Sparks got beat up in Q1 and couldn't recover - only 3 players in DFs and no
DDs. Sparks with the usual faults with poor RBing/BHing, too much fouling on D
and mediocre shooting. Just one time, it would be nice to see them improve in
at least one category. 57-75 Sparks lose by 18.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
NOgwumike 12 (50 /0 /67 )/ 7/ 3/ 0/ 2/ 3/ 4/+15
Coffey 12 (57 /67 /100)/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 3/+12
Wheeler 10 (63 /0 /0 )/ 1/ 3/ 0/ 3/ 5/ 3/ +9

Next games following:
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
Game 32 LAS at DAL: Sun Sep 19 14:00 NBA TV BSSW+

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

Q1 - Terrible start (0-17, 4 TOs) before getting a pt - shooting 31% vs 44%;
pluses 0/3/1; minuses 5/1/2. NOgwumike 4. 8-19=-11Q.

Q2 - Shooting good, but 5 more TOs and 4 oORBs costs LA 6 more - shooting 50%
vs 39%; pluses 0/1/0; minuses 5/10/4. Coffey 8, NOgwumike 6, Zahui B 4.
20-26=-6Q.

HT - Sparks keep doing the same things wrong - poor BHing/RBing & too many PFs
for the most part - shooting 41% vs 42%; pluses 0/4/1; minuses 10/11/6.
NOgwumike 10, Coffey 8. 28-45=-17H.

Q3 - Sparks actually take a Q by 1 pt despite 4 TOs/7 PFs & poor D - shooting
54% vs 56%; pluses 2/4/0; minuses 4/7/0. Cox 5, Wheeler/Sykes 4.
17-16=+1Q (45-61=-16).

Q4 - Sparks never got closer than 16 & take yet another L - shooting 33% vs 42%;
pluses 3/2/3; minuses 3/4/3. Wheeler 4. 12-14=-2Q.

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 4-13 0-2 0-0 8-18 1-4 2-2 30.8 0.0 0 44.4 25 100 8 19
2 7-14 2-4 4-5 5-13 1-5 15-16 50 50 80 38.5 20 93.8 20 26
H 11-27 2-6 4-5 13-31 2-9 17-18 40.7 33.3 80 41.9 22.2 94.4 28 45
3 7-13 0-1 3-4 5-9 0-3 6-7 53.8 0.0 75 55.6 0.0 85.7 17 16
A3 18-40 2-7 7-9 18-40 2-12 23-25 45 28.6 77.8 45 16.7 92 45 61
4 5-15 0-3 2-2 5-12 1-1 3-4 33.3 0.0 100 41.7 100 75 12 14
F 23-55 2-10 9-11 23-52 3-13 26-29 41.8 20 81.8 44.2 23.1 89.7 57 75

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 4 0 3 1 5 1 2 7 10 3 1 4 2 -5 -6 -2 +1 -1
2 6 5 0 1 0 5 10 4 1 10 4 2 4 5 +5 -5 -4 -3 -2 +1 +5
H 8 9 0 4 1 10 11 6 8 20 7 3 8 7 -11 -6 -3 -2 +2 +4
3 2 4 2 4 0 4 7 0 3 5 3 0 8 4 -1 -1 +2 +1 -4 +3
A3 10 13 2 8 1 14 18 6 11 25 10 3 16 11 -1 -12 -4 -2 -2 -2 +7
4 3 6 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 7 3 1 4 6 -1 -1 +2 -1 -2
F 13 19 5 10 4 17 22 9 14 32 13 4 20 17 -1 -13 -4 -3 -3 +5

