:48 3-6 0-2 2-2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 8 1 +3
Aerial Powers 17:47 3-11 1-4 6-6 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 13 7 +10
Jessica Shepard 7:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 -7 +5
Natalie Achonwa 4:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Layshia Clarendo 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Damiris Dantas 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Rennia Davis 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 20-58 7-22 19-21 9 43 17 15 6 3 0 16 66
Percent 34.5% 31.8% 90.5%

Biggest Lead: 9; Bench Pts: 21; Fast Break Pts: 6; Points in Paint: 24
Technical Fouls: 1; Points Off TOs: 11; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 8, Times Tied: 7
Venue: Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
Officials: 31 Amy Bonner, 7 Billy Smith, 10 Ashley Gloss

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 21 12 0 53
Minnesota Lynx 18 17 16 0 51 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nia Coffey SF 16:43 2-7 1-3 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 -9 +3
Nneka Ogwumike PF 28:17 5-10 0-2 3-4 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 0 +17
Amanda Zahui B C 17:42 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 -5 +2
Brittney Sykes SG 27:45 1-3 0-0 3-3 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 3 5 -1 +5
Erica Wheeler PG 26:03 5-12 2-4 3-4 0 2 7 2 1 2 2 2 15 -3 +17
Te'a Cooper 17:43 2-6 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 16 +1
Arella Guirantes 3:56 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 +1
Lauren Cox 11:45 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 7 +10
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 18-46 5-13 12-15 2 22 11 11 6 6 0 12 53
Percent 39.1% 38.5% 80.0%

Biggest Lead: 9; Bench Pts: 12; Fast Break Pts: 3; Points in Paint: 20
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 11; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Bridget Carleton SF 18:22 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Napheesa Collier PF 22:59 1-6 1-2 2-2 2 7 2 4 1 0 1 4 5 3 +6
Sylvia Fowles C 25:54 6-7 0-0 1-2 1 11 1 2 0 1 0 1 13 4 +22
Kayla McBride SG 29:21 3-10 2-4 6-7 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 14 0 +12
Crystal Dangerfi PG 21:46 1-6 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 -1 +2
Rachel Banham 8:13 3-6 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 8 -1 +3
Aerial Powers 11:37 2-8 0-2 4-4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 8 -2 +6
Jessica Shepard 7:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 -7 +5
Natalie Achonwa 4:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Layshia Clarendo 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Damiris Dantas 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Rennia Davis 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 16-45 4-14 15-17 7 28 13 12 5 2 0 14 51
Percent 35.6% 28.6% 88.2%

Biggest Lead: 4; Bench Pts: 16; Fast Break Pts: 3; Points in Paint: 22
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 11; Team RBs: 5; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 7, Times Tied: 6
Venue: Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
Officials: 31 Amy Bonner, 7 Billy Smith, 10 Ashley Gloss

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 20 21 0 0 41
Minnesota Lynx 18 17 0 0 35 Halftime

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Nia Coffey SF 10:49 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 -2 +4
Nneka Ogwumike PF 18:18 3-5 0-1 1-2 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 4 +11
Amanda Zahui B C 12:19 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 +4
Brittney Sykes SG 17:46 1-2 0-0 3-3 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 +6
Erica Wheeler PG 16:04 3-7 1-1 2-2 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 +12
Te'a Cooper 13:07 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 13 +3
Arella Guirantes 3:56 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 +1
Lauren Cox 7:40 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 4 +7
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 14-32 4-8 9-11 2 14 9 7 6 5 0 6 41
Percent 43.8% 50.0% 81.8%