Moore scores 30 to lead Lynx past Sparks, 82-72

Final

Sparks 72

(7-11, 4-5 away)

Lynx 83

(14-6, 8-1 home)

9:00 PM ET, July 8, 2014
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

	1	2	3	4	T
LA	23	19	17	13	72
MIN	22	26	8	27	83

Top Performers

Los Angeles: J. Lavender 17 Pts, 10 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
Minnesota: M. Moore 30 Pts, 6 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Blk

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS -- Maya Moore scored 16 of her 30 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Minnesota Lynx to an 82-72 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night.
Lindsay Whalen added 16 points for Minnesota (14-6), which improved to 8-1 at home.Jantel Lavender scored 17 points and Candace Parker added 16 for Los Angeles (7-11), which closed the third quarter with a 9-0 run to take a 59-56 lead.Moore, announced the top vote-getter in All-Star balloting earlier in the evening, then took over for the defending champions.Nneka Ogwumike led all rebounders with 14 for the Sparks, who lost their second game in a row.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 8: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx warms up before WNBA game against the Los Angeles...
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2014 Regular Season Series

Series starts 6/8
Sun 6/8	MIN 85, @ LA 72	Recap | Box Score
Tue 6/17	MIN 94, @ LA 77	Recap | Box Score
» Tue 7/8	@MIN 83, LA 72	Recap | Box Score
Aug 12, 2014	LA @ MIN	8:00 PM ET
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