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Connecticut Sun 19 26 16 14 75
Los Angeles Sparks 8 20 17 12 57 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
DeWanna Bonner SF 28:15 2-10 0-3 7-8 2 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 11 17 +12
Jonquel Jones PF 32:44 8-14 1-3 4-5 2 14 2 4 3 2 0 3 21 23 +31
Brionna Jones C 27:08 7-8 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 15 16 +17
Briann January SG 23:19 0-3 0-3 4-4 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 4 16 +6
Jasmine Thomas PG 29:53 2-6 1-3 5-5 1 3 3 5 0 0 1 0 10 20 +7
Natisha Hiedeman 14:08 1-3 1-1 4-5 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 2 +4
Kaila Charles 23:38 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 +2
Beatrice Momprem 4:52 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 -6 +2
DiJonai Carringt 10:36 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 4 +5
Stephanie Jones 5:25 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 +0
Alyssa Thomas 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 23-52 3-13 26-29 9 32 14 20 13 4 0 17 75
Percent 44.2% 23.1% 89.7%

Biggest Lead: 22; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 7; Points in Paint: 36
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 20; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 29:35 3-10 0-1 0-0 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 6 -21 +4
Nneka Ogwumike PF 31:38 5-10 0-1 2-3 3 7 3 3 2 0 0 4 12 -15 +15
Amanda Zahui B C 16:01 2-5 0-2 2-2 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 6 -11 +6
Te'a Cooper SG 29:00 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 2 -14 -3
Erica Wheeler PG 30:46 5-8 0-1 0-0 0 1 3 5 3 0 1 3 10 -20 +9
Nia Coffey 27:34 4-7 2-3 2-2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 12 -11 +12
Chiney Ogwumike 5:48 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 +3
Arella Guirantes 15:27 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Lauren Cox 14:07 2-3 0-0 3-4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 +7
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 23-55 2-10 9-11 5 19 13 17 10 4 0 22 57
Percent 41.8% 20.0% 81.8%

Biggest Lead: 0; Bench Pts: 21; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 32
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 21; Team RBs: 8; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 0, Times Tied: 0
Venue: STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA
Officials: 42 Roy Gulbeyan, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, 12 Karleena Tobin

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Connecticut Sun 19 26 16 0 61
Los Angeles Sparks 8 20 17 0 45 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
DeWanna Bonner SF 28:15 2-10 0-3 7-8 2 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 11 17 +11
Jonquel Jones PF 28:09 8-13 1-3 4-5 2 13 2 5 2 2 0 2 21 19 +29
Brionna Jones C 19:30 6-7 0-0 1-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 13 14 +14
Briann January SG 22:25 0-3 0-3 4-4 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 4 16 +6
Jasmine Thomas PG 26:12 1-5 0-2 5-5 1 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 7 16 +3
Natisha Hiedeman 8:43 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 4 +7
Kaila Charles 13:38 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -2 +1
Beatrice Momprem 2:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 -6 -1
DiJonai Carringt 0:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 +0
Stephanie Jones 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Alyssa Thomas 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 18-40 2-12 23-25 6 25 11 16 10 3 0 11 61
Percent 45.0% 16.7% 92.0%

Biggest Lead: 22; Bench Pts: 5; Fast Break Pts: 7; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 18; Team RBs: 6; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Brittney Sykes SF 25:00 3-8 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 6 -17 +6
Nneka Ogwumike PF 27:42 4-8 0-1 2-3 1 5 3 3 3 0 0 4 10 -12 +13
Amanda Zahui B C 8:55 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 4 -13 +3
Te'a Cooper SG 20:41 1-6 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 -12 -4
Erica Wheeler PG 23:40 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 2 6 -22 +3
Nia Coffey 20:45 3-5 2-3 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 -11 +10
Chiney Ogwumike 5:48 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 +3
Arella Guirantes 10:40 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 +1
Lauren Cox 6:45 1-2 0-0 3-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 +4
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 18-40 2-7 7-9 2 13 10 14 8 1 0 18 45
Percent 45.0% 28.6% 77.8%

Biggest Lead: 0; Bench Pts: 17; Fast Break Pts: 2; Points in Paint: 26
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 17; Team RBs: 4; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 0, Times Tied: 0
Venue: STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA
Officials: 42 Roy Gulbeyan, 15 Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, 12 Karleena Tobin

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Connecticut Sun 19 26 0 0 45
Los Angeles Sparks 8 20 0 0 28 Halftime