When Julie Vanloo drew her second traveling violation before halftime, the crowd’s disapproval rose in unison.

On the floor, with tempers simmering on the Sparks ’ bench, a delay-of-game whistle drew another round of jeers from the Crypto.com Arena crowd.

The calls weren’t the only sources of frustration for the Sparks — the team also was trailing the last-place Connecticut Sun by 10 points.

Still, the flare-up might have been what the Sparks needed to rally to a 102-91 victory over the Sun to earn their eighth win in nine games.

After the Sparks’ deficit swelled to 13 points late in the second quarter, the Sparks (14-15) went on a 14-0 run, trimming their deficit to 51-49 by halftime.

In the third quarter Dearica Hamby helped keep the Sparks right behind the Sun (5-24) on the

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