FINAL · GAME DETAIL

Los Angeles Sparks
vs Connecticut Sun

One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.

StatusFinal

Korea timeMay 31, 7:00 AM GMT+9

Venue localMay 30, 6:00 PM EDT

VenuePeoplesBank Arena · Hartford · CT

Los Angeles Sparks81

Connecticut Sun84

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
LA	18	18	24	21	81
CON	20	19	23	22	84

GAME FLOW · NUMBERS

Reconstructing the game from the quarter line

Connecticut Sun finished ahead of Los Angeles Sparks, 84-81, a 3-point margin. The first-half totals were 36 for Los Angeles Sparks and 39 for Connecticut Sun; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 45 and 45. The combined final of 165 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.

1Q: LA 18-CON 20, 18-20 cumulative; 2Q: LA 18-CON 19, 36-39 cumulative; 3Q: LA 24-CON 23, 60-62 cumulative; 4Q: LA 21-CON 22, 81-84 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Los Angeles Sparks's highest-scoring period was 24 points, while Connecticut Sun's high was 23; the final separation was 3 points.

The first-half margin was 3 points, compared with 0 across the third and fourth quarters. Splitting the final this way preserves two distinct parts of the game instead of reducing it to one score. The quarter table above provides the same sequence as team scores and cumulative totals for direct comparison.

BOX SCORE READ

Team indicators and leading player lines

Los Angeles Sparks recorded 41% from the field, 32% from three and 73% at the line; Connecticut Sun posted 42%, 27% and 71%. Rebounds finished 29-37, assists 16-18 and turnovers 16-16. The same team box reports a 34-32 split in paint points and 11-12 in offensive rebounds.

Rae Burrell led Los Angeles Sparks with 16 points. Dearica Hamby supplied a team-high 7 rebounds, while Erica Wheeler led with 6 assists. For Connecticut Sun, the corresponding leaders were Aneesah Morrow with 17 points, Aneesah Morrow with 14 rebounds and Saniya Rivers with 4 assists.

The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 9 recorded participants from LA and 11 from CON. Reading those rows beside the team totals connects the final score, shooting efficiency and possession outcomes to specific player production without substituting an unsupported judgment for the box score.

SEASON CONTEXT · 2026

Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results

In the current table, Los Angeles Sparks are 10-17, No. 11 overall and No. 6 in the West, 12.5 games behind the conference leader. Connecticut Sun are 7-22, No. 14 overall and No. 7 in the East, 12 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -136 and -205.

Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Los Angeles Sparks stood at 4-4 across 8 games and Connecticut Sun at 2-8 across 10. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 3-2 and 2-3. Scoring in those short windows was 467-460 for the away team and 354-404 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.

Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Los Angeles Sparks recorded 0 wins and Connecticut Sun 1; aggregate scoring was 81-84. The teams are separated by 3 places in the overall order and by 3 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.

Team box score

Stat	LA	CON
FG%	41	42
3P%	32	27
FT%	73	71
Rebounds	29	37
Assists	16	18
Turnovers	16	16
Paint points	34	32