Sparks at Valkyries: WNBA, May 16, 2025

The Sparks beat the Valkyries 84–67 in Golden State on May 16, 2025.

FinalFri, May 16

Los Angeles Sparks21-23 · 12-10 on the road

84

Golden State Valkyries23-21 · 14-8 at home

67

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LA84atGS67FinalFri, May 16

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Line score◷History

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LA	19	23	24	18	84
GS	20	19	21	7	67

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Los Angeles Sparks

• Kelsey PlumG

  37 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast · 5 stl
  11-19 FG

  4-6 3PT
• Dearica HambyF

  14 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast · 3 stl · Double-double
  6-12 FG

  0-1 3PT
• Rickea JacksonF

  13 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
  5-15 FG

  3-6 3PT

Golden State Valkyries

• Tiffany HayesG

  19 pts · 9 reb · 1 ast
  7-16 FG

  2-5 3PT
• Temi FagbenleC

  15 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
  6-8 FG

  2-4 3PT
• Julie VanlooG

  14 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
  5-11 FG

  4-10 3PT

Box score◷History

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LA	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kelsey Plum	40	37	2	6	5	0	2	11-19	4-6	11-11	+17
Dearica Hamby	36	14	10	1	3	0	2	6-12	0-1	2-3	+18
Rickea Jackson	35	13	5	3	1	1	4	5-15	3-6	0-0	+12
Azura Stevens	32	11	5	0	4	2	0	4-7	0-2	3-4	+11
Odyssey Sims	31	7	1	6	2	1	0	2-6	0-2	3-3	+25
Sarah Ashlee Barker	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Mercedes Russell	12	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Rae Burrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		84	27	19	16	4	11	29-63	7-19	19-21

GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kayla Thornton	34	6	4	1	1	0	1	3-11	0-6	0-0	-17
Temi Fagbenle	32	15	5	4	2	0	1	6-8	2-4	1-1	-17
Tiffany Hayes	30	19	9	1	1	1	4	7-16	2-5	3-3	-21
Kate Martin	21	2	0	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-9
Veronica Burton	17	2	2	3	2	0	1	0-4	0-2	2-2	-6
Julie Vanloo	27	14	4	2	1	0	6	5-11	4-10	0-0	-16
Monique Billings	23	7	8	0	0	1	2	2-7	1-4	2-2	-8
Carla Leite	12	2	1	1	0	0	3	0-3	0-3	2-3	+9
Kyara Linskens	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		67	33	13	8	2	20	23-63	9-35	12-13

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

LAGS

46.0%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 29-63, home 23-63.

36.5%

36.8%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 7-19, home 9-35.

25.7%

90.5%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 19-21, home 12-13.

92.3%

27

Rebounds

33

3

Offensive rebounds

9

19

Assists

13

12

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

22

16

Steals

8

4

Blocks

2

40

Points in the paint

22

17

Fast-break points

9

14

Fouls?Fewer is better.

16

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

Shot mapiEvery charted field-goal attempt of the game: a dot for a make, an X for a miss. Filter by shot type or team.◷History

All shotsThreesPaint

Both teamsLAGS

Team	Made	FG%	3PT
LA	29-63	46%	7-19 37%
GS	23-63	37%	8-33 24%

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From charted shot locations; free throws have none. Both teams are drawn at one basket. Made and FG% follow the shot type chosen above; 3PT is always the threes. Descriptive history of this game.

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