Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 1 • MIN leads series 1-0

24-10, 8-9 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	15	16	22	24	77
Lynx MIN	16	32	18	28	94

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

27-7, 16-1 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
DeLisha Milton-JonesD. Milton-Jones#8
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Kristi ToliverK. Toliver#20
bench
Ebony HoffmanE. Hoffman#16
Nicky AnosikeN. Anosike#55
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Marissa ColemanM. Coleman#25
Jenna O'HeaJ. O'Hea#6
April SykesA. Sykes#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	-17
34	25	9-15	2-3	5-6	11	4	1	2	1	1	10	0	-10
23	6	3-6	0-0	0-2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	-17
34	16	6-12	0-1	4-6	2	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	-9
27	12	4-9	0-2	4-5	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	-16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
13	7	3-6	0-0	1-2	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	+6
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-8
5	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8
23	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	-7
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	+6
	77	28-58	5-13	16-23	25	13	14	5	2	4	21	13
		48%	38%	70%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Taj McWilliams-FranklinT. McWilliams-Franklin#8
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Amber HarrisA. Harris#6
Devereaux PetersD. Peters#14
Jessica AdairJ. Adair#1
Erin ThornE. Thorn#5
Candice WigginsC. Wiggins#11
Monica WrightM. Wright#22
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	6	3-7	0-0	0-0	4	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	+11
30	14	5-8	0-0	4-4	10	1	0	1	1	5	5	4	+17
29	20	8-13	4-6	0-0	5	5	0	1	0	1	4	3	+18
26	12	6-11	0-0	0-0	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	+11
34	16	7-17	1-5	1-2	6	7	2	1	0	0	6	1	+18
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	9	4-6	1-3	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	+2
6	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	-7
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
1	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
17	3	1-7	1-5	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	4	+3
22	9	4-10	1-1	0-0	3	2	1	2	0	2	1	2	+8
	94	40-82	9-21	5-6	37	22	8	7	2	13	24	20
		49%	43%	83%

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

Matchups

MIN leads series

1-0

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ LA

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

ESPN2

Referee:Daryl Humphrey

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Felicia Grinter

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

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

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