Phoenix Mercury @ Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA SEMIFINALS - GAME 1 • LA leads series 1-0
18-16, 9-8 Away
66
18-16, 9-8 Away
26-8, 16-1 Home
79
26-8, 16-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
- Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
- Diana Taurasi misses 16-foot jumper
- Odyssey Sims misses three point jumper
- Leilani Mitchell makes 24-foot three pointer (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes 21-foot jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
- Leilani Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
- Alana Beard makes 2-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)
- Alana Beard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Leilani Mitchell misses 15-foot two point jumper
- Yvonne Turner makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Candace Parker makes 6-foot two point shot
- Chelsea Gray misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes driving layup
- Nneka Ogwumike misses 18-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Odyssey Sims misses 13-foot two point jumper
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
- Alana Beard makes 13-foot two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 12-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chelsea Gray misses 19-foot two point jumper
- Jantel Lavender makes 1-foot layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
- Leilani Mitchell misses layup
- Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
- Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Chelsea Gray misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Danielle Robinson makes 18-foot jumper (Brittney Griner assists)
- Danielle Robinson misses two point shot
- Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Candace Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Monique Currie misses 19-foot jumper
- Odyssey Sims misses 9-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike misses
- Monique Currie makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monique Currie makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chelsea Gray misses 17-foot jumper
- Camille Little misses 7-foot jump bank shot
- Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Candace Parker assists)
- Emma Cannon makes 6-foot two point shot (Monique Currie assists)
- Alana Beard misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 15-foot jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 3
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 2 of 3
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 3 of 3
- Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
- Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Essence Carson misses 19-foot jumper
- Jantel Lavender makes two point shot
- Jantel Lavender makes free throw 1 of 1
- Danielle Robinson makes two point shot (Brittney Griner assists)
- Jantel Lavender misses 20-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner makes 15-foot two point shot (Monique Currie assists)
- Odyssey Sims makes driving layup
- Nneka Ogwumike misses driving layup
- Brittney Griner misses 4-foot jumper
- Jantel Lavender misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
- Brittney Griner makes two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
- Jantel Lavender misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yvonne Turner misses 15-foot two point jumper
- Candace Parker misses layup
- Jantel Lavender misses layup
- Brittney Griner makes 9-foot two point shot (Camille Little assists)
- Chelsea Gray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jantel Lavender assists)
- Monique Currie misses 18-foot jumper
- Candace Parker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Leilani Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yvonne Turner assists)
- Odyssey Sims makes two point shot
- Monique Currie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Camille Little assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Essence Carson makes 4-foot two point shot
- Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 1
- Brittney Griner misses 15-foot jumper
- Essence Carson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Essence Carson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 2
- Diana Taurasi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chelsea Gray misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chelsea Gray makes layup (Odyssey Sims assists)
- Leilani Mitchell misses 20-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup
- Chelsea Gray misses two point shot
- Candace Parker misses 17-foot jumper
- Brittney Griner misses 6-foot two point shot
- Chelsea Gray misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Candace Parker makes two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Diana Taurasi misses 18-foot jumper
- Odyssey Sims misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brittney Griner misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yvonne Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yvonne Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alana Beard makes 19-foot two point shot (Odyssey Sims assists)
- Brittney Griner makes driving layup
- Odyssey Sims misses 22-foot jumper
- Yvonne Turner misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chelsea Gray makes driving layup
- Camille Little misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jantel Lavender misses 21-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike makes 1-foot layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Leilani Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike misses layup
- Monique Currie misses 18-foot jumper
- Jantel Lavender misses 2-foot two point shot
- Brittney Griner makes 12-foot two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
- Odyssey Sims misses 5-foot jumper
- Danielle Robinson misses 18-foot two point jumper
- Odyssey Sims misses 14-foot two point jumper
- Brittney Griner misses jumper
- Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Emma Cannon makes layup (Danielle Robinson assists)
- Alana Beard makes driving layup
- Alana Beard misses free throw 1 of 1
- Brittney Griner misses jumper
- Danielle Robinson misses layup
- Candace Parker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Odyssey Sims assists)
- Brittney Griner misses 12-foot two point shot
- Monique Currie misses layup
- Monique Currie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
- Candace Parker misses
- Candace Parker misses layup
- Alana Beard makes 14-foot two point shot (Nneka Ogwumike assists)
- Monique Currie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Diana Taurasi makes 2-foot layup (Emma Cannon assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes 7-foot jumper
- Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 1 of 1
- Emma Cannon misses 18-foot jumper
- Odyssey Sims makes free throw 1 of 2
- Odyssey Sims makes free throw 2 of 2
- Leilani Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Chelsea Gray misses layup
- Nneka Ogwumike makes two point shot
- Chelsea Gray misses layup
- Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 3
- Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 3
- Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 3 of 3
- Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yvonne Turner misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Odyssey Sims misses two point jumper
- Diana Taurasi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Camille Little makes 15-foot jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Nneka Ogwumike makes layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
- Candace Parker makes technical free throw
- Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 1
- Leilani Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Diana Taurasi assists)
- Chelsea Gray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
- Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cayla George misses layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
ESPN2
Referee:Tiffany Bird
Referee:Jeff Smith
Referee:Kurt Walker
Referee:Tiffany Bird
2025-26 Standings
Women's National Basketball Assoc.
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6 | 2 | .750 | - | W4 |
| Golden State | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | W2 |
| Las Vegas | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.5 | L2 |
| Los Angeles | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.5 | W3 |
| Portland | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.5 | L1 |
| Seattle | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3 | L1 |
| Phoenix | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.5 | L5 |
WNBA News
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