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Los Angeles Sparks @ Washington Mystics 70–80

2026-08-15 19:30 · WNBA · CareFirst Arena, Washington DC · Att. 4,200 · WNBA League Pass

Los Angeles Sparks 2026 · Washington Mystics 2026 · 2026 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
LAS	21	18	19	12	70
WAS	24	17	14	25	80

Team stats

	Sparks	Mystics
Field goals	24-61 .393	34-72 .472
Three-pointers	9-26 .346	4-21 .190
Free throws	13-16 .812	8-12 .667
Offensive rebounds	3	11
Defensive rebounds	24	32
Total rebounds	27	43
Assists	20	23
Steals	11	10
Blocks	2	4
Turnovers	14	12
Personal fouls	18	17
Technical fouls	1	0
Points in the paint	30	60
Fast-break points	9	9
Points off turnovers	15	7
Largest lead	9	10
Lead changes	5	5

Los Angeles Sparks

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Rae Burrell F	34	20	6-12	3-5	5-5	0	3	3	3	0	1	2	1	-10
Dearica Hamby F	33	11	4-12	0-0	3-4	1	6	7	3	3	0	2	6	-9
Nneka Ogwumike C	30	15	6-12	2-4	1-2	1	6	7	3	4	0	2	0	-5
Ariel Atkins G	30	1	0-7	0-7	1-2	0	2	2	3	2	0	2	3	+1
Erica Wheeler G	23	6	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	+1
Tonie Morgan G	17	7	2-2	0-0	3-3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	4	-11
Emma Cannon F	11	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	-8
Jihyun Park F	9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-8
Chance Gray G	7	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Alissa Pili F	6	6	2-4	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	+2
Total	200	70	24-61	9-26	13-16	3	24	27	20	11	2	14	18

FG .393 · 3P .346 · FT .812

Did not play: Cameron Brink (dnp - coach's decision), Kate Martin (dnp - coach's decision), Monique Akoa Makani (dnp - coach's decision)

Washington Mystics

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Sonia Citron G	34	21	8-14	4-5	1-1	3	3	6	8	2	0	2	3	+12
Shakira Austin C	31	17	7-13	0-1	3-4	1	10	11	2	0	1	3	0	+6
Kiki Iriafen F	27	19	9-12	0-1	1-3	2	6	8	3	2	1	0	4	-1
Michaela Onyenwere F	15	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	-9
Georgia Amoore G	11	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	-7
Cotie McMahon F	22	7	3-9	0-3	1-2	1	8	9	2	0	0	0	3	+3
Lauren Betts C	21	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	2	2	0	+15
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton G	16	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	+15
Cassandre Prosper F	13	4	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	+11
Alicia Florez G	8	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	+5
Total	200	80	34-72	4-21	8-12	11	32	43	23	10	4	12	17

FG .472 · 3P .190 · FT .667

Did not play: Lucy Olsen (dnp - coach's decision), Angela Dugalic (dnp - coach's decision)

Officials: Angelica Suffren, Ashley Gloss, Genesis Perrymond

Play-by-play

Show every play (381)

