Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

12-4, 5-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	14	22	25	16	77
Lynx MIN	25	21	22	20	88

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

13-1, 6-1 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
bench
Tiffany Jackson-JonesT. Jackson-Jones#33
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
Maimouna DiarraM. Diarra#26
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	3	3	4	0	2	0	3	1	-19
30	27	10-16	0-2	7-8	14	1	3	3	0	6	8	5	-1
37	8	4-11	0-1	0-0	5	5	1	3	1	1	4	2	-15
13	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-8
34	16	6-13	3-6	1-2	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	3	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
23	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	-5
16	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	-5
9	7	3-5	0-0	1-1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	-6
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	77	32-66	4-16	9-11	28	15	17	9	3	9	19	18
		48%	25%	82%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Plenette PiersonP. Pierson#22
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Alexis JonesA. Jones#12
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	5	2-11	0-2	1-2	7	2	2	1	0	2	5	2	-1
34	10	4-10	0-1	2-2	5	2	1	3	0	3	2	2	+7
37	20	9-15	0-0	2-2	13	2	6	0	4	5	8	5	+6
15	4	1-6	0-2	2-3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-4
28	16	7-10	1-2	1-2	5	3	1	1	1	1	4	0	+12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	9	3-5	1-1	2-2	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	+14
2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+3
15	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	+7
25	20	6-9	4-5	4-6	2	4	1	3	0	0	2	1	+15
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	88	34-71	6-14	14-19	39	19	15	8	5	15	24	11
		48%	43%	74%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

LA wins season

2-1

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ MIN

Final

Game 3@ LA

Final

Game Information

Saint Paul, MN

ESPN2

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Billy Smith

Referee:Janetta Graham

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	19	6	.760	-	W4
Golden State	18	7	.720	1	W8
Las Vegas	17	7	.708	1.5	L1
Dallas	16	8	.667	2.5	W5
Portland	11	14	.440	8	W1
Los Angeles	10	13	.435	8	L2
Phoenix	8	17	.320	11	L4
Seattle	6	20	.231	13.5	L3

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