Azura Stevens hit for 21 issues and Dearica Hamby added 20 because the Los Angeles Sparks blew previous the hapless Dallas Wings 93-79 on Friday in a Western Conference Commissioner’s Cup recreation in Arlington, Texas.
The Sparks (3-6) led by way of 5 issues at halftime and expanded that benefit to 67-55 after 3 quarters. Los Angeles poured it on over the primary two and a part mins of the fourth quarter, driven the margin to 21 issues and cruised to the end line to snap a three-game shedding streak and create some separation from Dallas within the Western Conference desk.
Los Angeles is now 1-1 within the Commissioner’s Cup standings whilst the Wings are 0-2.
Odyssey Sims added 19 issues, Kelsey Plum had 11 issues and 9 assists and Rickea Jackson scored 10 issues for Los Angeles.
DiJonai Carrington led the Wings (1-8) with 16 issues. JJ Quinerly added 14 issues off the bench, with Luisa Geiselsoder pitching in 11 issues and 10 rebounds with Kaila Charles hitting for 10.
Dallas, which dropped its fourth immediately recreation and has the worst report within the league, performed with out big name rookie Paige Bueckers and fellow level guard Tyasha Harris, who’re each out as they paintings their long ago from concussions.
The Sparks used a 9-0 run capped by way of Hamby’s operating layup on the 6:40 mark of the primary duration to take a 13-5 lead. Plum’s layup with 2:23 to play within the quarter driven the benefit to 9 issues ahead of Los Angeles settled for a 21-17 lead after 10 mins of play.
Stephens’ 3-pointer with 5:26 to play in the second one duration stoked the Sparks’ result in 34-24 however Dallas swung again, culling their deficit to 37-35 when Myisha Hines-Allen transformed a layup 1:48 left till halftime. Stephens spoke back with any other basket from past the arc and Sims scored on a layup to grant Los Angeles a 45-40 edge on the spoil.
Stevens led all scorers ahead of halftime with 13 issues whilst Hamby had 11 for Los Angeles, which outshot Dallas 52.9 % to 37.5 % over the primary two quarters. Carrington and Kaila Charles paced the Wings with 8 issues every within the first part.
–Field Level Media