NBA

Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury

· Women's National Basketball Association
Los Angeles Sparks
14-20, 5-12 Away
Final
70 - 65

Phoenix Mercury
20-13, 13-4 Home

Currie has season-high 22 points, Mercury beat Sparks 70-65

Phoenix (20-13) is the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and has home-court advantage in its first-round matchup with Tulsa that starts Thursday night. Los Angeles (14-20) is the No. 4 seed and will open the postseason at Minnesota next Friday night.

Brittney Griner scored 16 points, and Candice Dupree added 12 for the Mercury.

Phoenix led 63-61 when Sparks coach Brian Agler drew a technical foul arguing Jennifer Hamson's foul call against Griner. DeWanna Bonner made the technical free throw, and Griner made both free throws to make it 66-61 with 1:22 remaining. The Sparks pulled to 66-63 before Dupree made two free throws and Currie a layup to seal it.

Hamson scored 12 points, and Ana Dabovic had 10 for the Sparks.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 65 - 70
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 65 - 70
4th 0.0 Temeka Johnson offensive rebound 65 - 70
4th 1.0 Temeka Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper 65 - 70
4th 11.0 Ana Dabovic defensive rebound 65 - 70

Statistics

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24-61 FG 23-57
39 Field Goal % 40
3-20 3PT 5-11
15 Three Point % 45
14-21 FT 19-27
67 Free Throw % 70
31 Rebounds 35
7 Offensive Rebounds 11
24 Defensive Rebounds 24
16 Assists 13
7 Steals 5
1 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 13
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
2 Fast Break Points 5
26 Points in Paint 26
23 Fouls 16

Game Information

Mortgage Matchup Center

Location: Phoenix, AZ
Attendance: 12,296 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 9 L2 0.775 31
Golden State 2 11 W4 0.725 29
Las Vegas 4 13 W3 0.675 27
Dallas 7 16 W4 0.6 24
Portland 15 24 L1 0.4 16
Los Angeles 16 25 W2 0.375 15
Phoenix 17 26 W1 0.35 14
Seattle 23 32 L1 0.2 8
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