At 10:30 on July 15th, Beijing time, in the 2022 WNBA regular season, Chicago Sky faced the Los Angeles Sparks. After a lot of competition, the Chicago Sky played by Li Yueru defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 80-68 and won three consecutive victories. In this campaign, Li Yueru played 12 minutes and 4 seconds and scored 2 points and 3 rebounds on 1 shot from the field.
Statistics
Chicago Sky: Li Yueru 2 points and 3 rebounds, Cooper 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Stevens 14 points, Gardner 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Messeman 9 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, Kui Gurley 11 points;
Los Angeles Sparks: Sykes 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Lue 12 points and 2 assists, C-Ogwumike 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, N-Ogwumike 14 points and 13 rebounds 3 steals and 2 blocks;
Before this game, Li Yueru played 12 times for the Chicago Sky, averaging 4.8 minutes per game and averaging 2 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. Among them, in the Chicago Sky's 90-75 victory over and Atlanta Dream, Li Yueru only came on as a substitute for 54 seconds in the final stage but scored 2 points on 1-for-1 shooting. This season, the Chicago Sky had two previous encounters with the Los Angeles Sparks, and both sides had 1 win and 1 loss.
At the beginning of this campaign, Cooper took the lead in scoring a layup, and the Los Angeles Sparks immediately hit a 9-2 wave of outside shots and inside attacks. Immediately afterwards, the Chicago Sky blasted a wave of scoring climax to close the deficit to 1 point. At the end of the first quarter, the Los Angeles Sparks scored consecutive points to re-establish a 5-point lead, but the Chicago Sky quickly responded to their opponents and closed the score again. After the first quarter, the Chicago Sky was 1 point behind 16-17, and Li Yueru did not get a chance to play in the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, the Chicago Sky took the lead in a 12-5 start with sudden inside and outside shots. Immediately afterwards, both sides alternately increased points through breakthrough layups, jump shots and free throws. In the middle of the second quarter, Li Yueru came on as a substitute. With 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the second quarter, Li Yueru received a pass from Parker inside and then turned around and held the ball to attack and score. Then, Li Yueru grabbed consecutive defensive rebounds. At halftime, Chicago Sky 37-28 Los Angeles Sparks.
After the change of sides, the two sides exchanged three-pointers after the start. The Chicago Sky hit three-pointers successively by Quigley, Vandersloot, and Cooper, and the Los Angeles Sparks also hit three-pointers successively by Lu and C-Ogwumike. Hitting a three-pointer, when Van der Sloot stormed to 2+1 with the ball, the Chicago Sky led by 15 points. In the following period, the Los Angeles Sparks launched a counterattack, but the Chicago Sky scored consecutive points from outside and inside by Stevens and led the team to another wave of scoring climax. After the third quarter, the Chicago Sky was 68-48.
In the final quarter of the showdown, the two sides alternately scored points through medium and long-range jump shots and counterattacks in the opening stage. After that, Li Yueru appeared again. The Los Angeles Sparks hit a scoring climax to close the deficit to 13 points. During this period, although Li Yueru grabbed a defensive rebound, he also committed an offensive foul while holding the ball. In the final stage, the Los Angeles Sparks launched a final counterattack, but the Chicago Sky successfully stabilized the situation. In the end, the Chicago Sky defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 80-68.
Both sides started
Chicago Sky: Parker, Cooper, Messerman, Quigley, Vandersloot;
Los Angeles Sparks: Sykes, Tolliver, Lu, C-Ogwumike, N- Ogwumike;
