The Seattle Storm look for their first back-to-back wins since the Olympics when they visit the woeful Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night.
The Seattle Storm (21-14) are safely in the WNBA playoffs, currently in fifth place and in a battle with the Las Vegas Aces for homecourt advantage in the first round. But the Storm are also just 4-6 since play resumed after the Olympics and haven’t won back-to-back games since July 12 and 14. On Wednesday, Seattle visits the Los Angeles Sparks (7-29), who have lost five straight and 12 of their last 13. For the Sparks, this marks the fourth consecutive season they have missed the playoffs.
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Game Date: Sept. 11, 2024
Game Time: 10 p.m. ET
TV: NBA TV
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The Storm return to the road after crushing the visiting Phoenix Mercury 90-66 on Saturday. Jewell Loyd dropped 20 points in just 22 minutes, while Skylar Diggins-Smith finished with 12 points and 11 assists in only 25 minutes on the court. Jordon Horston came off the bench for 16 points in the blowout.
Los Angeles comes off consecutive losses at home to the Connecticut Sun, including an 86-66 pummeling on Tuesday night. Rickea Jackson went for 16 points, while Azurá Stevens finished with 10 points and 17 rebounds. The Sun took control of the game in the second quarter and outscored the Sparks 48-27 in the middle two periods.
Loyd leads Seattle with 20.1 points per game, with Nneka Ogwumike netting 16.6 points and 1.9 steals a night. Diggins-Smith gets 14.5 points and 6.5 dimes per contest and Ezi Magbegor posts 11.8 points, 8.1 boards and 2.2 blocks per game. Dearica Hamby leads Los Angeles with 17.2 points and 9.3 rebounds an outing, Jackson gets 12.9 points per game and Odyssey Sims dishes out 5.2 assists per game since signing with the club on Aug. 17.
The Sparks already lost guard Julie Allemand (ankle) and rookie forward Cameron Brink (knee) for the season and are also without guard Lexie Brown (illiness) on Wednesday. Guards Layshia Clarendon (personal) and Aari McDonald (ankle) are game-time decisions.
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