Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx
WNBA FINALS - GAME 1 • LA leads series 1-0
26-8, 12-5 Away
78
26-8, 12-5 Away
28-6, 15-2 Home
76
28-6, 15-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Alana Beard misses 18-foot jumper
- Alana Beard misses layup
- Nneka Ogwumike makes tip shot
- Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
- Maya Moore misses 18-foot jumper
- Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Seimone Augustus misses jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes 10-foot two point shot
- Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rebekkah Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup (Maya Moore assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
- Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
- Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
- Candace Parker makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
- Renee Montgomery misses two point jumper
- Jia Perkins makes 16-foot jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
- Candace Parker makes driving layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Rebekkah Brunson misses 7-foot jumper
- Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point jumper
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
- Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 1
- Natasha Howard makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
- Kristi Toliver makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Anna Cruz misses 18-foot jumper
- Sylvia Fowles misses driving layup
- Jantel Lavender makes 21-foot jumper (Alana Beard assists)
- Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Jia Perkins assists)
- Candace Parker misses 13-foot two point shot
- Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper
- Natasha Howard misses 17-foot jumper
- Kristi Toliver makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jantel Lavender makes 15-foot jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
- Alana Beard misses 19-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot
- Chelsea Gray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot jumper
- Candace Parker makes driving layup (Essence Carson assists)
- Maya Moore misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Essence Carson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses driving layup
- Candace Parker misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Sylvia Fowles misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup
- Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson makes jumper (Maya Moore assists)
- Chelsea Gray misses 3-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup
- Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot (Renee Montgomery assists)
- Kristi Toliver makes technical free throw
- Essence Carson misses 20-foot jumper
- Anna Cruz misses driving layup
- Kristi Toliver misses 15-foot jumper
- Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
- Anna Cruz misses 16-foot jumper
- Janel McCarville misses 2-foot tip in
- Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus makes 19-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Candace Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
- Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nneka Ogwumike makes 19-foot jumper
- Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
- Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
- Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point shot
- Essence Carson misses layup
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Jantel Lavender makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Chelsea Gray misses 16-foot jumper
- Maya Moore makes 2-foot two point shot (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Alana Beard assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 1
- Seimone Augustus misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kristi Toliver misses three point jumper
- Candace Parker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
- Jia Perkins makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Kristi Toliver misses driving layup
- Maya Moore makes 10-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Candace Parker misses jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Essence Carson misses 16-foot jumper
- Candace Parker makes tip shot
- Lindsay Whalen misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chelsea Gray makes layup
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Chelsea Gray misses 7-foot jumper
- Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
- Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
- Essence Carson makes 9-foot two point shot
- Maya Moore makes 10-foot two point shot
- Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rebekkah Brunson misses 10-foot two point jumper
- Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Kristi Toliver makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
- Rebekkah Brunson misses layup
- Kristi Toliver misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Jia Perkins makes two point shot
- Maya Moore misses three point jumper
- Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
- Alana Beard makes driving layup
- Lindsay Whalen misses layup
- Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
- Chelsea Gray misses 18-foot jumper
- Essence Carson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Essence Carson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jantel Lavender makes 4-foot two point shot
- Maya Moore misses 8-foot jumper
- Natasha Howard misses 4-foot jumper
- Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
- Chelsea Gray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Maya Moore makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
- Chelsea Gray makes 16-foot two point shot
- Maya Moore makes 15-foot jumper
- Kristi Toliver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jantel Lavender assists)
- Maya Moore misses 11-foot jumper
- Kristi Toliver misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Maya Moore makes two point shot
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sylvia Fowles misses 4-foot jumper
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kristi Toliver makes 18-foot two point shot
- Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2
- Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chelsea Gray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kristi Toliver misses 21-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike makes 4-foot two point shot
- Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
- Chelsea Gray misses 16-foot jumper
- Maya Moore makes driving layup
- Alana Beard makes 21-foot jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
LA @ MIN Videos
Sparks take Game 1 in late action thriller
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
ABC
Referee:Jeff Wooten
Referee:Maj Forsberg
Referee:Thomas Nunez
2025-26 Standings
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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