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New York Liberty @ Los Angeles Sparks 113–109

2026-07-28 22:00 · WNBA · crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles CA · Att. 15,499 · WNBA League Pass

New York Liberty 2026 · Los Angeles Sparks 2026 · 2026 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
NYL	36	17	32	28	113
LAS	30	26	28	25	109

Team stats

	Liberty	Sparks
Field goals	41-70 .586	44-73 .603
Three-pointers	17-32 .531	16-31 .516
Free throws	14-16 .875	5-7 .714
Offensive rebounds	7	2
Defensive rebounds	21	19
Total rebounds	28	21
Assists	27	35
Steals	10	10
Blocks	7	1
Turnovers	17	15
Personal fouls	13	17
Technical fouls	0	0
Points in the paint	48	46
Fast-break points	8	9
Points off turnovers	30	21
Largest lead	11	9
Lead changes	12	12

New York Liberty

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Breanna Stewart F	37	29	11-19	2-4	5-6	0	4	4	7	4	3	1	0	+9
Sabrina Ionescu G	36	27	9-16	5-9	4-4	1	6	7	6	0	0	7	1	+7
Jonquel Jones C	24	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	1	4	5	6	1	1	4	3	-23
Rebecca Allen F	18	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	2	-15
Pauline Astier G	16	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	4	-6
Rebekah Gardner F	23	15	5-6	2-3	3-4	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	+17
Marine Fauthoux G	22	13	4-6	3-4	2-2	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	3	+7
Han Xu C	21	13	5-10	3-6	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	0	+29
Raquel Carrera F	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Total	200	113	41-70	17-32	14-16	7	21	28	27	10	7	17	13

FG .586 · 3P .531 · FT .875

Did not play: Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (dnp - coach's decision)

Los Angeles Sparks

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Ariel Atkins G	34	16	6-8	2-4	2-2	1	4	5	5	1	0	4	4	-4
Rae Burrell F	34	24	10-17	4-8	0-0	0	3	3	3	4	0	5	1	-2
Dearica Hamby F	33	12	5-11	0-1	2-3	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	-8
Nneka Ogwumike C	28	21	9-12	3-5	0-0	1	3	4	9	2	0	1	5	+4
Erica Wheeler G	27	17	6-9	4-5	1-2	0	1	1	9	0	0	1	4	+15
Cameron Brink F	19	11	5-9	1-3	0-0	0	6	6	2	0	1	3	3	-4
Chance Gray G	14	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-21
Jihyun Park F	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+9
Kiana Williams G	5	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-9
Total	200	109	44-73	16-31	5-7	2	19	21	35	10	1	15	17

FG .603 · 3P .516 · FT .714

Did not play: Emma Cannon (dnp - coach's decision), Kate Martin (dnp - coach's decision)

Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Catherine Chang, Sarah Williams

Play-by-play

Show every play (363)

