Two teams that squandered big leads in their last games will collide Saturday, when the defending champion Los Angeles Sparks visit the Atlanta Dream at McCamish Pavilion.
The Sparks (2-1) squandered a 14-point lead in a 93-90 loss to the Indiana Fever on Wednesday. Los Angeles took a 55-41 lead into halftime against the Fever, but were outscored 27-10 in the third quarter and were unable to pull out the win in the fourth quarter, despite shooting 54.8 percent from the field for the game.
Forward Nneka Oguwmike led all scorers with 24 points and forward Candace Parker recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebound, but it wasn’t enough, as the Sparks suffered their first loss of the season.