The Los Angeles Sparks lost to a team near the bottom of the standings by a close margin on June 6 (Storm) and on Sunday (Lynx). They followed up the June 6 loss with a comfortable win over a team in the middle of the standings (Sky) and followed up Sunday’s loss with the same thing, defeating the Dallas Wings 79-61 Wednesday afternoon at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
Dearica Hamby led LA (5-4) with a season-high 23 points to go along with eight rebounds and two steals. Nneka Ogwumike added 20 points, 10 boards and two swipes while Jordin Canada had 15 points and six assists. Hamby was an impressive 10-of-15 from the field and 1-of-1 from deep, though she was 2-of-6 at the stripe.
The Sparks led by 10 entering the fourth.
Kalani Brown notched a career-high 21 points in defeat. She added 11 rebounds and was 10-of-14 from the field. Satou Sabally played nearly the full 40 minutes, posting 14 points, 13 boards and four helpers for Dallas (5-5). After shooting 30 percent or better from distance in six of her first seven outings, Sabally went a season-worst 1-of-6 in each of her last two games. Arike Ogunbowale didn’t help out much, as she was 2-of-9. Ogunbowale finished with 13 points (8.7 below her season average) and three assists. Natasha Howard was held to…
