Jordin Canada scored the final four points of a 76-74 Los Angeles Sparks victory over the Dallas Wings Friday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. She finished with 18 points and six assists while Nneka Ogwumike overcame a slow start to finish with 20 points and seven rebounds and hardship contract player Destanni Henderson showed that she most definitely belongs in the league with 18 points.
Henderson had a handful of games like this as an Indiana Fever rookie last year where she showed her potential, and it’s befuddling that teams don’t see the star she could become.
The Wings led by as much as 17.
Canada drove on Arike Ogunbowale and flipped up a shot while falling down that tied the game at 74 with 1:38 remaining. She then made two free throws at 54.7 seconds that gave the Sparks (6-7) the 76-74 lead. At 30.7 seconds, N. Ogwumike was called for fouling Natasha Howard on a 3-point shot, but the play was reviewed and reversed to a shot clock violation. The Sparks then ran the clock down to 9.6 seconds, at which point Canada had a shot from just inside the free throw line go in and out. Dallas point guard Crystal Dangerfield ended up with the ball and dribbled all the way down the court before missing a floater that would have tied it at 1.5 seconds remaining….
