Sparks with decent D for the game needed to put together more O than they did.
Cambage only played 5m in Q4; possibly costing them a W. 3 players in DFs with Nneka getting the DD. ATL got way to many FBP (+13) and shot way better from 3
(43 vs 32%) - basically LA got beat by 3s. 75-77 Sparks lose by 2.

FBP: 5 vs 18; PIP: 28 vs 14; POT: 13 vs 10.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Canada 19 (43 /50 /100)/ 6/ 3/ 0/ 1/ 3/ 4/+18
NOgwumike 17 (55 /0 /63 )/15/ 4/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 2/+28 DD
Cambage 16 (40 /100/88 )/ 2/ 2/ 5/ 0/ 2/ 1/+16

Next games following:
Game 4 LAS at CON: Sat May 14 16:00 - Facebook NESN+ SpectrumNet
Game 5 LAS vs MIN: Tue May 17 19:30 - SpectrumNet Bally North Extra
Game 6 LAS at SEA: Fri May 20 19:00 - FOX 13+ SpectrumNet

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

Q1 - D OK, but no O - shooting 26% vs 32%; pluses 1/1/3; minuses 3/3/2.
Cambage 5. 14-18=-4Q.

Q2 - Better O, but only picked up 3 due to poor per D - shooting 47% vs 35%;
pluses 4/1/3; minuses 1/3/3. Canada 10, NOgwumike 6, Cambage 4. 25-22=+3Q.

HT - Gonna need more O in H2 - shooting 37% vs 33%; pluses 5/2/6; minuses 4/6/5.
Canada 12, NOgwumike/Cambage 9, COgwumike 5. 39-40=-1H.

Q3 - Where's the O? plus 4 TOs; Sparks better get to the rim in Q4 - shooting
25% vs 38%; pluses 2/2/2; minuses 4/6/1. NOgwumike 5, Cambage/Sykes 4.
15-22=-7Q (54-62=-8).

Q4 - Sparks still unable to put together any real O and take their first loss -
shooting 39% vs 36%; pluses 2/1/0; minuses 0/4/1. Brown 6, Canada 5.
21-15=+6Q.

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 5-19 1-5 3-4 6-19 2-7 4-4 26.3 20 75 31.6 28.6 100 14 18
2 9-19 3-5 4-4 7-20 5-9 3-4 47.4 60 100 35 55.6 75 25 22
H 14-38 4-10 7-8 13-39 7-16 7-8 36.8 40 87.5 33.3 43.8 87.5 39 40
3 4-16 0-3 7-8 6-16 3-7 7-7 25 0.0 87.5 37.5 42.9 100 15 22
A3 18-54 4-13 14-16 19-55 10-23 14-15 33.3 30.8 87.5 34.5 43.5 93.3 54 62
4 7-18 2-6 5-7 5-14 3-7 2-4 38.9 33.3 71.4 35.7 42.9 50 21 15
F 25-72 6-19 19-23 24-69 13-30 16-19 34.7 31.6 82.6 34.8 43.3 84.2 75 77

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 8 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 0 5 5 -1 -6 -1 +3 -2 -2
2 5 12 4 1 3 1 3 3 5 8 0 1 0 2 +4 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1
H 7 20 5 2 6 4 6 5 8 22 1 1 5 7 -1 -2 +1 +5 -1 -1
3 3 8 2 2 2 4 6 1 4 9 2 0 5 7 -1 -1 +1 +2 -1 -1
A3 10 28 7 4 8 8 12 6 12 31 3 1 10 14 -2 -3 +1 +1 +7 -2 -2
4 6 8 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 8 0 0 3 6 +4 +1 +1 -3 -2
F 16 36 9 5 8 8 16 7 14 39 3 1 13 20 +2 -3 +2 +2 +7 -5 -4

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WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 14 25 15 21 75
Atlanta Dream 18 22 22 15 77 End of 4th Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Rae Burrell SF 18:51 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -4 -2
Nneka Ogwumike PF 32:41 6-11 0-1 5-8 5 15 4 1 0 1 0 2 17 7 +28
Liz Cambage C 25:43 4-10 1-1 7-8 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 1 16 -11 +16
Brittney Sykes SG 29:28 3-12 0-2 2-2 1 5 2 1 3 1 0 1 8 -2 +9
Jordin Canada PG 30:03 6-14 2-4 5-5 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 4 19 -1 +18
Lexie Brown 21:37 3-6 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 +7
Chiney Ogwumike 18:37 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 +7
Chennedy Carter 14:26 0-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 -1
Jasmine Walker 8:33 1-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -8 -1
Amy Atwell 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Olivia Nelson-Od 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 25-72 6-19 19-23 9 36 16 8 5 8 0 16 75
Percent 34.7% 31.6% 82.6%

