| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA | 32 | 14 | 26 | 29 | 101 |
 LV | 30 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95 |
K. Plum led all scorers (38 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST). A. Wilson answered with 24 for the Aces, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 12-0 Sparks run. It changed hands 19 times and was tied on 13 separate occasions. The Sparks got out in transition for 12 fast-break points to 7, and that was the margin. Aces won Q2 by 8 (14–22), the period that decided it. Field goals: Sparks 55%, Aces 45%. From deep: Sparks 48%, Aces 34%. Rebounds: Sparks 30, Aces 36. Turnovers: Sparks 17, Aces 14. Points in the paint: Sparks 36, Aces 40.
The Sparks sit 6th in the Western Conference, 16 games back, winners of 2 straight, 3-7 over their last 10. The Aces sit 3rd in the Western Conference, 4 games back, winners of 3 straight, 6-4 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshotScore90-85A'ja Wilson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)Score90-88Chelsea Gray makes 11-foot two point shotScore90-90Ariel Atkins makes 4-foot layup (Kelsey Plum assists)Score92-90Kelsey Plum makes 4-foot two point shot (Erica Wheeler assists)Score94-90Chennedy Carter makes 10-foot floating jump shotScore94-92A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2Score94-93A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2Score94-94Erica Wheeler makes 26-foot three pointer (Kelsey Plum assists)Score97-94Dearica Hamby makes free throw 1 of 2Score98-94Dearica Hamby makes free throw 2 of 2Score99-94Chennedy Carter makes free throw 1 of 2Score99-95Kelsey Plum makes free throw 1 of 2Score100-95Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2Score101-95Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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