Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA FINALS 2017 PRESENTED BY VERIZON - GAME 5 • MIN wins series 3-2

26-8, 10-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	19	16	21	20	76
Lynx MIN	21	20	19	25	85

Minnesota LynxLynxMIN

27-7, 15-2 Home

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Candace ParkerC. Parker#3
Nneka OgwumikeN. Ogwumike#30
Alana BeardA. Beard#0
Odyssey SimsO. Sims#1
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
bench
Essence CarsonE. Carson#17
Jantel LavenderJ. Lavender#42
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Sandrine GrudaS. Gruda#7
Tiffany Jackson-JonesT. Jackson-Jones#33
Maimouna DiarraM. Diarra#26
Sydney WieseS. Wiese#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	19	8-17	1-6	2-3	15	5	5	2	4	2	13	3	-9
26	11	4-6	0-1	3-4	3	0	1	3	0	2	1	6	-14
32	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	3	0	1	2	5	-11
33	14	3-9	0-3	8-9	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	4	-22
36	15	7-15	0-3	1-1	1	8	3	3	0	0	1	1	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	-5
18	8	4-8	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	+6
11	7	2-4	1-2	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	76	29-64	2-18	16-20	29	18	15	14	4	7	22	23
		45%	11%	80%

Minnesota Lynx

starters
Rebekkah BrunsonR. Brunson#32
Maya MooreM. Moore#23
Sylvia FowlesS. Fowles#34
Lindsay WhalenL. Whalen#13
Seimone AugustusS. Augustus#33
bench
Plenette PiersonP. Pierson#22
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Alexis JonesA. Jones#12
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	13	5-13	0-0	3-3	8	0	1	3	1	5	3	5	+17
37	18	8-18	0-1	2-2	10	0	3	2	1	1	9	3	+17
38	17	6-10	0-0	5-7	20	4	4	2	3	7	13	3	+11
33	17	4-8	1-4	8-8	2	8	4	2	0	0	2	3	+16
35	14	6-15	1-3	1-1	6	6	2	0	0	1	5	3	+8
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
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	4	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11
7	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-7
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	85	31-69	2-10	21-23	46	19	17	9	5	14	32	20
		45%	20%	91%

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

Matchups

MIN wins series

3-2

MIN

Game 1@ MIN

Final

Game 2@ MIN

Final

Game 3@ LA

Final

Game 4@ LA

Final

Game 5@ MIN

Final

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Sue Blauch

Referee:Roy Gulbeyan

Referee:Byron Jarrett

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	.000	-	-
Los Angeles	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Seattle	.000	-	-
Las Vegas	.000	-	-
Golden State	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-

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