{"id":766263,"date":"2026-06-28T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/766263\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:41:34","slug":"sparks-make-dubious-wnba-history-in-blowout-loss-to-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/766263\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks make dubious WNBA history in blowout loss to Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and the Indiana Fever thumped the Sparks 111-87<\/a> with two of the league\u2019s top scorers sidelined on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark<\/a>, averaging 21.2 points and 8.2 assists for Indiana (11-8), missed the game with a back injury but shouldn\u2019t be sidelined for long, according to coach Stephanie White.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Plum<\/a>, second in the league with a 23.9 points per game scoring average, is expected to miss at least four weeks<\/a> for the Sparks<\/a> (8-10) with an injury to her left leg.<\/p>\n

Nneka Ogwumike<\/a> had 17 points and seven rebounds and Dearica Hamby scored 15 for the Sparks, who became the first team in league history to surrender 110-plus points in back-to-back games.<\/p>\n

Mitchell made nine of 13 shots \u2014 four of six from three-point range \u2014 and all four of her free throws. She hit two three-pointers and added a three-point play in the third quarter, scoring 13 to help Indiana up its lead to 33 before cruising to the finish.<\/p>\n

Aliyah Boston scored 15 of her 17 points and grabbed all seven of her rebounds in the first half to help Indiana build a 57-37 advantage. Tyasha Harris \u2014 starting in place of Clark \u2014 scored 16, while Monique Billings added 15 points. The Fever shot 55.2% overall while making 10 of 19 from distance and 27 of 33 at the foul line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and the Indiana Fever thumped the Sparks 111-87 with two of the league\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[237062,49,735,48,272476,272475,1112,5904,2803,4650,2002,272477,10160,1463,114202,52364,12195,82,630],"class_list":["post-766263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-back-injury","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-defensive-collapse","tag-dubious-wnba-history","tag-game","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-fever","tag-kelsey-mitchell","tag-league","tag-left-leg","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-spark","tag-sparks","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}