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Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points with a 12-of-18 shot, letting Los Angeles Sparks beat host Seattle Storm 85-77 on Saturday night.
Katie Lou Samuelson added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists as Sparks (7-10) won his second win in the last 6 games. Brittney Sykes provided 15 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, and Kristi Toliver scored 11 points in Los Angeles.
Breanna Stewart scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in Storm (11-7). Ezi Magbegor added 16 points and 3 steals, and Gabby Williams scored 11 points.
Subard's Seattle Backcourt (6 points, 6 assists) and Jewel Lloyd (3 points) both had bad outings. Bird was a 2-of-8 shooter and Loyd was a 1-of-9.
Sparks shot 47.2% from the field. This includes 8 out of 20 from the range of 3 points. Los Angeles had a rebound advantage of 41-26.
Seattle connected with 41.3% of the shots, 27-8 from behind Ark, but was defeated for the second time in eight games.
The score was drawn 68 in the fourth quarter. Storm led 74-73 after Brian's January jumper left at 6:49, but Sparks replied with a 12-3 run at the end of the game.
Ogwumike won three baskets during the span, including a turnaround jumper to give Los Angeles an eight-point lead with 1:13 remaining.
Los Angeles, led by eight people in the first minute of the third quarter, before the storm plunges into the red.
Seattle used a 10-3 push later in the period to score 64 in the basket by Magbegor with 2:28 remaining.
Toliver capped an 11-point half with a floater with 14.8 seconds remaining, giving Sparks a 49-43 half-time lead.
Seattle quickly left the gate and used four straight three pointers (two stewarts, one Lloyd and one bird) to 19-7 with 5:35 remaining in the first quarter. Won the advantage of. However, Sparks fought back on the 25-20 trail after a quarter.
Ogmike won a 9-0 spurt in the hoop in the second quarter as Los Angeles advanced to 31-29 with 6:58 remaining. When Sykes converted the basket, leaving 1:55, the lead eventually grew to eight.
– Field Level Media
