NBA

Los Angeles Sparks at Indiana Fever

· Women's National Basketball Association
6-13, 5-6 Away
Final
87 - 89

9-9, 5-5 Home

Azura Stevens' double-double lifts Sparks over Fever 89-87

Plum drops 20 in Sparks' win to improve to 21-1 in career vs. Fever

Since dominating the fourth quarter en route to an 85-75 win, the Sparks had lost two straight. The Fever had won three, including the Commissioner's Cup, without Clark. She missed her fifth consecutive game with a groin injury.

This game was close throughout. The Sparks' biggest lead was three points in the first quarter, and the Fever went up by eight midway through the third.

Dearica Hamby scored 18 points for the Sparks (6-13) and Rickea Jackson added 15, including the go-ahead basket that made it 88-87 with 57.4 seconds left.

Indiana missed its last five shots, four in the final minute. Stevens rebounded a miss and was fouled, making a free throw with 3.3 seconds to go. The Fever used their reset timeout but Aliyah Boston missed a shot from the top of the key.

Boston led Indiana (9-9) with 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Natasha Howard had 21 points and nine rebounds. Kelsey Mitchell added 19 points. Howard surpassed 2,000 career rebounds and Mitchell, who reached 600 3-pointers with three, broke a tie with Fever assistant coach Briann January with her 251st game for the Fever, second behind Tamika Catchings.

Mitchell had 13 points and Plum 11 in an evenly played first half that featured nine ties and nine lead changes before Indiana went on top 45-42. Plum scored the last seven LA points of the third quarter for a 70-69 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Up next Indiana is home against Golden State on Wednesday and the Sparks face Minnesota at home on Thursday.

Regular Season Series

LA leads series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 89 - 87
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 89 - 87
4th 0.1 Fever offensive team rebound 89 - 87
4th 0.1 Aliyah Boston misses 21-foot pullup jump shot 89 - 87
4th 2.1 Lexie Hull enters the game for Natasha Howard 89 - 87

Statistics

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32-65 FG 34-70
49.2 Field Goal % 48.6
10-22 3PT 7-20
45.5 Three Point % 35.0
15-23 FT 12-19
65.2 Free Throw % 63.2
30 Rebounds 33
6 Offensive Rebounds 10
24 Defensive Rebounds 23
22 Assists 22
2 Steals 3
1 Blocks 6
7 Turnovers 9
1 Team Turnovers 1
8 Total Turnovers 10
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 12
2 Fast Break Points 5
42 Points in Paint 46
21 Fouls 24
3 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 17,274 · Capacity:

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 2 W5 0.8947368 17
Phoenix 4.5 6 L2 0.6666667 12
Seattle 5 7 W2 0.6315789 12
Golden State 7 8 L1 0.5294118 9
Las Vegas 7.5 9 W1 0.5 9
Los Angeles 11 13 W1 0.31578946 6
Dallas 11 13 W2 0.31578946 6

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 6 L1 0.6666667 12
Atlanta 1 7 L1 0.6111111 11
Indiana 3 9 L1 0.5 9
Washington 4 10 L2 0.44444445 8
Chicago 6.5 12 L1 0.29411766 5
Connecticut 10 16 L10 0.11111111 2
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