LOS ANGELES – Just before Los Angeles Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts’ pregame press conference on Friday, she had been meeting with her staff talking about potential reasons for the uptick in injuries this WNBA season.

The Sparks have been relatively healthy since Cameron Brink returned to the lineup on July 29. Since then, Friday’s game against Indiana marked the 11th straight game the team has had a clean injury report. That was in stark contrast to the Fever who have multiple players out for the season with multiple hardship contracts signed.

During Roberts’ pregame media availability, she pondered the potential reasons as to why the WNBA has seen multiple injuries to key players this year.

“I was just talking to my staff about it, wondering what do you think it is, why are th

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