Quarter 1

10:00 NYL Jonquel Jones vs. Dearica Hamby (Pauline Astier gains possession)
9:45 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 3-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists) 2–0
9:32 LAS Ariel Atkins makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (Erica Wheeler assists) 2–2
9:24 NYL Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
9:21 LAS Erica Wheeler defensive rebound
9:11 NYL Jonquel Jones personal foul
9:04 LAS Dearica Hamby makes alley oop layup (Erica Wheeler assists) 2–4
9:04 NYL Jonquel Jones shooting foul
9:04 LAS Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 1 2–5
8:46 NYL Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
8:44 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
8:40 LAS Ariel Atkins makes two point shot 2–7
8:30 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
8:29 LAS Rae Burrell defensive rebound
8:22 LAS Rae Burrell bad pass turnover (Breanna Stewart steals)
8:15 NYL Jonquel Jones lost ball turnover (Rae Burrell steals)
8:11 LAS Dearica Hamby makes running layup (Rae Burrell assists) 2–9
8:11 NYL Liberty Full timeout
8:11 NYL Han Xu enters the game for Jonquel Jones
7:55 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three pointer 5–9
7:37 LAS Han Xu blocks Dearica Hamby 's 3-foot two point shot
7:36 NYL Han Xu defensive rebound
7:26 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists) 8–9
7:10 LAS Rae Burrell makes driving layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 8–11
7:04 LAS Ariel Atkins personal foul
6:54 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
6:52 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
6:35 LAS Dearica Hamby misses 24-foot three point jumper
6:31 NYL Rebecca Allen defensive rebound
6:14 NYL Pauline Astier makes 3-foot layup (Breanna Stewart assists) 10–11
6:08 NYL Pauline Astier personal foul
6:01 LAS Rae Burrell makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 10–14
5:43 NYL Breanna Stewart makes driving layup 12–14
5:33 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
5:31 LAS Nneka Ogwumike offensive rebound
5:29 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 24-foot three pointer (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 12–17
5:16 NYL Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
5:13 NYL Rebecca Allen offensive rebound
5:12 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists) 15–17
4:55 LAS Rae Burrell lost ball turnover (Rebecca Allen steals)
4:49 NYL Han Xu makes 24-foot running jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 18–17
4:24 LAS Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists) 18–20
4:09 LAS Nneka Ogwumike shooting foul
4:09 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2 19–20
4:09 LAS Cameron Brink enters the game for Dearica Hamby
4:09 LAS Chance Gray enters the game for Erica Wheeler
4:09 NYL Marine Fauthoux enters the game for Rebecca Allen
4:09 NYL Rebekah Gardner enters the game for Pauline Astier
4:09 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2 20–20
3:50 LAS Cameron Brink makes 9-foot jumper (Rae Burrell assists) 20–22
3:26 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 7-foot two point shot (Rebekah Gardner assists) 22–22
3:15 NYL Marine Fauthoux personal foul
3:15 LAS Kiana Williams enters the game for Ariel Atkins
3:06 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 12-foot jumper (Rae Burrell assists) 22–24
2:55 NYL Han Xu misses 12-foot jumper
2:50 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
2:44 NYL Han Xu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists) 25–24
2:28 LAS Rae Burrell makes driving layup 25–26
2:16 NYL Han Xu makes 4-foot two point shot (Rebekah Gardner assists) 27–26
2:03 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Chance Gray assists) 27–28
1:54 NYL Sabrina Ionescu offensive foul
1:54 NYL Sabrina Ionescu offensive foul turnover
1:54 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike
1:45 LAS Rae Burrell misses 23-foot three point jumper
1:41 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
1:30 NYL Han Xu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 30–28
1:19 LAS Cameron Brink lost ball turnover (Marine Fauthoux steals)
1:17 LAS Rae Burrell clear path foul
1:17 (01:17) [Liberty] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (CALL OVERTURNED)
1:17 NYL Rebekah Gardner misses free throw clear path 1 of 2
1:17 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
1:17 LAS Ariel Atkins enters the game for Rae Burrell
1:17 NYL Rebekah Gardner makes free throw clear path 2 of 2 31–28
1:07 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 15-foot jumper
1:03 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
0:57 LAS Breanna Stewart blocks Dearica Hamby 's 4-foot driving layup
0:57 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
0:53 LAS Cameron Brink makes layup (Kiana Williams assists) 31–30
0:46 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three pointer 34–30
0:40 LAS Chance Gray misses 26-foot three point jumper
0:35 NYL Han Xu defensive rebound
0:31 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
0:27 NYL Marine Fauthoux offensive rebound
0:14 LAS Cameron Brink shooting foul
0:14 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2 35–30
0:14 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2 36–30
0:03 LAS Kiana Williams misses driving floating jump shot
0:00 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
0:00 End of the 1st Quarter

