Los Angeles Sparks at Minnesota Lynx
· Women's National Basketball AssociationNapheesa Collier, Courtney Williams lead Lynx to 81-76 win over Sparks
The Lynx (10-3) have won three consecutive games and six of their last seven.
Williams also finished with eight rebounds and four steals. Alanna Smith scored 12 points and Bridget Carleton added 11 for Minnesota.
Rookie Rickea Jackson, the No. 4 pick in the 2024 draft, had her first career double-double, finishing with 19 points and 10 rebounds, to lead the Sparks.
Williams hit a 3-pointer that gave Minnesota the lead for good and Carleton made another 3 about two minutes later to cap 9-2 spurt that made it 57-50 late in the third quarter. The Sparks (4-9) trimmed ther deficit to 63-61 when Lexie Brown made a layup with 7:33 to play but Williams hit a pull-up jumper 24 seconds later and LA got no closer.
Dearica Hamby, who signed a one-year contract extension with Los Angeles on Thursday, added 16 points and 11 rebounds. Aari McDonald scored 14 with seven assists and Brown finished with 12 points.
Kia Nurse made a driving layup to give the Sparks an 8-7 lead and spark a 16-2 run capped when McDonald made two free throws that made it a 10-point game late in the first quarter.
Brown's layup with 3:01 left in the the second quarter stretched the lead to 40-28 but Williams answered with a pull-up jumper and Napheesa Collier scored Minnesota's next nine points to make it a one possession game before Hamby made a layup to give the Sparks a 44-39 halftime lead.
Regular Season Series
MIN wins series 3-1
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 76 - 81 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 76 - 81 | |
4th 3.0 | Courtney Williams defensive rebound | 76 - 81 | |
4th 6.0 | Lexie Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper | 76 - 81 | |
4th 8.0 | Lexie Brown enters the game for Cameron Brink | 76 - 81 |
Statistics
LA | MIN | |
---|---|---|
28-64 | FG | 30-61 |
43.8 | Field Goal % | 49.2 |
5-20 | 3PT | 6-23 |
25.0 | Three Point % | 26.1 |
15-18 | FT | 15-18 |
83.3 | Free Throw % | 83.3 |
34 | Rebounds | 28 |
8 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
26 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
23 | Assists | 23 |
11 | Steals | 17 |
1 | Blocks | 6 |
21 | Turnovers | 17 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
21 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
2 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
2 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
18 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 19 |
14 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
38 | Points in Paint | 36 |
18 | Fouls | 17 |
12 | Largest Lead | 10 |
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