The Sparks came into the final weekend of the season needing some help to jump into the top two of the WNBA standings. Unfortunately, they couldn’t take care of their own business against Las Vegas, and will thus be the no. 3 seed for the second straight season.
That means that L.A.’s first playoff game will be a single-elimination game against the lowest-seeded team remaining after the first round of the playoffs Tuesday. Without homecourt advantage, a one-and-done postseason game could be a scary proposition.
The Sparks won’t be entering the postseason on the strongest footing either, after losing their last two regular-season games (the team’s only two-game losing streak of the year) and being down two rotation players.