Quarter 2

10:00 LAS Jihyun Park enters the game for Chance Gray
10:00 LAS Erica Wheeler enters the game for Kiana Williams
10:00 NYL Jonquel Jones enters the game for Han Xu
10:00 NYL Raquel Carrera enters the game for Breanna Stewart
9:48 LAS Erica Wheeler misses driving layup
9:46 NYL Rebekah Gardner defensive rebound
9:44 LAS Erica Wheeler personal foul
9:42 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses layup
9:40 LAS Cameron Brink defensive rebound
9:29 LAS Cameron Brink makes 1-foot layup (Erica Wheeler assists) 36–32
9:17 NYL Marine Fauthoux makes 24-foot three pointer 39–32
9:01 LAS Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot 39–34
8:50 NYL Sabrina Ionescu bad pass turnover (Jihyun Park steals)
8:43 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Brink assists) 39–37
8:26 NYL Marine Fauthoux bad pass turnover (Dearica Hamby steals)
8:22 LAS Dearica Hamby makes running layup (Cameron Brink assists) 39–39
7:57 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot
7:56 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
7:56 NYL shot clock turnover
7:56 LAS Rae Burrell enters the game for Ariel Atkins
7:56 LAS Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Cameron Brink
7:56 NYL Rebecca Allen enters the game for Rebekah Gardner
7:56 NYL Pauline Astier enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu
7:45 LAS Rae Burrell out of bounds bad pass turnover
7:32 NYL Jonquel Jones makes driving layup 41–39
7:27 NYL Pauline Astier shooting foul
7:27 LAS Erica Wheeler misses free throw 1 of 2
7:27 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
7:27 LAS Erica Wheeler makes free throw 2 of 2 41–40
7:09 NYL Marine Fauthoux bad pass turnover (Nneka Ogwumike steals)
7:05 LAS Rebecca Allen blocks Rae Burrell 's 4-foot running layup
7:05 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
7:05 NYL Breanna Stewart enters the game for Raquel Carrera
7:00 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses 15-foot jumper
6:57 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
6:52 NYL Jonquel Jones out of bounds bad pass turnover
6:35 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes driving layup (Dearica Hamby assists) 41–42
6:26 NYL Pauline Astier lost ball turnover (Dearica Hamby steals)
6:14 LAS Cameron Brink enters the game for Dearica Hamby
6:07 LAS Rae Burrell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 41–45
6:07 NYL Liberty Full timeout
5:51 NYL Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists) 43–45
5:46 NYL Rebecca Allen personal foul
5:38 LAS Cameron Brink makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 43–48
5:24 NYL Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
5:22 LAS Cameron Brink defensive rebound
5:17 NYL Pauline Astier personal foul
5:17 LAS Ariel Atkins enters the game for Jihyun Park
5:17 NYL Han Xu enters the game for Marine Fauthoux
5:08 LAS Erica Wheeler misses 25-foot three point jumper
5:03 NYL Pauline Astier defensive rebound
4:59 LAS Ariel Atkins personal foul
4:59 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike
4:59 NYL Sabrina Ionescu enters the game for Pauline Astier
4:54 NYL Han Xu bad pass turnover (Rae Burrell steals)
4:41 LAS Rae Burrell makes 25-foot three pointer 43–51
4:15 NYL Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
4:14 LAS Cameron Brink defensive rebound
4:09 NYL Rebecca Allen shooting foul
4:09 LAS Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2 43–52
4:09 LAS Chance Gray enters the game for Erica Wheeler
4:09 NYL Rebekah Gardner enters the game for Rebecca Allen
4:09 LAS Dearica Hamby misses free throw 2 of 2
4:07 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
3:49 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 11-foot jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 45–52
3:40 LAS Cameron Brink offensive foul
3:40 LAS Cameron Brink offensive foul turnover
3:28 NYL Breanna Stewart misses driving layup
3:26 LAS Cameron Brink defensive rebound
3:11 LAS Cameron Brink makes driving layup (Chance Gray assists) 45–54
3:00 NYL Rebekah Gardner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists) 48–54
2:36 LAS Breanna Stewart blocks Dearica Hamby 's 4-foot driving layup
2:36 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
2:36 Official timeout
2:32 LAS Chance Gray misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:29 NYL Rebekah Gardner defensive rebound
2:11 NYL Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 51–54
1:56 LAS Rae Burrell misses driving layup
1:53 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
1:41 NYL Han Xu misses 24-foot three point jumper
1:37 LAS Ariel Atkins defensive rebound
1:28 LAS Cameron Brink misses 25-foot three point jumper
1:25 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
1:12 NYL Han Xu misses 25-foot three point jumper
1:09 LAS Rae Burrell defensive rebound
1:01 LAS Rae Burrell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
0:57 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
0:48 NYL Rebekah Gardner misses 23-foot three point jumper
0:47 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive rebound
0:47 NYL Jonquel Jones makes two point shot 53–54
0:28 LAS Chance Gray makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Dearica Hamby assists) 53–56
0:06 NYL Han Xu misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
0:03 LAS Ariel Atkins defensive rebound
0:00 LAS Ariel Atkins misses 44-foot three point pullup jump shot
0:00 LAS Sparks offensive team rebound
0:00 End of the 2nd Quarter

