Overview
- The Los Angeles Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 102-87 at Crypto.com Arena on Friday, earning their second straight 100-point game and extending recent momentum.
- Veteran Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with a season-best 25 points, 12 rebounds and five assists and passed 3,000 career field goals during the fourth quarter.
- Los Angeles shot roughly 51 percent, hit 14 of 31 3s, and posted a season-high 32 assists as all five starters finished in double figures and the team outscored Chicago 29-17 in the fourth quarter.
- The Sparks played without All-Star Kelsey Plum (lower left leg) and Cameron Brink (left ankle), while the Sky were again without Skylar Diggins for a knee issue with no timetable for return, forcing rotation shifts for both clubs.
- The win moved Los Angeles to 10-11 and kept them hovering near the playoff cutoff, while Chicago fell to 7-15 and faces growing doubts about its postseason chances as it adjusts rotations and personnel.