New York Liberty v Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA

Final

New York Liberty

85–81

Los Angeles Sparks

Match events

New York LibertyLos Angeles Sparks

	1	2	3	4	T
New York Liberty	21	28	18	18	85
Los Angeles Sparks	16	16	9	40	81

2Lead changes

1Times tied

28Biggest leadNew York Liberty

1st quarter

8:112–3
Lead changeRae Burrell27ft three · ast Atkins
Lead changeBreanna StewartRunning layup · ast Ionescu
5:308–6
9–0 run
4:5511–6
End of quarter21–16

2nd quarter

Half-time49–32

3rd quarter

End of quarter67–41

4th quarter

6:1269–62
21–0 run
Full-time85–81

Player stats

Sparks81

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. OgwumikeF	31	10	4-11	0-2	2-3	11	4	1	1	0	3	8	4	+2
D. HambyF	30	16	7-11	0-0	2-5	4	3	0	1	0	2	2	3	-15
E. WheelerG	29	6	3-8	0-4	0-0

Highlights

0:16Sabrina Ionescu nails the 3-pointerESPN 0:11Chance Gray hits the treyESPN 0:09Chance Gray knocks down the 3-pointerESPN 0:25Pauline Astier gets the hoop and the harmESPN 0:19Dearica Hamby with the and-1 bucketESPN

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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: Friday 14 August 2026
Started: 10:00 am Sydney time
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Tim Greene (Referee), Tyler Mirkovich (Referee), Kelly Broomfield (Referee)
Crowd: 16,071

Form and ladder

New York LibertyLos Angeles Sparks

8thLadder12th

26W 18LRecord16W 28L

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Team lists

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Updated 10 Nov, 11:13 pm

Liberty85

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
B. StewartF	31	11	5-13	0-3	1-2	6	5	2	2	0	1	5	2	-9
J. JonesC	33	11	5-10	0-1	1-2	18	4	1	1	1	6	12	1	+14
R. AllenG	26	13	5-10	3-5	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	+2
S. IonescuG	33	20	6-17	1-9	7-9	3	4	4	2	0	1	2	3	-1
P. AstierG	17	7	3-5	0-1	1-1	2	5	2	2	0	0	2	5	+8
Bench
H. XuC	16	9	3-8	1-2	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	+3
R. GardnerG	13	4	2-6	0-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	-1
M. JohannesG	22	10	3-8	2-5	2-2	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	+9
M. FauthouxG	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	-5
Team		85	32-77	7-27	14-18	41	22	11	12	1	14	27	18

Didn't play: S. Sabally (Head injury), L. Fiebich (Left foot), R. Carrera (Coach's decision)