NBA

Los Angeles Sparks at Seattle Storm

· Women's National Basketball Association
Los Angeles Sparks
21-4, 10-3 Away
Final
79 - 72

Seattle Storm
10-15, 7-7 Home

Bird leads Storm past WNBA-leading Sparks, 79-72

Coming off her record seventh gold medal in international competition at the Olympics, Bird was 5 of 7 from behind the arc. She also had six assists, Olympic teammate Breanna Stewart made just 2 of 13 and scored five points, though she did have 11 rebounds.

Crystal Langhorn had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Seattle, and Jewell Loyd had 15 to help the Storm (10-15) match last season's victory total.

Bird, who has four Olympic and three world championship gold medals, opened the game with a 3 and Seattle never trailed. The Storm led 22-13 after one quarter, but the Sparks cut it to 31-28 at the half before Seattle surged ahead again.

Nneka Ogwumike had 28 points for Los Angeles (21-4), 15 in the fourth quarter.

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 72 - 79
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 72 - 79
4th 11.0 Essence Carson makes 6-foot jumper 72 - 79
4th 25.0 Noelle Quinn enters the game for Sue Bird 70 - 79
4th 25.0 Los Angeles Full timeout 70 - 79

Statistics

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30-66 FG 29-66
45 Field Goal % 44
5-17 3PT 10-22
29 Three Point % 45
7-11 FT 11-15
64 Free Throw % 73
36 Rebounds 34
5 Offensive Rebounds 6
31 Defensive Rebounds 28
20 Assists 20
8 Steals 10
5 Blocks 0
17 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 12
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
12 Fast Break Points 6
36 Points in Paint 28
18 Fouls 14
0 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

KeyArena

Location: Seattle, WA
Attendance: 9,481 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 8 L1 0.7948718 31
Golden State 4 11 W1 0.7027027 26
Las Vegas 5 13 W2 0.6666667 26
Dallas 8 16 W3 0.5897436 23
Portland 15.5 23 L3 0.39473686 15
Phoenix 17 24 L2 0.35135135 13
Los Angeles 17.5 25 L1 0.34210527 13
Seattle 23.5 31 L3 0.18421052 7
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