Quarter 3

10:00 LAS Nneka Ogwumike enters the game for Cameron Brink
10:00 LAS Erica Wheeler enters the game for Chance Gray
10:00 NYL Pauline Astier enters the game for Han Xu
10:00 NYL Rebecca Allen enters the game for Rebekah Gardner
9:46 LAS Ariel Atkins steps out of bounds turnover
9:27 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists) 55–56
9:07 LAS Ariel Atkins makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Dearica Hamby assists) 55–58
8:56 NYL Jonquel Jones bad pass turnover (Ariel Atkins steals)
8:50 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes running layup (Ariel Atkins assists) 55–60
8:33 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pauline Astier assists) 58–60
8:17 LAS Rae Burrell misses 24-foot three point jumper
8:15 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
8:02 NYL Pauline Astier makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists) 60–60
7:50 LAS Rae Burrell out of bounds lost ball turnover
7:34 NYL Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
7:31 NYL Pauline Astier offensive rebound
7:29 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
7:25 NYL Sabrina Ionescu offensive rebound
7:24 NYL Sabrina Ionescu out of bounds bad pass turnover
7:15 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 24-foot three pointer 60–63
6:57 NYL Sabrina Ionescu out of bounds bad pass turnover
6:47 LAS Erica Wheeler makes 25-foot three pointer 60–66
6:34 NYL Breanna Stewart makes two point shot 62–66
6:25 LAS Nneka Ogwumike makes 26-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists) 62–69
6:11 NYL Sabrina Ionescu out of bounds bad pass turnover
6:07 LAS Dearica Hamby bad pass turnover (Rebecca Allen steals)
5:53 NYL Rebecca Allen misses two point shot
5:51 LAS Ariel Atkins defensive rebound
5:41 LAS Rae Burrell makes 4-foot layup (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 62–71
5:41 NYL Liberty Full timeout
5:41 NYL Rebekah Gardner enters the game for Jonquel Jones
5:41 NYL Han Xu enters the game for Rebecca Allen
5:23 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 8-foot two point shot 64–71
5:09 LAS Dearica Hamby makes driving layup (Erica Wheeler assists) 64–73
4:49 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:46 LAS Dearica Hamby defensive rebound
4:38 LAS Nneka Ogwumike misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:37 LAS Ariel Atkins offensive rebound
4:37 LAS Ariel Atkins bad pass turnover (Pauline Astier steals)
4:28 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup 66–73
4:28 LAS Erica Wheeler shooting foul
4:28 LAS Cameron Brink enters the game for Dearica Hamby
4:28 LAS Chance Gray enters the game for Erica Wheeler
4:28 NYL Marine Fauthoux enters the game for Pauline Astier
4:28 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1 67–73
4:13 LAS Rae Burrell misses 23-foot three point jumper
4:08 NYL Marine Fauthoux defensive rebound
4:06 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot running jump shot (Marine Fauthoux assists) 70–73
3:52 LAS Nneka Ogwumike bad pass turnover (Han Xu steals)
3:47 NYL Breanna Stewart misses running pullup jump shot
3:44 LAS Cameron Brink defensive rebound
3:29 LAS Rae Burrell makes driving layup (Ariel Atkins assists) 70–75
3:15 NYL Han Xu misses 25-foot three point jumper
3:12 LAS Nneka Ogwumike defensive rebound
3:05 NYL Marine Fauthoux personal foul
3:02 LAS Chance Gray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nneka Ogwumike assists) 70–78
2:46 LAS Nneka Ogwumike shooting foul
2:46 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2 71–78
2:46 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2 72–78
2:41 LAS Ariel Atkins bad pass turnover (Breanna Stewart steals)
2:38 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 1-foot layup (Rebekah Gardner assists) 74–78
2:28 LAS Rae Burrell makes 22-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists) 74–81
2:14 NYL Marine Fauthoux misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:12 NYL Han Xu offensive rebound
2:09 NYL Han Xu makes 3-foot two point shot 76–81
1:50 LAS Breanna Stewart blocks Cameron Brink 's 2-foot driving floating jump shot
1:47 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
1:45 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot running jump shot
1:41 NYL Marine Fauthoux offensive rebound
1:36 NYL Rebekah Gardner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists) 79–81
1:35 LAS Sparks Full timeout
1:35 LAS Dearica Hamby enters the game for Rae Burrell
1:35 LAS Kiana Williams enters the game for Nneka Ogwumike
1:22 LAS Chance Gray misses 23-foot three point jumper
1:19 NYL Liberty defensive team rebound
1:00 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists) 81–81
0:44 LAS Han Xu blocks Dearica Hamby 's 3-foot two point shot
0:43 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
0:40 NYL Rebekah Gardner makes running layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 83–81
0:27 LAS Kiana Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists) 83–84
0:06 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot 85–84
0:00 End of the 3rd Quarter

Quarter 4