Biggest Lead: 3; Bench Pts: 15; Fast Break Pts: 5; Points in Paint: 28
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 13; Team RBs: 13; Team TOs:

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Rhyne Howard SF 34:12 7-18 5-10 2-2 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 2 21 4 +20
Nia Coffey PF 32:39 1-9 0-2 0-0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 +3
Cheyenne Parker C 24:23 4-9 2-4 0-0 2 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 10 -3 +10
Kristy Wallace SG 21:42 3-8 1-3 3-4 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 10 -3 +6
Erica Wheeler PG 28:11 2-10 1-5 4-4 0 7 5 4 0 0 0 2 9 4 +9
Monique Billings 18:37 2-6 0-0 3-3 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 7 +10
Aari McDonald 17:01 2-4 2-3 1-2 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 7 -1 +5
Megan Walker 18:54 3-5 2-3 3-4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 +10
Beatrice Momprem 2:13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Naz Hillmon 2:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 +0
Kia Vaughn 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 24-69 13-30 16-19 7 39 14 13 3 1 0 20 77
Percent 34.8% 43.3% 84.2%

Biggest Lead: 10; Bench Pts: 25; Fast Break Pts: 18; Points in Paint: 14
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 10; Team RBs: 11; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 12, Times Tied: 4
Venue: Gateway Center Arena @ College Park - Atlanta, GA
Officials: 21 Byron Jarrett, 9 Tim Greene, 76 Toni Patillo

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WNBA Q3 Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 14 25 15 0 54
Atlanta Dream 18 22 22 0 62 End of 3rd Qtr

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Rae Burrell SF 17:07 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -2 -2
Nneka Ogwumike PF 24:25 5-9 0-1 4-6 3 10 3 1 0 1 0 2 14 -1 +21
Liz Cambage C 20:19 3-8 1-1 6-6 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 13 -13 +13
Brittney Sykes SG 23:38 2-8 0-2 2-2 1 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 6 -7 +8
Jordin Canada PG 22:53 5-11 2-3 2-2 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 3 14 -5 +11
Lexie Brown 11:37 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 -6 +3
Chiney Ogwumike 14:01 2-3 1-1 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 +8
Chennedy Carter 11:36 0-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 -2
Jasmine Walker 4:23 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -2
Amy Atwell 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Olivia Nelson-Od 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 18-54 4-13 14-16 7 28 10 8 4 8 0 12 54
Percent 33.3% 30.8% 87.5%

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

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Rhyne Howard SF 28:22 6-16 4-8 2-2 1 7 1 0 1 1 1 1 18 9 +18
Nia Coffey PF 23:22 1-8 0-2 0-0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 +2
Cheyenne Parker C 16:47 2-6 1-2 0-0 2 5 0 1 1 0 3 3 5 5 +6
Kristy Wallace SG 11:42 3-5 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 9 3 +8
Erica Wheeler PG 22:21 1-6 1-4 4-4 0 6 5 3 0 0 0 1 7 9 +10
Monique Billings 15:30 2-6 0-0 3-3 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 7 +8
Aari McDonald 12:51 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 +2
Megan Walker 14:44 3-5 2-3 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 +8
Beatrice Momprem 2:13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 +0
Naz Hillmon 2:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 +0
Kia Vaughn 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 19-55 10-23 14-15 6 31 12 10 3 1 0 14 62
Percent 34.5% 43.5% 93.3%

Biggest Lead: 9; Bench Pts: 21; Fast Break Pts: 18; Points in Paint: 12
Technical Fouls: 0; Points Off TOs: 10; Team RBs: 7; Team TOs:

Lead Changes: 12, Times Tied: 4
Venue: Gateway Center Arena @ College Park - Atlanta, GA
Officials: 21 Byron Jarrett, 9 Tim Greene, 76 Toni Patillo

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WNBA Halftime Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 14 25 0 0 39
Atlanta Dream 18 22 0 0 40 Halftime

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Rae Burrell SF 9:49 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 +0
Nneka Ogwumike PF 16:33 3-6 0-1 3-4 2 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 9 1 +15
Liz Cambage C 14:28 3-6 1-1 2-2 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 9 -7 +13
Brittney Sykes SG 13:38 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +1
Jordin Canada PG 16:51 4-8 2-3 2-2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 1 +10
Lexie Brown 8:55 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 +3
Chiney Ogwumike 8:58 2-2 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 4 +7
Chennedy Carter 7:38 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 -2
Jasmine Walker 3:09 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -2
Amy Atwell 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Olivia Nelson-Od 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 14-38 4-10 7-8 5 20 7 4 2 6 0 6 39
Percent 36.8% 40.0% 87.5%