Quarter 1

10:00 WAS Dearica Hamby vs. Shakira Austin (Kiki Iriafen gains possession)
9:47 WAS Shakira Austin misses driving layup
9:45 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
9:23 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Rae Burrell assists) 2–0
9:00 WAS Michaela Onyenwere makes driving layup (Shakira Austin assists) 2–2
8:45 LAS Nneka Ogwumike bad pass turnover (Michaela Onyenwere steals)
8:33 LAS Ariel Atkins personal foul
8:24 WAS Sonia Citron misses 27-foot three point jumper
8:22 LAS Sparks defensive team rebound
8:07 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
8:06 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
7:54 WAS Shakira Austin lost ball turnover (Erica Wheeler steals)
7:40 LAS Rae Burrell misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
7:38 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
7:29 WAS Georgia Amoore bad pass turnover (Nneka Ogwumike steals)
7:25 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes running layup 4–2
7:03 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Michaela Onyenwere assists) 4–4
6:52 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 25-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists) 7–4
6:33 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Sonia Citron assists) 7–6
6:15 LAS Kiki Iriafen blocks Dearica Hamby 's 2-foot driving layup
6:15 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
6:12 LAS Dearica Hamby misses 2-foot reverse layup
6:10 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
5:59 WAS Shakira Austin makes layup (Michaela Onyenwere assists) 7–8
5:55 LAS Erica Wheeler bad pass turnover (Sonia Citron steals)
5:49 WAS Shakira Austin misses layup
5:48 LAS Erica Wheeler defensive rebound
5:32 LAS Dearica Hamby misses 6-foot floating jump shot
5:31 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
5:19 WAS Sonia Citron misses driving layup
5:16 WAS Sonia Citron offensive rebound
5:16 WAS Sonia Citron makes layup 7–10
5:01 LAS Dearica Hamby makes 2-foot layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 9–10
4:53 WAS Sonia Citron makes 28-foot three point jumper (Georgia Amoore assists) 9–13
4:42 WAS Sonia Citron personal foul
4:42 Official timeout
4:42 WAS Cotie McMahon enters the game for Georgia Amoore
4:42 WAS Lauren Betts enters the game for Kiki Iriafen
4:42 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere
4:42 LAS Emma Cannon enters the game for Dearica Hamby
4:42 LAS Tonie Morgan enters the game for Erica Wheeler
4:32 LAS Emma Cannon makes layup (Rae Burrell assists) 11–13
4:19 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 23-foot three point jumper
4:15 LAS Emma Cannon defensive rebound
3:59 LAS Tonie Morgan makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists) 13–13
3:37 WAS Lauren Betts makes layup (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists) 13–15
3:15 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses 11-foot jumper
3:13 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
3:10 LAS Tonie Morgan personal foul
3:10 WAS Kiki Iriafen enters the game for Shakira Austin
3:10 LAS Chance Gray enters the game for Ariel Atkins
3:01 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
2:58 WAS Lauren Betts offensive rebound
2:56 WAS Lauren Betts makes layup 13–17
2:40 WAS Cotie McMahon personal foul
2:40 WAS Alicia Florez enters the game for Sonia Citron
2:35 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tonie Morgan assists) 16–17
2:20 WAS Alicia Florez misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:17 WAS Lauren Betts offensive rebound
2:16 WAS Lauren Betts misses layup
2:14 WAS Kiki Iriafen offensive rebound
2:14 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes two point shot 16–19
2:04 LAS Emma Cannon makes driving layup (Tonie Morgan assists) 18–19
1:55 LAS Emma Cannon personal foul
1:55 WAS Michaela Onyenwere enters the game for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
1:55 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike
1:49 WAS Kiki Iriafen misses 25-foot three point jumper
1:49 LAS Sparks defensive team rebound
1:49 WAS Shakira Austin enters the game for Lauren Betts
1:26 LAS Tonie Morgan out of bounds bad pass turnover
1:09 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Cotie McMahon assists) 18–21
0:57 LAS Emma Cannon misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:55 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
0:48 LAS Emma Cannon personal foul
0:48 WAS Shakira Austin makes free throw 1 of 2 18–22
0:48 LAS Alissa Pili enters the game for Emma Cannon
0:48 WAS Shakira Austin misses free throw 2 of 2
0:48 LAS Ariel Atkins enters the game for Rae Burrell
0:46 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
0:37 LAS Chance Gray misses 29-foot three point jumper
0:34 WAS Kiki Iriafen defensive rebound
0:23 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes 1-foot reverse layup (Cotie McMahon assists) 18–24
0:02 LAS Tonie Morgan makes 2-foot layup (Ariel Atkins assists) 20–24
0:02 WAS Cotie McMahon shooting foul
0:02 LAS Tonie Morgan makes free throw 1 of 1 21–24
0:00 End of the 1st Quarter

