The Los Angeles Sparks continued their hot streak going back to before the All-Star break following their 97-96 win against the Dallas Wings on Friday. With the win, the Sparks improved to 16-17 and temporarily moved into eighth place in the WNBA standings pending the final score of the Seattle Storm’s game against the Atlanta Dream. Although the Sparks beat the Wings, the fourth quarter saw Dallas storm back from a double-digit deficit and push the Sparks to the final possession of the game. For veteran forward Azurá Stevens, the Sparks win was a major turnaround from earlier in the year.

The Sparks played quite a bit of close games during the early goings of the regular season, but were unable to get over the hump and close games out . In the second half of the season, the Sparks

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