Valkyries at Sparks: WNBA, May 23, 2025

The Valkyries beat the Sparks 82–73 in Los Angeles on May 23, 2025.

FinalFri, May 23

Golden State Valkyries23-21 · 9-13 on the road

82

Los Angeles Sparks21-23 · 9-13 at home

73

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GS82atLA73FinalFri, May 23

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Line score◷History

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
GS	24	25	19	14	82
LA	26	9	18	20	73

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

Golden State Valkyries

• Carla LeiteG

  19 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
  7-10 FG

  2-2 3PT
• Janelle SalaunF

  18 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
  5-11 FG

  4-8 3PT
• Kayla ThorntonF

  14 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast · 4 stl · Double-double
  4-15 FG

  1-9 3PT

Los Angeles Sparks

• Dearica HambyF

  25 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast · 3 blk
  9-16 FG

  2-4 3PT
• Kelsey PlumG

  16 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast · 4 stl
  6-18 FG

  2-10 3PT
• Odyssey SimsG

  13 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
  4-13 FG

  3-6 3PT

Box score◷History

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GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Veronica Burton	33	12	2	3	5	0	2	3-8	0-2	6-6	+8
Janelle Salaun	30	18	8	1	2	1	2	5-11	4-8	4-4	-2
Kayla Thornton	30	14	10	1	4	1	5	4-15	1-9	5-5	+1
Temi Fagbenle	27	8	6	3	0	1	2	4-6	0-1	0-0	-6
Julie Vanloo	17	0	0	2	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-16
Carla Leite	23	19	2	3	1	0	1	7-10	2-2	3-4	+17
Stephanie Talbot	16	3	2	1	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	1-2	+19
Kyara Linskens	13	2	3	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+15
Kate Martin	10	6	1	0	0	0	1	2-5	2-2	0-0	+9
Totals		82	34	15	13	4	15	27-65	9-29	19-21

LA	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kelsey Plum	37	16	1	3	4	0	3	6-18	2-10	2-2	-1
Dearica Hamby	34	25	6	2	1	3	4	9-16	2-4	5-9	-11
Azura Stevens	32	6	10	3	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	4-4	+7
Sarah Ashlee Barker	29	7	4	4	2	0	2	2-7	1-4	2-2	0
Odyssey Sims	27	13	2	2	0	0	1	4-13	3-6	2-3	-11
Julie Allemand	16	3	2	2	0	0	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	-6
Liatu King	11	0	2	1	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-9
Mercedes Russell	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	-7
Emma Cannon	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		73	31	18	9	4	17	24-62	9-26	16-22

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

GSLA

41.5%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 27-65, home 24-62.

38.7%

31.0%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 9-29, home 9-26.

34.6%

90.5%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 19-21, home 16-22.

72.7%

34

Rebounds

31

8

Offensive rebounds

7

15

Assists

18

17

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

18

13

Steals

9

4

Blocks

4

30

Points in the paint

28

14

Fast-break points

9

15

Fouls?Fewer is better.

18

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 teamsGSLA

Team	Made	FG%	3PT
GS	27-65	42%	8-26 31%
LA	24-62	39%	6-19 32%

• made
• missed

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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