Up next for Sparks: Tuesday vs. Chicago Sky
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When: 7:30 p.m. PDT.
Where: Staples Center.
On the air: TV: TWC, TWC Deportes.
Records: Sparks 16-7, Sky 15-7.
Record vs. Sky: 0-1.
Update: The Sparks return home after winning four of five on a nine-day trip, to face Eastern Division-leading Chicago. It will mark the first Los Angeles appearance of the Sky’s Elena Delle Donne, one of the league’s marquee rookies, who scored 20 points in a 92-84 victory over the Sparks on June 29 in Rosemont, Ill. Delle Donne, a 6-foot-5 swing player out of Delaware, leads all WNBA rookies with an 18.7 scoring average. With Candace Parker missing three games during the road swing with a wrist injury, the Sparks discovered an extra weapon in Jantel Lavender, a 6-4 reserve center who averaged 15.8 points and 8.0 rebounds over the last four games. Despite their recent run, the Sparks remain 11/2 games behind division-leading Minnesota.
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