Los Angeles Sparks v New York Liberty

WNBA

Final

Los Angeles Sparks

109–113

New York Liberty

Match events

Los Angeles SparksNew York Liberty

By period (Los Angeles Sparks-New York Liberty): Q1 30-36, Q2 26-17, Q3 28-32, Q4 25-28
Lead changes: 12
Times tied: 6
Biggest lead: New York Liberty by 11

1st quarter

Lead changeDearica Hamby makes alley oop layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
9:044–2
Run9-0 run (from 0-2 to 9-2)
8:119–2
4:4917–18
Lead changeHan Xu makes 24-foot running jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Lead changeAriel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
4:2420–18
2:4424–25
Lead changeHan Xu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists)
Lead changeRae Burrell makes driving layup
2:2826–25
2:1626–27
Lead changeHan Xu makes 4-foot two point shot (Rebekah Gardner assists)
Lead changeNneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Chance Gray assists)
2:0328–27
1:3028–30
Lead changeHan Xu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
End of quarter30–36

2nd quarter

Lead changeNneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Dearica Hamby assists)
6:3542–41
47.354–53
Run8-0 run (from 54-45 to 54-53)
Half-time56–53

3rd quarter

40.181–83
Lead changeRebekah Gardner makes running layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
40.181–83
Run9-0 run (from 81-74 to 81-83)
Lead changeKiana Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
27.184–83
6.584–85
Lead changeBreanna Stewart makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
End of quarter84–85

4th quarter

Full-time109–113

Player stats

New York LibertyPlayers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
B. Stewart	37	29	11-19	2-4	5-6	4	7	1	4	3	0	4	0	+9
J. Jones	24	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	5	6	4	1	1	1	4	3	-23
R. Allen	18	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	-15
S. Ionescu	36	27	9-16	5-9	4-4	7	6	7	0	0	1	6	1	+7
P. Astier	16	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4	-6
R. Carrera	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
H. Xu

Highlights

1:09Los Angeles Sparks vs. New York Liberty - Game HighlightsESPN 0:11Sabrina Ionescu hits the 3-pointerESPN 0:09Rae Burrell nails the 3ESPN 0:11Ariel Atkins drains tripleESPN 0:15Han Xu hits the 3-pointerESPN

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Match details

Date: Wednesday 29 July 2026
Started: 12:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens (Referee), Catherine Chang (Referee), Sarah Williams (Referee)
Crowd: 15,499

Form and ladder

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Updated 10 Nov, 3:02 am

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
N. Ogwumike	28	21	9-12	3-5	0-0	4	9	1	2	0	1	3	5	+4
D. Hamby	33	12	5-11	0-1	2-3	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	-8
E. Wheeler	27	17	6-9	4-5	1-2	1	9	1	0	0	0	1	4	+15
A. Atkins	34	16	6-8	2-4	2-2	5	5	4	1	0	1	4	4	-4
R. Burrell	34	24	10-17	4-8	0-0	3	3	5	4	0	0	3	1	-2
C. Brink	19	11	5-9	1-3	0-0	6	2	3	0	1	0	6	3	-4
Jihyun	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+9
K. Williams	5	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9
C. Gray	14	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-21