Quarter 2

10:00 WAS Georgia Amoore enters the game for Alicia Florez
10:00 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere
10:00 LAS Jihyun Park enters the game for Chance Gray
9:40 LAS Alissa Pili makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tonie Morgan assists) 24–24
9:18 WAS Ariel Atkins vs. Kiki Iriafen (Cotie McMahon gains possession)
9:16 WAS Georgia Amoore misses 24-foot three point jumper
9:14 LAS Ariel Atkins defensive rebound
9:03 LAS Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Tonie Morgan assists) 26–24
8:49 LAS Alissa Pili personal foul
8:35 WAS Cotie McMahon misses 26-foot three point jumper
8:33 WAS Kiki Iriafen offensive rebound
8:29 WAS Cotie McMahon makes driving layup (Kiki Iriafen assists) 26–26
8:18 LAS Alissa Pili misses 18-foot jumper
8:15 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
8:10 WAS Cotie McMahon makes driving layup 26–28
7:54 LAS Ariel Atkins bad pass turnover (Kiki Iriafen steals)
7:50 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes running layup 26–30
7:31 LAS Shakira Austin blocks Dearica Hamby 's 2-foot layup
7:28 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
7:21 WAS Georgia Amoore misses 25-foot three point jumper
7:19 LAS Ariel Atkins defensive rebound
7:15 WAS Kiki Iriafen shooting foul
7:15 LAS Tonie Morgan makes free throw 1 of 2 27–30
7:15 WAS Lauren Betts enters the game for Kiki Iriafen
7:15 WAS Sonia Citron enters the game for Georgia Amoore
7:15 LAS Rae Burrell enters the game for Alissa Pili
7:15 LAS Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Ariel Atkins
7:15 LAS Tonie Morgan makes free throw 2 of 2 28–30
6:58 WAS Shakira Austin misses driving layup
6:57 WAS Shakira Austin offensive rebound
6:53 WAS Shakira Austin bad pass turnover (Dearica Hamby steals)
6:43 LAS Rae Burrell misses 10-foot floating jump shot
6:42 WAS Sonia Citron defensive rebound
6:32 WAS Shakira Austin makes 3-foot layup (Sonia Citron assists) 28–32
6:16 LAS Tonie Morgan bad pass turnover (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton steals)
6:00 WAS Sonia Citron makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shakira Austin assists) 28–35
5:59 (05:59) [Sparks] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL)
5:45 LAS Rae Burrell misses 27-foot three point jumper
5:44 WAS Sonia Citron defensive rebound
5:25 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 27-foot three point jumper
5:23 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
5:12 WAS Sonia Citron personal foul
5:12 WAS Mystics Full timeout
5:12 WAS Michaela Onyenwere enters the game for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
5:12 LAS Erica Wheeler enters the game for Tonie Morgan
5:12 LAS Emma Cannon enters the game for Dearica Hamby
4:56 LAS Jihyun Park misses 23-foot three point jumper
4:55 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
4:38 WAS Shakira Austin makes layup 28–37
4:22 LAS Emma Cannon traveling turnover
4:22 WAS Kiki Iriafen enters the game for Shakira Austin
4:08 WAS Kiki Iriafen misses layup
4:07 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
4:07 WAS Kiki Iriafen personal foul
4:07 LAS Ariel Atkins enters the game for Jihyun Park
4:07 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Emma Cannon
3:54 LAS Rae Burrell misses two point shot
3:54 LAS Dearica Hamby offensive rebound
3:54 WAS Michaela Onyenwere shooting foul
3:54 LAS Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2 29–37
3:54 LAS Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2 30–37
3:36 WAS Kiki Iriafen misses driving layup
3:35 WAS Mystics offensive team rebound
3:32 LAS Ariel Atkins personal foul
3:20 WAS Cotie McMahon misses 23-foot three point jumper
3:17 LAS Rae Burrell defensive rebound
3:12 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 28-foot three point jumper
3:11 WAS Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound
3:02 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Sonia Citron assists) 30–39
3:02 LAS Dearica Hamby shooting foul
3:02 WAS Shakira Austin enters the game for Lauren Betts
3:02 WAS Kiki Iriafen misses free throw 1 of 1
3:00 LAS Rae Burrell defensive rebound
2:43 LAS Rae Burrell makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 33–39
2:33 WAS Sonia Citron misses driving layup
2:31 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
2:27 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 25-foot three pointer (Dearica Hamby assists) 36–39
2:15 WAS Shakira Austin misses 25-foot three point jumper
2:12 WAS Sonia Citron offensive rebound
2:06 LAS Erica Wheeler personal foul
2:06 LAS Sparks Full timeout
1:56 WAS Michaela Onyenwere misses driving layup
1:55 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
1:44 LAS Dearica Hamby misses 3-foot reverse layup
1:43 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
1:35 WAS Sonia Citron makes 3-foot two point shot (Kiki Iriafen assists) 36–41
1:22 LAS Dearica Hamby offensive foul
1:22 LAS Dearica Hamby offensive foul turnover
1:11 WAS Michaela Onyenwere bad pass turnover (Dearica Hamby steals)
0:46 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
0:44 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
0:31 WAS Michaela Onyenwere misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:27 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
0:21 LAS Rae Burrell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists) 39–41
0:02 WAS Cotie McMahon misses 23-foot three point jumper
0:00 LAS Sparks defensive team rebound
0:00 End of the 2nd Quarter

