LOS ANGELES (AP) – Te’a Cooper scored 19 points, Nneka Ogwumike and Erica Wheeler added 17 points each and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Seattle Storm 81-53 on Sunday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Sparks 81, Seattle Storm 53: boxing score
The Sparks (11-19) drew with the New York Liberty, a game behind the Washington Mystics for the eighth and final playoff place with two games to be played.
Brittney Sykes had 15 points and a season high of 10 rebounds for Los Angeles.
Seattle (20-11) dropped to fourth place, half a game behind Minnesota and a half game ahead of fifth-placed Phoenix. The Storm missed Breanna Stewart, who will also miss the regular season finale due to a foot injury.
The first four teams receive a bye for the first round in the playoffs.
The Storm, who started the game as the second highest team in the league at 85.6 per game, hit a season low for points while shooting 32% out of the field and 22% (6 out of 27) out of 3-point range.
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