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Sparks, Sun playing for the future with playoff windows closed
The Los Angeles Sparks, coming off yet another defensive debacle, will look to end their season-high-tying losing streak when they host the Connecticut Sun on Saturday.,Los Angeles (12-24) matched its longest skid of 2026 at six when it opened a four-game homestand with a 124-88 loss to Atlanta on T...

Angel Reese stars as Dream score record-setting 124 in rout of Sparks
Rhyne Howard scored 26 points and Angel Reese added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the visiting Atlanta Dream set a franchise record for points in a game with a convincing 124-88 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday.,Reese shot 9-for-9 from the floor, breaking the single-game franchise reco...

Rhyne Howard nets 26 as Dream score team-record 124 in win over Sparks
Rhyne Howard scored 26 points and Angel Reese added 20 points with 10 rebounds as the visiting Atlanta Dream set a franchise record for points in a game with a convincing 124-88 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday.,Naz Hillmon scored 14 points, Allisha Gray had 13 and Madina Okot added 1...

Angel Reese leads surging Dream for visit to skidding Sparks
After an impressive road victory this week, the Atlanta Dream will carry some momentum into a visit to the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday.,The Dream (22-13) opened a four-game road trip with a 97-82 victory over the defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday as Rhyne Howard scored 23 points and An...

Former MVP Nneka Ogwumike to retire at end of season
Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike, a 2016 WNBA MVP, 11-time All-Star and president of the Women's National Basketball Players Association, announced that she will retire at the end of the season.,Ogwumike, 36, currently ranks fourth in league history in points (7,879) and third in rebounds (...

Olivia Nelson-Ododa stays hot, leads Sun past Sparks
Olivia Nelson-Ododa recorded 18 points and 11 rebounds to fuel the Connecticut Sun to an 85-77 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday in Boston.,Nelson-Ododa made 7 of 11 shots on Tuesday, three days after going 7-for-9 from the floor to finish with a season-high 21 points in Connecticut's 8...

Sparks strive to get back in win column vs. Sun
The Los Angeles Sparks will look for a complete effort in a bid to halt their losing ways on Tuesday when they visit the Connecticut Sun in Boston.,The Sparks (12-22) saw a fourth-quarter lead go by the boards in an 80-70 setback to the Washington Mystics on Saturday. They were outscored 25-12 in th...

Mystics dominate 4th quarter to top Sparks
Sonia Citron recorded 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds, and Kiki Iriafen added 19 points and eight rebounds, helping the Washington Mystics secure an 80-70 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday night.,Shakira Austin added 17 points and 11 rebounds as Washington (20-14) wo...

Sabrina Ionescu rescues Liberty against Sparks
Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 of her 20 points in a chaotic fourth quarter as the host New York Liberty held on to defeat the Los Angeles Sparks, 85-81, on Thursday night.,New York built a 28-point lead and withstood a 21-0 Sparks run in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles got as close as one point with 22 ...

Noemie Brochant's career-high 24 points propel Mercury past Sparks
Noemie Brochant capped a career night helping lead the Phoenix Mercury on a late-game, 8-0 run to surge past the host Los Angeles Sparks, 94-87, on Tuesday.,The rookie Brochant posted career highs of 24 points and five steals, with the last of her swipes putting an exclamation point on the decisive ...

Mercury G Kelsey Plum (leg) ruled out vs. Sparks
Kelsey Plum won't be able to play against her former team when the Phoenix Mercury visit the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday.,Phoenix listed Plum as out on Monday's injury report due to a lower left leg injury, which she suffered Sunday in a loss to the Washington Mystics. The team referred to her ail...

Valkyries go up big, hold off Sparks' late rally
Cecilia Zandalasini scored 15 points and Tiffany Hayes added 14 as the Golden State Valkyries continued their surge with a 84-78 road victory over the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.,Gabby Williams and Kayla Thornton each scored 11 points as the Valkyries (23-9) extended their winning streak to f...