Quarter 3

10:00 WAS Georgia Amoore enters the game for Cotie McMahon
9:40 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists) 42–41
9:22 WAS Shakira Austin bad pass turnover (Nneka Ogwumike steals)
9:17 LAS Rae Burrell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 45–41
8:51 WAS Shakira Austin misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
8:50 LAS Rae Burrell defensive rebound
8:44 LAS Dearica Hamby makes running layup (Rae Burrell assists) 47–41
8:44 WAS Mystics Full timeout
8:44 WAS Lauren Betts enters the game for Shakira Austin
8:25 WAS Lauren Betts makes 1-foot turnaround jump shot 47–43
8:00 LAS Rae Burrell makes 3-foot reverse layup (Dearica Hamby assists) 49–43
7:42 WAS Georgia Amoore bad pass turnover (Nneka Ogwumike steals)
7:31 LAS Nneka Ogwumike lost ball turnover (Kiki Iriafen steals)
7:27 WAS Michaela Onyenwere misses driving layup
7:26 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
7:22 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes running layup (Dearica Hamby assists) 51–43
7:08 WAS Michaela Onyenwere misses 24-foot three point jumper
7:08 LAS Erica Wheeler defensive rebound
7:01 WAS Sonia Citron personal foul
7:01 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton enters the game for Georgia Amoore
7:01 WAS Cotie McMahon enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere
6:55 WAS Kiki Iriafen shooting foul
6:55 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes free throw 1 of 2 52–43
6:55 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses free throw 2 of 2
6:53 WAS Kiki Iriafen defensive rebound
6:36 WAS Lauren Betts lost ball turnover (Ariel Atkins steals)
6:31 LAS Erica Wheeler misses 25-foot three point jumper
6:28 WAS Kiki Iriafen defensive rebound
6:11 LAS Dearica Hamby personal foul
6:03 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 13-foot jumper
6:02 WAS Cotie McMahon offensive rebound
5:57 WAS Cotie McMahon misses 9-foot two point shot
5:57 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
5:50 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses 8-foot two point shot
5:48 WAS Cotie McMahon defensive rebound
5:40 LAS Dearica Hamby personal foul
5:40 WAS Alicia Florez enters the game for Cotie McMahon
5:40 LAS Emma Cannon enters the game for Dearica Hamby
5:32 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 22-foot three point jumper
5:30 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton offensive rebound
5:21 WAS Emma Cannon blocks Alicia Florez 's 1-foot layup
5:21 WAS Mystics offensive team rebound
5:16 WAS Lauren Betts misses 3-foot two point shot
5:15 WAS Alicia Florez offensive rebound
5:13 WAS Alicia Florez bad pass turnover (Ariel Atkins steals)
5:04 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses finger roll layup
5:02 WAS Kiki Iriafen defensive rebound
4:51 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists) 52–45
4:35 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses 25-foot three point jumper
4:33 WAS Mystics defensive team rebound
4:33 LAS Tonie Morgan enters the game for Erica Wheeler
4:18 WAS Sonia Citron misses driving layup
4:16 LAS Emma Cannon defensive rebound
4:07 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:04 WAS Lauren Betts defensive rebound
3:52 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot 52–47
3:38 WAS Alicia Florez personal foul
3:38 LAS Chance Gray enters the game for Ariel Atkins
3:38 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike
3:29 LAS Dearica Hamby misses layup
3:28 WAS Betnijah Laney-Hamilton defensive rebound
3:23 WAS Alicia Florez makes driving layup 52–49
3:16 WAS Alicia Florez personal foul
3:16 (03:16) [Sparks] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (CALL OVERTURNED)
3:16 LAS Rae Burrell technical foul
3:16 WAS Sonia Citron makes technical free throw 52–50
2:58 LAS Emma Cannon misses 28-foot three point jumper
2:55 WAS Sonia Citron defensive rebound
2:38 LAS Tonie Morgan shooting foul
2:38 WAS Kiki Iriafen misses free throw 1 of 2
2:38 WAS Mystics offensive team rebound
2:38 WAS Cassandre Prosper enters the game for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
2:38 WAS Shakira Austin enters the game for Lauren Betts
2:38 WAS Kiki Iriafen makes free throw 2 of 2 52–51
2:19 WAS Kiki Iriafen shooting foul
2:19 LAS Rae Burrell makes free throw 1 of 2 53–51
2:19 WAS Lauren Betts enters the game for Kiki Iriafen
2:19 LAS Rae Burrell makes free throw 2 of 2 54–51
2:06 WAS Alicia Florez traveling turnover
1:52 LAS Dearica Hamby makes 5-foot layup (Tonie Morgan assists) 56–51
1:33 WAS Alicia Florez misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
1:30 LAS Emma Cannon defensive rebound
1:21 LAS Rae Burrell makes driving layup 58–51
1:12 WAS Rae Burrell blocks Sonia Citron 's 4-foot layup
1:12 LAS Chance Gray defensive rebound
1:04 LAS Emma Cannon misses layup
1:03 WAS Lauren Betts defensive rebound
0:56 WAS Shakira Austin makes 1-foot layup (Sonia Citron assists) 58–53
0:40 LAS Chance Gray misses 30-foot three point jumper
0:37 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
0:32 WAS Cassandre Prosper makes running layup (Sonia Citron assists) 58–55
0:23 LAS Lauren Betts blocks Dearica Hamby 's 3-foot driving layup
0:23 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
0:23 WAS Cotie McMahon enters the game for Sonia Citron
0:23 LAS Ariel Atkins enters the game for Rae Burrell
0:16 LAS Lauren Betts blocks Dearica Hamby 's 5-foot layup
0:14 WAS Shakira Austin defensive rebound
0:00 End of the 3rd Quarter

Quarter 4