http://www.wnba.com/games/20040928/SACLAS/recap.html http://www.wnba.com/games/20040928/SACLAS/boxscore.html Sacramento 73, Los Angeles 58 Monarchs Advance to West Finals LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 (Ticker) -- For the Sacramento Monarchs, the fourth time was the charm. Behind a balanced scoring attack, the Monarchs posted a 73-58 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks to win their best-of-three Western Conference first-round series two games to one. Lisa Leslie and Yolanda Griffith combined for 25 points in Game 3. Sacramento had been knocked out of the playoffs in three previous meetings with the Sparks - 1999, 2001 and 2003. It will face the Seattle Storm in the best-of-three Western Conference Finals. DeMya Walker, Tangela Smith and Kara Lawson each had 17 points and Yolanda Griffith chipped in 14 as the Monarchs slowly pulled away in the second half, ending the game with their biggest lead. Smith scored 12 of her points in the first half and Lawson hit five free throws in the closing minutes. Sacramento was 19-of-24 from the line and shot 82 percent in its two wins. The Monarchs did their damage inside, outscoring Los Angeles in the paint, 40-20. Sacramento held Sparks star center LisaLeslie to just 11 points. Leslie, who entered the series with a 19.8 playoff scoring average, scored just 34 points in the three games. Los Angeles, the highest-scoring team in the league during the regular season, was held to 25 second-half points and shot just 38 percent from the floor overall. Mwadi Mabika scored 19 points and Nikki Teasley had 16 as the Sparks fell at home for just the third time in 19 games, including the regular season. Monarchs 73, Sparks 58 9/28/2004 STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA Time of Game: 1:55 Officials: #23 Sally Bell , #8 Daryl Humphrey , #38 Lamont Simpson Attendance: 7008 Monarchs REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST PF ST TO BS PTS TICHA PENICHEIRO G 35 0-4 0-3 2-4 1 3 4 8 1 1 1 0 2 EDNA CAMPBELL G 17 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 TANGELA SMITH F 31 7-14 0-0 3-3 1 6 7 1 3 0 1 2 17 DEMYA WALKER F 26 7-11 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 0 17 YOLANDA GRIFFITH C 35 4-9 0-0 6-7 2 6 8 2 1 2 2 2 14 Kara Lawson 23 5-9 2-3 5-5 0 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 17 Hamchetou Maiga 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 Rebekkah Brunson 11 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 Ruthie Bolton 5 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lady Grooms DNP Chantelle Anderson DNP TOTAL 200 26-58 2-10 19-24 5 23 28 20 18 14 9 4 73 44.8% 20.0% 79.2% Team Rebs: 3 Total TO: 9 Sparks REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT AST PF ST TO BS PTS NIKKI TEASLEY G 35 4-6 4-6 4-4 0 1 1 6 4 1 4 0 16 TAMECKA DIXON G 31 2-9 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 3 0 6 0 6 MWADI MABIKA F 37 5-14 2-7 7-8 1 2 3 4 5 3 3 0 19 CHRISTI THOMAS F 28 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 1 5 1 0 0 2 LISA LESLIE C 40 5-8 0-0 1-3 1 11 12 0 2 0 3 2 11 Laura Macchi 15 1-6 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 4 1 3 0 2 Doneeka Hodges 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Tamika Whitmore 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Raffaella Masciadri2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Teresa Weatherspoon DNP TOTAL 200 19-50 6-14 14-17 7 28 35 15 25 6 21 2 58 38.0% 42.9% 82.4% Team Rebs: 5 Total TO: 21 TEAM STATISTICS Monarchs Sparks Fast Break Pts 6 Fast Break Pts 11 Points in the Paint 40 Points in the Paint 20 Biggest Lead 15 Biggest Lead 3 Final 1 2 T Monarchs 36 37 73 Sparks 33 25 58 Technical Foul Individual SAC LAS 2nd Qtr 1:0 Mwadi Mabika 2nd Qtr 7:29 Tamecka Dixon --

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