Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx

WNBA FINALS 2017 PRESENTED BY VERIZON - GAME 2 • Series tied 1-1

26-8, 10-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sparks LA	10	16	24	18	68
Lynx MIN	28	17	15	10	70

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	+/-
33	17	6-12	1-3	4-5	5	6	3	0	1	0	5	4	-4
35	11	3-13	0-1	5-6	13	2	0	2	0	4	9	3	-2
30	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	+9
33	10	4-11	0-2	2-2	0	5	4	2	0	0	0	3	-3
36	15	5-10	2-4	3-3	3	4	4	1	0	0	3	3	-11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	9	3-6	0-1	3-3	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	-1
11	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	68	24-62	3-12	17-19	29	19	12	6	2	5	24	21
		39%	25%	89%

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
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#9
Jia PerkinsJ. Perkins#7
Renee MontgomeryR. Montgomery#21
Natasha HowardN. Howard#3
Temi FagbenleT. Fagbenle#14
Alexis JonesA. Jones#12
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	12	6-14	0-2	0-0	3	3	3	1	3	2	1	4	+7
32	13	4-10	0-1	5-7	5	2	3	2	0	2	3	4	+3
36	13	5-9	0-0	3-4	17	0	1	4	2	3	14	4	+1
28	14	6-12	0-0	2-3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	-11
35	11	4-10	0-0	3-4	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	0	0-2	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4
10	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6
14	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	+12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	70	28-63	1-6	13-20	36	10	12	9	6	7	29	17
		44%	17%	65%

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

Matchups

Series tied

1-1

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:Billy Smith

Referee:Maj Forsberg

Referee:Byron Jarrett

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	20	6	.769	-	W5
Golden State	18	7	.720	1.5	W8
Las Vegas	17	7	.708	2	L1
Dallas	16	8	.667	3	W5
Portland	11	15	.423	9	L1
Los Angeles	10	14	.417	9	L3
Phoenix	8	18	.308	12	L5
Seattle	6	21	.222	14.5	L4

WNBA News

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Lynx vs. Fire - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Lynx vs. Fire, 07/18/2026

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