Los Angeles Sparks @ Connecticut Sun

Preseason

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	11	21	13	20	65
Sun CON	19	12	23	14	68

Connecticut SunSunCON

1-0, 1-0 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#21
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Cappie PondexterC. Pondexter#25
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
Karlie SamuelsonK. Samuelson#44
bench
Sandrine GrudaS. Gruda#7
Tiffany Jackson-JonesT. Jackson-Jones#33
Taya ReimerT. Reimer#22
Shakayla ThomasS. Thomas#20
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#32
Maria KliundikovaM. Kliundikova
Julia ReisingerovaJ. Reisingerova
Kaylee JensenK. Jensen#54
Jolene AndersonJ. Anderson#5
Gabbi OrtizG. Ortiz#15
Brooke McCarty-WilliamsB. McCarty-Williams#18
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	3	1-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	-17
23	7	2-11	0-2	3-3	7	0	4	2	1	2	5	1	-3
30	14	6-18	0-2	2-3	6	3	1	2	0	0	6	1	+9
21	0	0-6	0-4	0-2	3	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	-11
18	14	6-7	2-3	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	-4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
26	17	8-15	0-0	1-2	8	1	3	2	0	4	4	1	-6
15	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	+8
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	4	2-8	0-2	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	+15
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1
15	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	-1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	65	27-76	2-17	9-14	39	10	14	12	1	15	24	17
		36%	12%	64%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Cayla GeorgeC. George#23
Nikki GreeneN. Greene#54
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonB. Laney-Hamilton#44
Leticia RomeroL. Romero#2
Jessica JanuaryJ. January#14
Lexie BrownL. Brown#4
Tyra BussT. Buss#3
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	+5
22	5	2-4	0-0	1-6	3	1	4	2	1	1	2	2	+4
15	10	4-8	0-0	2-2	8	0	1	2	1	3	5	1	+1
20	12	5-9	1-4	1-1	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	+15
21	6	2-5	0-1	2-3	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	+10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	5	1-4	0-2	3-4	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	+1
14	6	1-3	0-0	4-4	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	0
11	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	+2
10	3	1-2	0-0	1-1	4	0	2	0	0	1	3	3	-9
13	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	-8
16	10	3-7	1-3	3-3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	+5
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-8
5	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
14	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	-8
4	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	68	23-59	5-20	17-24	36	9	20	10	4	10	26	20
		39%	25%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CON wins season

3-0

CON

Game 1@ CON

Final

102

Game 2@ LA

Final

Game 3@ CON

Final

Game Information

Uncasville, CT

Referee:Eric Brewton

Referee:Daryl Humphrey

Referee:Ashley Moyer-Gleich

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	4	2	.667	-	L1
Minnesota	4	2	.667	-	W2
Golden State	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Dallas	3	3	.500	1	L1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1	W2
Portland	3	3	.500	1	W1
Phoenix	2	4	.333	2	L2
Seattle	2	4	.333	2	W1

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	3	1	.750	-	W1
Indiana	4	2	.667	-	W3
New York	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Chicago	3	3	.500	1	L2
Washington	2	2	.500	1	L1
Toronto	3	4	.429	1.5	L2
Connecticut	1	6	.143	3.5	L1

WNBA News

Kelsey Plum scores 38, Erica Wheeler hits clutch 3-pointer and Sparks defeat Aces 101-95

— Kelsey Plum scored a season-high 38 points, Erica Wheeler hit the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Las Vegas Aces 101-95 on Saturday night.

Las Vegas Aces vs. Los Angeles Sparks - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Las Vegas Aces vs. Los Angeles Sparks, 05/23/2026

Portland Fire roll past Toronto Tempo 99-80 in first matchup between WNBA expansion teams

— Emily Engstler had 16 points and seven rebounds, Portland dominated the second half, and the Fire defeated the Toronto Tempo 99-80 on Saturday in the inaugural matchup between these two expansion teams.

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