Sparks win in CON

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First time ever for me to watch a Twitter stream - excellent quality, at least
as good as normal SD on TV - very crisp picture (watching on 55" TV from PC
HDMI output). Only lost the stream for a couple of seconds a couple of times
in Q4. Sparks with a good start to both halves let CON back in each time
instead of finishing them off, but they managed to keep half their lead most of
the time. Nneke started out 8-8 and Candace got in early FT - Gray found lotsa
holes to the rim and Beard with solid D again. CON hit the OBoards well to
keep them close and hustled, but missed a lot of shots. 87-79 Sparks win by 8
and led by as much as 19.

Next games:
0630 @ATL 1630 (Friday) SpecSN
0702 WAS 1400 (Sunday) SpecSN
0706 @MIN 1700 (Thursday) ESPN 2

Game Dbl-figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Ogwumike 21 (69 /50 /67 )/ 9/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 1/+30
Gray 15 (71 /0 /71 )/ 2/ 5/ 0/ 1/ 3/ 0/+16
Parker 14 (50 /33 /63 )/ 7/ 3/ 5/ 1/ 1/ 4/+22
Williams 13 (25 /20 /100)/ 3/ 4/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 3/+14
Beard 10 (50 /0 /0 )/ 6/ 4/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 4/+14

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Sparks Opponent Sparks Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAS OPP
H 18-33 3-8 6-8 13-38 3-7 10-11 54.5 37.5 75 34.2 42.9 90.9 45 39
F 32-64 4-12 19-26 28-77 8-18 15-17 50 33.3 73.1 36.4 44.4 88.2 87 79

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Sparks Opponent Diff
Q OR RB AS TO ST BL PF OR RB AS TO ST BL PF OR RB AS TO ST BL PF
H 2 17 14 7 6 4 11 5 18 6 8 3 0 8 -3 -1 +8 -1 +3 +4 +3
F 8 32 20 9 8 7 19 16 42 15 14 3 1 21 -8 -10 +5 -5 +5 +6 -2

WNBA Final Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 27 18 23 19 87
Connecticut Sun 17 22 17 23 79 Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Alana Beard F 33:28 5-10 0-1 0-0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 4 10 11 +14
Nneka Ogwumike F 32:03 9-13 1-2 2-3 3 9 2 0 2 1 1 1 21 8 +30
Candace Parker C 29:16 4-8 1-3 5-8 1 7 3 1 1 5 0 4 14 11 +22
Riquna Williams G 29:26 3-12 1-5 6-6 2 3 4 0 2 1 0 3 13 9 +14
Chelsea Gray G 36:52 5-7 0-0 5-7 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 15 8 +16
Odyssey Sims 8:56 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 +0
Jantel Lavender 21:09 4-9 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 +7
Sydney Wiese 5:34 1-1 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -9 +3
Tiffany Jackson- 3:16 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 -2 +0
Essence Carson 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Maimouna Diarra 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Ify Ibekwe 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 32-64 4-12 19-26 8 32 20 9 8 7 0 19 87
Percent 50.0% 33.3% 73.1%

Biggest Lead: 19; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 8; Points in Paint: 34
Technical Fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Shekinna Strickl F 29:16 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 -11 +5
Alyssa Thomas F 31:21 4-9 0-0 5-6 1 11 3 7 1 0 1 5 13 -13 +15
Jonquel Jones C 26:09 5-17 1-2 2-2 10 17 2 2 0 1 3 4 13 1 +19
Courtney William G 28:43 5-10 0-0 4-4 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 -12 +13
Jasmine Thomas G 28:08 7-18 4-8 1-1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 19 -9 +14
Brionna Jones 2:43 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -2
Alex Bentley 23:09 2-7 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 +5
Kayla Pedersen 17:35 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 4 5 +4
Lynetta Kizer 3:09 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 +2
Danielle Adams 4:47 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -7 -2
Rachel Banham 5:00 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 +2
Morgan Tuck 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 28-77 8-18 15-17 16 42 15 14 3 1 0 21 79
Percent 36.4% 44.4% 88.2%

Biggest Lead: 3; Bench Pts: 14; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 26
Technical Fouls: 0

Lead Changes: 3, Times Tied: 4
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
Officials: 57 Don Hudson, 5 Natalie Sago, 48 Vladimir Voyard-Tadal

WNBA HT Box Score:

Boxscore 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Sparks 27 18 0 0 45
Connecticut Sun 17 22 0 0 39 Halftime

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Alana Beard F 14:54 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 2 4 4 +9
Nneka Ogwumike F 15:19 8-8 1-1 0-0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 4 +23
Candace Parker C 17:14 2-5 0-2 2-4 0 4 2 1 1 3 0 3 6 7 +10
Riquna Williams G 14:50 2-6 1-4 2-2 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 2 7 7 +11
Chelsea Gray G 16:52 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 +2
Odyssey Sims 7:20 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 +0
Jantel Lavender 11:03 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 1 +4
Sydney Wiese 2:28 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -2 +3
Essence Carson 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Maimouna Diarra 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Ify Ibekwe 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Tiffany Jackson- 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 18-33 3-8 6-8 2 17 14 7 6 4 0 11 45
Percent 54.5% 37.5% 75.0%

Biggest Lead: 13; Bench Pts: 9; Fast Break Pts: 6; Points in Paint: 14
Technical Fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Shekinna Strickl F 16:24 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -6 +4
Alyssa Thomas F 17:06 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 5 1 5 1 0 0 2 4 -8 +4
Jonquel Jones C 14:05 3-8 0-0 2-2 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 8 -4 +9
Courtney William G 13:43 2-6 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 -5 +5
Jasmine Thomas G 16:24 4-11 1-4 1-1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 10 -6 +8
Brionna Jones 2:43 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -2
Alex Bentley 9:53 1-4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1 +1
Kayla Pedersen 9:42 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 +3
Danielle Adams 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Rachel Banham 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Lynetta Kizer 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Morgan Tuck 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0
Totals 13-38 3-7 10-11 5 18 6 8 3 0 0 8 39
Percent 34.2% 42.9% 90.9%

Biggest Lead: 3; Bench Pts: 8; Fast Break Pts: 4; Points in Paint: 12
Technical Fouls: 0

Lead Changes: 3, Times Tied: 4
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
Officials: 57 Don Hudson, 5 Natalie Sago, 48 Vladimir Voyard-Tadal