SEATTLE — Dearica Hamby had 27 factors and 11 rebounds, Rickea Jackson added 23 factors and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Seattle Storm 91-85 on Monday night time.
Seattle led 85-80 with 2:47 to play however Hamby scored 5 factors and Jackson 4 in an 11-0 closing run to drag the Sparks inside 1 1/2 video games of the Storm and Indiana for the ultimate two playoff spots. Seattle missed its final 5 photographs.
Kelsey Plum added 14 factors for Los Angeles (19-20) and Rae Burrell had 11. Hamby had 11 rebounds because the Sparks dominated the boards 37-23. The additionally had a 60-30 benefit on factors within the paint.
Nneka Ogwumike had 21 factors on 5 first half 3-pointers and two second half three-point performs for the Storm (22-20). Skylar Diggins additionally had 21 factors and Ezi Magbegor added 11.
Gabby Williams had two baskets and an help to gas a 10-0 run for the Storm, who led 25-20 after one quarter.
Ogwumike had three 3-pointers in lower than a minute, making her 5 for five, for a 36-25 lead 3 1/2 minutes into the second quarter. The Storm had six 3s within the quarter with Erica Wheeler’s within the closing seconds making it 53-39 on the half.
Diggins opened the second half with a 3 for a 17-point lead however the Sparks hit their first 5 photographs and have been 12 for 17 within the quarter. The ultimate shot was a buzzer-beating one-handed push shot 3-pointer by Jackson from past the highest of the important thing, to chop the Storm result in 73-68 getting into the fourth quarter.
Los Angeles performs at second-place Atlanta on Wednesday and Friday. The Storm are house towards New York on Friday.
