Los Angeles Sparks @ Connecticut Sun

WNBA SEMIFINALS - GAME 1 • CON leads series 1-0

22-12, 7-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	14	26	18	17	75
Sun CON	21	16	22	25	84

Connecticut SunSunCON

23-11, 15-2 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Tierra Ruffin-PrattT. Ruffin-Pratt#10
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
bench
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
Maria KliundikovaVadeeva#7
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Alexis JonesA. Jones#1
Marina MabreyM. Mabrey#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	24	10-14	3-5	1-2	10	3	2	2	6	1	9	3	-17
34	20	9-13	1-1	1-1	10	3	5	1	0	2	8	2	-4
29	2	1-9	0-6	0-2	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	4	+1
21	7	2-5	1-3	2-2	1	3	1	1	1	0	1	4	-8
36	4	2-8	0-1	0-0	4	4	5	0	0	1	3	3	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	+3
18	6	3-5	0-2	0-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	-2
17	8	2-6	0-4	4-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	75	30-64	5-22	10-14	33	18	17	6	9	7	26	21
		47%	23%	71%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Bria HolmesB. Holmes#32
Theresa PlaisanceT. Plaisance#55
Layshia ClarendonL. Clarendon#23
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	7	2-6	2-4	1-1	6	1	3	1	0	1	5	3	+18
40	22	9-17	0-0	4-7	10	5	1	4	0	2	8	5	+9
32	16	6-15	2-4	2-4	7	2	1	1	3	4	3	2	+16
37	19	7-16	3-9	2-4	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	+15
36	15	7-17	0-4	1-2	7	5	4	2	1	0	7	2	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
8	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-7
9	5	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	84	33-78	8-22	10-18	34	21	9	9	4	8	26	18
		42%	36%	56%

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

Matchups

CON leads series

1-0

CON

Game 1@ CON

Final

Game 2@ CON

Final

Game 3@ LA

Final

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Che Flores

Referee:Michael Price

Referee:Isaac Barnett

Referee:Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	3	0	1.000	-	W3
Phoenix	2	0	1.000	0.5	W2
Dallas	1	0	1.000	1	W1
Golden State	1	0	1.000	1	W1
Los Angeles	1	0	1.000	1	W1
Las Vegas	1	0	1.000	1	W1
Seattle	1	1	.500	1.5	W1
Portland	0	1	.000	2	L1

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	2	1	.667	-	W1
Washington	1	1	.500	0.5	W1
New York	1	1	.500	0.5	W1
Atlanta	1	1	.500	0.5	L1
Connecticut	1	1	.500	0.5	L1
Toronto	0	2	.000	1.5	L2
Chicago	0	2	.000	1.5	L2

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