Gameday: Lynx at Los Angeles
Friday night's game in LA is the first of five meetings between the teams this season.

9 P.M. at los angeles • No TV (106.1-FM)
Lynx at a glance: Maya Moore scored 26 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds as the visiting Lynx (5-1) beat Phoenix 80-69 on Wednesday. The Lynx held the Mercury's DeWanna Bonner to 0-for-13 shooting and hope for similar results against 2012 WNBA Rookie of the Year Nneka Ogwumike, a center who has the league's second-best field goal percentage (. 588). Rebekkah Brunson is third in the league in rebounding (10.3 per game).
Sparks at a glance: Candace Parker is second in the WNBA in blocked shots (2.60 per game), and Los Angeles (3-2 and second to the Lynx in the Western Conference) has the league's best team field-goal percentage (. 497). Los Angeles holds opponents to league-low 28.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc. This is the first of five meetings between the teams this season.
KELLY PARSONS
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