NBA

Los Angeles Sparks at Chicago Sky

· Women's National Basketball Association
Los Angeles Sparks
1-1, 1-1 Away
Final
96 - 78

Chicago Sky
2-0, 1-0 Home

Copper, Stevens score 21 each, Sky beat Sparks 86-78

Cheyenne Parker added 12 points and Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot and Gabby Williams scored 11 apiece for Chicago (2-0). Vandersloot finished with 10 assists. Stevens and Copper each grabbed a career-high nine rebounds.

Brittney Sykes led the Sparks (1-1) with 16 points.

Parker and Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers to give Chicago a 40-36 halftime lead and then the Sky scored 15 of the first 17 third-quarter points, pushing their lead to 17 when Vandersloot made a two free throws midway through the period.

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 78 - 96
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 78 - 96
4th 7.1 Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes free throw 2 of 2 78 - 96
4th 7.1 Tierra Ruffin-Pratt makes free throw 1 of 2 77 - 96
4th 7.1 Diamond DeShields personal foul 76 - 96

Statistics

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30-70 FG 37-68
43 Field Goal % 54
7-20 3PT 11-25
35 Three Point % 44
11-15 FT 11-14
73 Free Throw % 79
30 Rebounds 38
7 Offensive Rebounds 5
23 Defensive Rebounds 33
18 Assists 25
10 Steals 9
2 Blocks 2
16 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 1
16 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
4 Fast Break Points 6
32 Points in Paint 42
15 Fouls 17
2 Largest Lead 24

Game Information

Venue: IMG Academy

Location: Bradenton, FL
Attendance: 203 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 6 W4 0.76 19
Las Vegas 1.5 7 L1 0.7083333 17
Golden State 1.5 7 W7 0.7083333 17
Dallas 2.5 8 W5 0.6666667 16
Los Angeles 8 13 L2 0.4347826 10
Portland 8.5 14 L1 0.41666666 10
Phoenix 11 17 L4 0.32 8
Seattle 13.5 20 L3 0.23076923 6

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Indiana - 9 W2 0.6086956 14
Atlanta 0.5 10 W1 0.5833333 14
Washington 1.5 10 W2 0.54545456 12
New York 1.5 11 L3 0.5416667 13
Toronto 4.5 14 L1 0.41666666 10
Chicago 6.5 16 W1 0.33333334 8
Connecticut 8.5 18 W1 0.25 6
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