Los Angeles hosts Phoenix following Sabally's 26-point game
Associated Press
Phoenix Mercury (4-2, 2-2 Western Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (2-5, 1-4 Western Conference)
Los Angeles; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix Mercury visits the Los Angeles Sparks after Satou Sabally scored 26 points in the Mercury's 74-71 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.
Los Angeles finished 8-32 overall and 5-15 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Sparks allowed opponents to score 85.6 points per game and shoot 46.4% from the field last season.
Phoenix finished 19-21 overall and 10-10 in Western Conference action during the 2024-25 season. The Mercury averaged 13.9 points off of turnovers, 9.2 second-chance points and 14.0 bench points last season.
INJURIES: Sparks: Cameron Brink: out (knee), Rae Burrell: out (leg).
Mercury: Kahleah Copper: out (knee), Natasha Mack: out (back).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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