Women's National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 66,
Los Angeles 57
Thursday, September 2, 2021 8:00 PM
Location -
Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials - #31 Amy Bonner, #7 Billy Smith, #10 Ashley Gloss
Attendance - 3121
Officials - #31 Amy Bonner, #7 Billy Smith, #10 Ashley Gloss
Attendance - 3121
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Los Angeles | 20 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 57 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 66 |
Los Angeles Sparks
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Brittney Sykes | G | 37:46 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Erica Wheeler | G | 36:04 | 5-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | -14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | F | 38:18 | 6-14 | 1-4 | 3-4 | -11 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Nia Coffey | F | 24:09 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Amanda Zahui B | C | 17:42 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Te'a Cooper | 24:34 | 2-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lauren Cox | 17:29 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Arella Guirantes | 3:56 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chiney Ogwumike | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Kristi Toliver | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Jasmine Walker | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 200 | 19-61 | 6-19 | 13-17 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 57 | ||
| 31.1% | 31.6% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 0 | Total TO: 12 | |||||||||||
Minnesota Lynx
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kayla McBride | G | 35:48 | 4-11 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Crystal Dangerfield | G | 29:12 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Napheesa Collier | F | 33:00 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Bridget Carleton | F | 25:47 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sylvia Fowles | C | 35:55 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Aerial Powers | 17:47 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Rachel Banham | 10:48 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jessica Shepard | 7:38 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natalie Achonwa | 4:05 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Layshia Clarendon | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Damiris Dantas | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Rennia Davis | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 200 | 20-58 | 7-22 | 19-21 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 66 | ||
| 34.5% | 31.8% | 90.5% | Team Rebs: 0 | Total TO: 15 | |||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| LA | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| Points in the Paint | 0 | Points in the Paint | 0 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 0 |