The Los Angeles Sparks were shorthanded on Thursday, but you wouldn’t have known it from the result. Despite getting bad injury news about both Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike before the contest, and thus only having eight players, the Sparks put forth their best performance of the season, besting the Indiana Fever 98-63.
Maybe it was the fact that the Sparks were motivated by the first taste of their home fans this year, which was on display when they greeted the crowd before and after the game. Maybe it was playing a Fever team that now has just one win in 10 games.