Seattle Storm at Los Angeles Sparks
· WNBA Commissioner's CupNneka Ogwumike has 27 points, leads Sparks over Storm 92-85
Seattle (0-4) is off to its worst start since it lost four in a row in its inaugural season in 2000.
Jewell Loyd hit a 3-pointer that gave Seattle a two-point lead with 3:36 left in the third quarter but the Sparks scored 17 of the next 23 points to make it 72-61 — L.A.'s biggest lead of the game. Brown capped the spurt with a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter.
Loyd scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and Jade Melbourne's 3-pointer — which Loyd assisted on — trimmed Seattle's deficit to 86-82 with 1:42 remaining but the Storm got no closer.
Chiney Ogwumike added 15 points and Lexie Brown scored 14 for Los Angeles (3-2), Jordin Canada had nine points, seven assists and four steals.
Loyd tied her career high with eight 3-pointers and finished with 37 points for Seattle, one shy of her career best. Ezi Magbegor added 14 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.
Seattle hit 13 3-pointers but committed 16 turnovers, which the Sparks converted into 17 points. Los Angeles outscored the Storm 23-12 from the free-throw line on 11 more (27) attempts.
Regular Season Series
LA leads series 1-0
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 85 - 92 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 85 - 92 | |
4th 0.0 | (00:00) [Storm] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) | 85 - 92 | |
4th 0.1 | Jade Melbourne makes driving layup | 85 - 92 | |
4th 6.0 | Jordin Canada makes free throw 2 of 2 | 83 - 92 |
Statistics
SEA | LA | |
---|---|---|
30-65 | FG | 31-68 |
46.2 | Field Goal % | 45.6 |
13-25 | 3PT | 7-19 |
52.0 | Three Point % | 36.8 |
12-16 | FT | 23-27 |
75.0 | Free Throw % | 85.2 |
37 | Rebounds | 34 |
6 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
31 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
18 | Assists | 24 |
3 | Steals | 13 |
9 | Blocks | 1 |
16 | Turnovers | 7 |
2 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
18 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
17 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
22 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
20 | Points in Paint | 44 |
23 | Fouls | 14 |
4 | Largest Lead | 11 |
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