Sparks 78-76 Lynx (Oct 9, 2016) Box Score

Los Angeles Sparks

26-8, 12-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	21	13	22	22	78
MIN	18	18	24	16	76

Minnesota Lynx

28-6, 15-2 home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
bench
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Sandrine GrudaS. Gruda#7
Evgeniia BelyakovaE. Belyakova#10
Jelena DubljevicJ. Dubljevic#28
Ann WautersA. Wauters#21
Ana DabovicA. Dabovic#23
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	1-8	0-4	0-2	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	-3	2
32	5-12	1-3	3-4	1	8	9	3	3	1	3	4	-3	14
29	8-9	0-0	3-3	2	7	9	1	2	0	3	4	+6	19
28	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	4	+3	4
33	5-11	2-4	7-7	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	+6	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	8
30	3-9	0-1	6-8	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	3	-3	12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-60	3-12	19-24	5	19	24	15	13	3	11	20		78
	46.7%	25.0%	79.2%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Janel McCarvilleJ. McCarville#4
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Anna CruzA. Cruz#51
Keisha HamptonK. Hampton#24
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	3-6	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	3	3	0	2	5	+4	8
34	7-14	0-3	4-5	0	6	6	3	0	0	1	3	+2	18
39	7-10	0-0	4-5	4	9	13	1	1	1	2	4	-1	18
31	8-14	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	6	1	0	1	1	+4	18
23	2-5	0-0	2-2	1	4	5	0	0	0	4	2	-5	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-9	2
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+4	0
15	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	-3	6
9	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	+4	0
8	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-61	0-4	14-16	8	24	32	17	6	1	15	22		76
	50.8%	0.0%	87.5%

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

0:53

Sparks take Game 1 in late action thriller

0:53

Sparks
78
Lynx
76

Game 1

10/9

Sparks
60
Lynx
79

Game 2

10/11

Lynx
75
Sparks
92

Game 3

10/14

Lynx
85
Sparks
79

Game 4

10/16

Sparks
77
Lynx
76

Game 5

10/20

Target Center

3:00 PM, October 9, 2016Coverage: ABC

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 12,113

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Maj Forsberg
Thomas Nunez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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