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Hamby has 27 points, 15 boards to lead Sparks to 97-88 win over Mercury

— Dearica Hamby scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Sparks rode a big second quarter to a 97-88 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.
May 22, 2026, 12:45 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--LA
0%
--PHX

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kahleah Copper makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes 27-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes 1-foot layup (Jovana Nogic assists)
  • Natasha Mack misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Erica Wheeler makes 1-foot layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses running layup
  • Dearica Hamby misses layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 2-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Cameron Brink makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Jovana Nogic makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jovana Nogic misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Cameron Brink assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Marta Suarez misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Noemie Brochant misses two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes 26-foot three pointer (Rae Burrell assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Chance Gray misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
  • Marta Suarez makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kiana Williams assists)
  • Cameron Brink makes driving layup (Chance Gray assists)
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kiana Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Dearica Hamby misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marta Suarez misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses technical free throw
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby makes two point shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
  • Noemie Brochant misses driving floating jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes running layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Jovana Nogic makes 28-foot jump bank shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 26-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Brink makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jovana Nogic makes driving layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Jihyun Park makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Jihyun Park makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Rae Burrell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Jovana Nogic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot jumper (Jihyun Park assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cameron Brink misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Rae Burrell misses running layup
  • Marta Suarez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Valeriane Ayayi misses driving layup
  • Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Rae Burrell assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Erica Wheeler misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Rae Burrell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rae Burrell makes running layup
  • Kiana Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three pointer (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 22-foot running jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jovana Nogic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jovana Nogic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
  • Jovana Nogic misses 24-foot running jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rae Burrell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby misses layup
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
  • Dearica Hamby makes tip shot
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jovana Nogic assists)
  • Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses two point shot
  • Jovana Nogic makes 23-foot running jump shot (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Rae Burrell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dearica Hamby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Mack misses two point shot
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cameron Brink misses driving layup
  • Noemie Brochant misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Dearica Hamby assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses driving layup
  • Noemie Brochant misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Cameron Brink misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes running layup
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cameron Brink makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jovana Nogic misses driving layup
  • Cameron Brink misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Noemie Brochant assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 5-foot two point shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
  • Natasha Mack makes 2-foot layup (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Rae Burrell makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Rae Burrell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Rae Burrell misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • DeWanna Bonner makes running layup (Jovana Nogic assists)
  • Erica Wheeler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Jovana Nogic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Natasha Mack misses 17-foot jumper
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike misses two point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Los Angeles SparksSparksLA
(2-3)
(2-3, 1-0 Away)
o174.5
-110
+2.5
-110
o178.5
-105
+120
Phoenix MercuryMercuryPHX
(2-4)
(2-4, 1-3 Home)
-1.5
-110
-2.5
-110
u178.5
-115
-142
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