Two of the WNBA’s best scorers — Dearica Hamby (eighth, 19.2 points per game) and Sabrina Ionescu (sixth, 19.8) — square off when the Los Angeles Sparks (6-18) host the New York Liberty (21-4) on August 15, 2024. The matchup airs on ESPN.
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Sparks vs. Liberty Game Information
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Sparks Key Players
- Hamby is tops on her squad in both points (19.2) and rebounds (10.0) per game, and also posts 3.5 assists. Defensively, she puts up 1.4 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- Aari McDonald leads the Sparks at 4.0 assists per game, while also averaging 2.2 rebounds and 9.3 points.
- Rickea Jackson is averaging 11.4 points, 1.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds per contest.
- Cameron Brink averages 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Defensively, she posts 1.1 steals and 2.3 blocked shots.
- Kia Nurse puts up 7.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest, shooting 35.5% from the field and 30.4% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game.
Liberty Key Players
- Breanna Stewart gets the Liberty 19.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per contest. She also delivers 2.0 steals (third in league) and 1.5 blocked shots (fourth in league).
- Ionescu is averaging team highs in points (19.8 per game) and assists (6.1). And she is contributing 4.4 rebounds, making 42.4% of her shots from the floor and 35.6% from beyond the arc, with 3.0 treys per game (first in league).
- Jonquel Jones is No. 1 on the Liberty in rebounding (9.1 per game), and averages 15.3 points and 3.5 assists. She also posts 0.7 steals and 1.3 blocked shots (eighth in the league).
- Leonie Fiebich is averaging 5.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest, making 41.4% of her shots from the floor and 38.3% from beyond the arc (eighth in WNBA), with 1.2 treys per contest.
- Kayla Thornton is putting up 6.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per contest, making 40.6% of her shots from the field and 38.8% from beyond the arc (seventh in league), with 1.2 treys per contest.
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Sparks vs. Liberty Stats Breakdown
- The Sparks score 79.0 points per game, just 2.2 more points than the 76.8 the Liberty allow.
- The Liberty score an average of 85.8 points per game, just 0.4 more points than the 85.4 the Sparks allow.
- The Sparks and the Liberty rebound at about the same rate, with the Sparks averaging 2.4 fewer rebounds per game.
- The Sparks make 42.5% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the Liberty have allowed to their opponents (42.3%).
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