NBA

Seattle Storm at Los Angeles Sparks

· Women's National Basketball Association
22-14, 9-9 Away
Final
82 - 90

7-30, 5-14 Home

Storm beat the Sparks 90-82 to stay within 1 game of fourth place Las Vegas

Nneka Ogwumike's reverse layup pads Storm's late lead

Seattle (22-14) stayed within one game of fourth place Las Vegas (23-13), which also won Wednesday, in the WNBA standings. The Storm play at Dallas on Friday before returning home for a matchup against the Sparks on Sunday. Los Angeles (7-30) is off until Sunday.

Seattle trailed 39-29 with 3:40 left in the first half before closing on a 11-2 run, with five points from Williams, to tie it at 41-all at the break. Williams scored 15 points in the first half and Nneka Ogwumike added 10.

Seattle had its lead trimmed to 75-74 with 4:19 remaining on a Rae Burrell basket, but the Sparks did not make another field goal until Rickea Jackson’s layup with 27.1 left.

Williams responded with two free throws at the other end with 25.6 left to regain an eight-point lead.

Ogwumike added 16 points and eight rebounds for Seattle. Ogwumike moved into 11th place on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list, moving past Sylvia Fowles (6,415). Ezi Magbegor set a franchise record for blocks in a season, passing Lauren Jackson’s mark of 81 from 2002.

Rickea Jackson finished with 22 points and Azura Stevens had 18 points and 15 rebounds for Los Angeles. Dearica Hamby, who had six points and eight rebounds, set a franchise record for most rebounds in a single season, passing Lisa Leslie (336).

Regular Season Series

SEA wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 90 - 82
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 90 - 82
4th 1.1 Ezi Magbegor defensive rebound 90 - 82
4th 1.1 Crystal Dangerfield misses 29-foot three point jumper 90 - 82
4th 8.2 Skylar Diggins-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2 90 - 82

Statistics

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33-70 FG 32-65
47 Field Goal % 49
6-19 3PT 7-17
32 Three Point % 41
18-19 FT 11-15
95 Free Throw % 73
27 Rebounds 38
3 Offensive Rebounds 6
24 Defensive Rebounds 32
22 Assists 21
11 Steals 5
10 Blocks 3
6 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
6 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
3 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
13 Fast Break Points 9
40 Points in Paint 48
13 Fouls 12
9 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 9,561 · Capacity:

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 10 W1 0.77272725 34
Las Vegas 4 14 W16 0.6818182 30
Phoenix 7 17 L3 0.6136364 27
Seattle 11 21 W1 0.52272725 23
Golden State 11 21 L3 0.52272725 23
Los Angeles 13 23 L1 0.47727272 21
Dallas 24 34 W1 0.22727273 10
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