Los Angeles Sparks at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association

Los Angeles Sparks

19-14, 8-8 Away

Final
69 - 67

Washington Mystics

22-11, 12-5 Home

Cloud hits winner at buzzer, Mystics top Sparks 69-67

Washington (22-11) is in a second-place tie with Atlanta, which lost to the Phoenix Mercury 104-95. The Dream play at Las Vegas on Sunday, and the Mystics face Minnesota. The top-two seeds receive a double-bye.

Cloud took an inbounds pass with 3.8 seconds left, dribbled to the free-throw line, went behind her back and sank the winner. She was 1 of 10 from the floor before her first winner.

Elena Delle Donne led Washington with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Kristi Toliver added 12 points, and Aerial Powers had 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Mystics had already clinched a top-four seed.

Powers made a wide-open 3-pointer to tie it at 67 with 3:21 to go and neither team would score again Cloud's heroics.

Riquna Williams scored 14 points for Los Angeles (19-14), which will play a first-round game next week. Candace Parker had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Los Angeles opened the game by scoring 13 of the first 15 points.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	67 - 69
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	67 - 69
4th 0.2	Natasha Cloud makes 17-foot step back jumpshot	67 - 69
4th 3.8	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt enters the game for Aerial Powers	67 - 67
4th 3.8	Washington 20 Sec. timeout	67 - 67

Statistics

LA		WSH
25-67	FG	28-73
37	Field Goal %	38
6-17	3PT	7-25
35	Three Point %	28
11-11	FT	6-6
100	Free Throw %	100
39	Rebounds	39
11	Offensive Rebounds	12
28	Defensive Rebounds	27
16	Assists	18
6	Steals	8
2	Blocks	6
10	Turnovers	8
2	Team Turnovers	0
12	Total Turnovers	8
1	Technical Fouls	1
1	Total Technical Fouls	1
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
15	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	10
4	Fast Break Points	9
32	Points in Paint	24
7	Fouls	10
13	Largest Lead	7

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 7,400 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	-	7	W2	0.7941176	27
Golden State	3	9	W4	0.71875	23
Las Vegas	4	11	W1	0.6764706	23
Dallas	7.5	14	L3	0.57575756	19
Portland	13	19	W2	0.40625	13
Los Angeles	14	20	L2	0.375	12
Phoenix	14.5	22	W1	0.37142858	13
Seattle	20.5	28	W1	0.2	7

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Indiana	-	12	W2	0.6363636	21
Atlanta	0.5	12	W1	0.625	20
Washington	1.5	13	L1	0.59375	19
New York	1.5	14	L1	0.5882353	20
Chicago	9	21	L2	0.36363637	12
Toronto	10.5	22	L9	0.3125	10
Connecticut	12	23	W1	0.2580645	8

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