The Sparks knew this would be a rebuilding year under new coach Curt Miller, but the team has rallied to fight for the eighth and final playoff spot.
Layshia Clarendon had 22 points and Nneka Ogwumike posted a double-double to help the Sparks snap a 13-game losing streak to the Las Vegas Aces with a 78-72 win.Among their nine remaining games, the Sparks face the second-place New York Liberty, play the third-place Sun twice and host Chicago.Starting guard Lexie Brown has been out with an unspecified non-COVID illness.
“The injuries have very much put our backs against the wall and beat us down and drug us through the mud and forced us time and time again to really be gut-checked this season and see how much willingness we have to get back up and keep fighting,” guard Layshia Clarendon said. Clarendon scored 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting and made all nine free throws in handing the Aces their first regular-season home loss.Clarendon recently returned after being sidelined for a month with a foot injury. The team is 10-7 with her in the lineup.
“Those 14 games that she missed is a big deal for us,” Miller said. “[Clarendon] just adds so much to what we’re about and what we’re trying to create here culture-wise.”
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