Phoenix Mercury @ Los Angeles Sparks

23-14, 11-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	24	24	20	24	92
Sparks LA	18	22	17	27	84

Los Angeles SparksSparksLA

17-19, 7-11 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	12	5-9	0-0	2-4	16	15	5	3	0	3	13	0	+15
15	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	-1
34	19	5-11	2-4	7-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	+11
28	18	8-15	0-4	2-2	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	4	+1
17	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	-2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	14	5-13	2-4	2-2	5	3	1	1	0	3	2	2	+1
12	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
29	17	5-9	5-7	2-3	2	4	2	4	0	0	2	4	+12
4	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	92	33-69	11-25	15-18	32	28	13	11	1	7	25	14
		48%	44%	83%

Los Angeles Sparks

starters
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
Azura StevensA. Stevens#23
Rickea JacksonR. Jackson#2
Kelsey PlumK. Plum#10
Julie AllemandJ. Allemand#20
bench
Cameron BrinkC. Brink#22
Julie VanlooJ. Vanloo#35
Rae BurrellR. Burrell#12
Emma CannonE. Cannon#32
Sania FeaginS. Feagin#1
Alissa PiliA. Pili#24
Sarah Ashlee BarkerS. Barker#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	25	9-12	0-0	7-9	8	2	3	5	0	0	8	2	-2
25	5	2-5	1-2	0-0	4	3	2	0	0	0	4	1	-4
27	21	7-11	4-7	3-3	3	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	-11
37	20	7-14	2-7	4-4	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	3	-12
34	0	0-6	0-3	0-0	4	6	2	0	0	0	4	2	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	5	2	2	0	1	2	3	4	-3
9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
23	9	4-11	0-3	1-1	5	0	2	1	1	1	4	3	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	84	31-65	7-24	15-17	29	19	16	8	3	5	24	18
		48%	29%	88%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-1

Sparks
86
Mercury
89

Game 1

5/21

Mercury
85
Sparks
80

Game 2

6/1

Mercury
92
Sparks
84

Game 3

8/26

Sparks
88
Mercury
83

Game 4

9/9

crypto.com Arena

10:00 PM, August 26, 2025Coverage: NBA TV

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 10,726

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Paul Tuomey

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

As both sides continue negotiations ahead of the Jan. 9 deadline, housing emerged as an issue in the latest proposal.

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say

The WNBA's latest proposal to the players' union includes a maximum salary base of $1 million, sources told ESPN's Alexa Philippou. The new offer reflects incremental increases from the league's previous proposal.

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Phoenix Mercury @ Los Angeles Sparks

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-1

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

WNBA News

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say