FINAL · GAME DETAIL
Portland Fire
vs Los Angeles Sparks
One game ID connects the final, quarter flow, leading player lines and season position.
Schedule note: WNBA Commissioner's Cup
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 21 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 72 |
| LA | 24 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 89 |
GAME FLOW · NUMBERS
Reconstructing the game from the quarter line
Los Angeles Sparks finished ahead of Portland Fire, 89-72, a 17-point margin. The first-half totals were 43 for Portland Fire and 41 for Los Angeles Sparks; the third- and fourth-quarter totals were 29 and 48. The combined final of 161 matches the sum of the two quarter lines across 4 periods, including any overtime.
1Q: POR 21-LA 24, 21-24 cumulative; 2Q: POR 22-LA 17, 43-41 cumulative; 3Q: POR 12-LA 23, 55-64 cumulative; 4Q: POR 17-LA 25, 72-89 cumulative. Reading the period score beside the running score identifies exactly when the gap expanded or contracted. Portland Fire's highest-scoring period was 22 points, while Los Angeles Sparks's high was 25; the final separation was 17 points.
The first-half margin was 2 points, compared with 19 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
Portland Fire recorded 36% from the field, 11% from three and 77% at the line; Los Angeles Sparks posted 43%, 27% and 77%. Rebounds finished 42-42, assists 19-17 and turnovers 15-12. The same team box reports a 42-44 split in paint points and 14-15 in offensive rebounds.
Megan DiLeo led Portland Fire with 16 points. Megan DiLeo supplied a team-high 11 rebounds, while Sarah Ashlee Barker led with 7 assists. For Los Angeles Sparks, the corresponding leaders were Dearica Hamby with 22 points, Nneka Ogwumike with 17 rebounds and Kelsey Plum with 7 assists.
The player tables contain minutes, points, rebounds, assists, shooting and on-court differential for 10 recorded participants from POR and 9 from LA. 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, Portland Fire are 11-18, No. 10 overall and No. 5 in the West, 12.5 games behind the conference leader. Los Angeles Sparks are 10-17, No. 11 overall and No. 6 in the West, 12.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -171 and -136.
Counting only completed standard-season results through this game, Portland Fire stood at 6-7 across 13 games and Los Angeles Sparks at 5-6 across 11. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 1-4 and 2-3. Scoring in those short windows was 387-432 for the away team and 427-426 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.
Across 1 completed meetings in the same season, Portland Fire recorded 0 wins and Los Angeles Sparks 1; aggregate scoring was 72-89. The teams are separated by 1 places in the overall order and by 1 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 | POR | LA |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | 36 | 43 |
| 3P% | 11 | 27 |
| FT% | 77 | 77 |
| Rebounds | 42 | 42 |
| Assists | 19 | 17 |
| Turnovers | 15 | 12 |
| Paint points | 42 | 44 |
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Ashlee Barker * | 28 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2-8 | -15 |
| Bridget Carleton * | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | -10 |
| Emily Engstler * | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4-7 | -12 |
| Megan DiLeo * | 25 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6-13 | -14 |
| Carla Leite * | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4-13 | -21 |
| Teja Oblak | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1-7 | 4 |
| Frieda Buhner | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3-10 | -5 |
| Luisa Geiselsoder | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2-4 | -3 |
| Nyadiew Puoch | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | -7 |
| Karlie Samuelson | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | -2 |
| Holly Winterburn | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Jordan Harrison | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
Los Angeles Sparks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Plum * | 35 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5-10 | 16 |
| Nneka Ogwumike * | 32 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 8-14 | 24 |
| Dearica Hamby * | 30 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 8-14 | 12 |
| Erica Wheeler * | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2-7 | 32 |
| Ariel Atkins * | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3-9 | 8 |
| Rae Burrell | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4-11 | 4 |
| Chance Gray | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | -9 |
| Cameron Brink | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 1 |
| Kate Martin | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | -3 |
| Emma Cannon | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Sania Feagin | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Jihyun Park | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Laura Ziegler | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |
| Ta'Niya Latson | COACH'S DECISION | – | – | – | –-– | – |