INDIANAPOLIS — Azura Stevens scored 21 factors and added 12 rebounds, Kelsey Plum added 20 factors and the Los Angeles Sparks received at Indianapolis for the second time in 9 days, defeating the Fever, minus Caitlin Clark, 89-87 on Saturday night time.
Since dominating the fourth quarter en path to an 85-75 win, the Sparks had misplaced two straight.
The Fever had received three, together with the Commissioner's Cup, with out Clark.
She missed her fifth consecutive sport with a groin damage.
This sport was shut all through.
The Sparks' largest lead was three factors within the first quarter, and the Fever went up by eight halfway by way of the third.
Dearica Hamby scored 18 factors for the Sparks (6-13) and Rickea Jackson added 15, together with the go-ahead basket that made it 88-87 with 57.4 seconds left.
Indiana missed its final 5 photographs, 4 within the closing minute.
Stevens rebounded a miss and was fouled, making a free throw with 3.3 seconds to go.
The Fever used their reset timeout however Aliyah Boston missed a shot from the highest of the important thing.
Boston led Indiana (9-9) with 23 factors and 12 rebounds, and Natasha Howard had 21 factors and 9 rebounds.
Kelsey Mitchell added 19 factors.
Howard surpassed 2,000 profession rebounds and Mitchell, who reached 600 3-pointers with three, broke a tie with Fever assistant coach Briann January along with her 251st sport for the Fever, second behind Tamika Catchings.
Mitchell had 13 factors and Plum 11 in an evenly performed first half that featured 9 ties and 9 lead adjustments earlier than Indiana went on high 45-42. Plum scored the final seven LA factors of the third quarter for a 70-69 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Indiana is residence towards Golden State on Wednesday and the Sparks face Minnesota at residence on Thursday.
