Los Angeles Sparks v Connecticut Sun

WNBA

Final

Los Angeles Sparks

77–68

Connecticut Sun

Match events

Los Angeles SparksConnecticut Sun

	1	2	3	4	T
Los Angeles Sparks	32	12	22	11	77
Connecticut Sun	22	14	10	22	68

1Lead changes

0Times tied

22Biggest leadLos Angeles Sparks

1st quarter

Lead changeErica Wheeler24ft three · ast Atkins
9:213–2
8–0 run
5:2318–9
End of quarter32–22

2nd quarter

5.744–36
8–0 run
Half-time44–36

3rd quarter

End of quarter66–46

4th quarter

8–0 run
6:4474–53
1:5277–68
13–0 run
Full-time77–68

Player stats

Sun68

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
D. MillerF	13	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	5	-10
O. Nelson-OdodaC	10	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	-13
K. BurkeG	31	11	5-13	0-6	1-1

Highlights

0:09Kennedy Burke with the and-1 bucketESPN0:26Leila Lacan somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN1:00Dearica Hamby ejected for throwing an errant elbowESPN

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News and reaction

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Where to watch

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Usual broadcasters for this competition in Australia.

Match details

Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Started: 11:00 am Sydney time
Venue: crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Maj Forsberg (Referee), Ken Jones (Referee), Jason Alabanza (Referee)
Crowd: 10,878

Form and ladder

Los Angeles SparksConnecticut Sun

12thLadder14th

16W 28LRecord11W 33L

LLWLWLast 5WLLLL

Team lists

Team lists aren’t available for this game.

Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Sparks77

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. OgwumikeF	33	11	4-10	0-1	3-3	11	1	2	0	0	0	11	1	+5
D. HambyF	21	10	2-2	0-0	6-8	5	2	4	0	0	1	4	3	+19
E. WheelerG	25	11	4-8	3-6	0-0	2	5	3	0	0	0	2	2	+12
A. AtkinsG	25	6	2-5	0-2	2-2	7	3	1	1	0	1	6	3	+2
R. BurrellG	30	20	8-13	2-5	2-4	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	3	+10
Bench
E. CannonF	12	3	1-4	1-1	0-0	5	0	4	0	0	2	3	2	-2
C. BrinkF	12	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	6	+2
JihyunF	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4
T. MorganG	15	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	-3
C. GrayG	12	5	1-3	1-1	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	+5
M. Akoa MakaniG	11	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	-9
Team		77	27-53	8-18	15-19	40	19	24	4	3	4	36	20

Didn't play: K. Martin (Coach's decision)