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    Sparks' Beard hits game-winning jumper to take Game 1 of finals

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    Sparks take Game 1 in late action thriller

Beard's jumper lifts Sparks over Lynx in Game 1

Alana Beard hit a jumper from the baseline just before time expired to lift the Los Angeles Sparks in a 78-76 victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday.
Oct 9, 2016, 07:04 pm - Associated Press

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  • Candace Parker blocks Seimone Augustus 's 11-foot shot
  • Maya Moore misses 18-foot 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
  • Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup (Maya Moore assists)
  • Lindsay Whalen makes 14-foot two point shot (Sylvia Fowles assists)
  • Maya Moore misses 19-foot jumper
  • Alana Beard blocks Renee Montgomery 's 13-foot jumper
  • Renee Montgomery misses two point jumper
  • Jia Perkins makes 16-foot jumper (Renee Montgomery assists)
  • Rebekkah Brunson misses 7-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Maya Moore assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Howard makes layup (Renee Montgomery assists)
  • Anna Cruz misses 18-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles misses driving layup
  • Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Jia Perkins assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses 17-foot jumper
  • Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lindsay Whalen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Maya Moore misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Lindsay Whalen makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Lindsay Whalen makes 18-foot jumper
  • Maya Moore misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Lindsay Whalen misses driving layup
  • Sylvia Fowles misses layup
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup
  • Rebekkah Brunson makes jumper (Maya Moore assists)
  • Rebekkah Brunson makes two point shot (Renee Montgomery assists)
  • Anna Cruz misses driving layup
  • Lindsay Whalen misses 18-foot jumper
  • Anna Cruz misses 16-foot jumper
  • Janel McCarville misses 2-foot tip in
  • Seimone Augustus makes 19-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Seimone Augustus makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Seimone Augustus makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
  • Maya Moore makes 2-foot two point shot (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
  • Seimone Augustus misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sylvia Fowles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jia Perkins makes 17-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Maya Moore makes 10-foot two point shot (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
  • Lindsay Whalen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
  • Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Maya Moore makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Rebekkah Brunson misses 10-foot two point jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
  • Rebekkah Brunson misses layup
  • Jia Perkins makes two point shot
  • Maya Moore misses three point jumper
  • Lindsay Whalen makes driving layup
  • Lindsay Whalen misses layup
  • Sylvia Fowles makes two point shot
  • Maya Moore misses 8-foot jumper
  • Natasha Howard misses 4-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Lindsay Whalen misses 16-foot jumper
  • Maya Moore makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Maya Moore makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sylvia Fowles makes layup (Rebekkah Brunson assists)
  • Maya Moore makes 15-foot jumper
  • Maya Moore misses 11-foot jumper
  • Maya Moore makes two point shot
  • Sylvia Fowles misses 4-foot jumper
  • Maya Moore misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Maya Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alana Beard blocks Lindsay Whalen's jumper
  • Seimone Augustus makes 15-foot jumper (Lindsay Whalen assists)
  • Maya Moore makes driving layup
  • Alana Beard misses 18-foot jumper
  • Alana Beard misses layup
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes tip shot
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
  • Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
  • Candace Parker makes driving layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jantel Lavender makes 21-foot jumper (Alana Beard assists)
  • Candace Parker misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jantel Lavender misses 18-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
  • Jantel Lavender makes 15-foot jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Alana Beard misses 19-foot jumper
  • Sylvia Fowles blocks Nneka Ogwumike 's 2-foot layup
  • Chelsea Gray misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes driving layup (Essence Carson assists)
  • Essence Carson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Candace Parker misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses 3-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup
  • Kristi Toliver makes technical free throw
  • Essence Carson misses 20-foot jumper
  • Kristi Toliver misses 15-foot jumper
  • Jantel Lavender misses 18-foot jumper
  • Candace Parker misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 19-foot jumper
  • Candace Parker misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Essence Carson misses layup
  • Jantel Lavender makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Chelsea Gray misses 16-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Alana Beard assists)
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kristi Toliver misses three point jumper
  • Candace Parker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses driving layup
  • Candace Parker misses jumper
  • Essence Carson misses 16-foot jumper
  • Candace Parker makes tip shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes layup
  • Chelsea Gray misses 7-foot jumper
  • Essence Carson makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
  • Kristi Toliver makes layup (Candace Parker assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alana Beard makes driving layup
  • 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
  • Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Kristi Toliver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jantel Lavender assists)
  • Kristi Toliver misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kristi Toliver makes 18-foot two point shot
  • Chelsea Gray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver misses 21-foot jumper
  • Nneka Ogwumike makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Chelsea Gray misses 16-foot jumper
  • Alana Beard makes 21-foot jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
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