{"id":769876,"date":"2026-07-18T07:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769876\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:59:09","slug":"dallas-takes-on-los-angeles-aims-for-6th-straight-win-national-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769876\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas takes on Los Angeles, aims for 6th straight win | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Sparks (10-14, 5-7 Western Conference) at Dallas Wings (16-8, 6-6 Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p>Arlington, Texas; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: Dallas Wings will attempt to keep its five-game win streak going when the Wings take on Los Angeles Sparks.<\/p>\n<p>The Wings have gone 6-6 against Western Conference teams. Dallas ranks sixth in the WNBA with 34.0 rebounds led by Jessica Shepard averaging 11.6.<\/p>\n<p>The Sparks are 5-7 in Western Conference play. Los Angeles is sixth in the WNBA scoring 88.8 points per game while shooting 45.9%.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas is shooting 46.3% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points lower than the 47.6% Los Angeles allows to opponents. Los Angeles has shot at a 45.9% rate from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points below the 46.3% shooting opponents of Dallas have averaged.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams square off for the second time this season. The Wings defeated the Sparks 104-96 in their last matchup on June 6. Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 30 points, and Kelsey Plum led the Sparks with 27 points.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Azzi Fudd is averaging 13.3 points and 1.7 steals for the Wings. Paige Bueckers is averaging 22.9 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 17.3 points and 8.9 rebounds for the Sparks. Rae Burrell is averaging 16.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Wings: 7-3, averaging 91.3 points, 33.2 rebounds, 20.5 assists, 6.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 89.9 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Sparks: 3-7, averaging 89.8 points, 30.1 rebounds, 22.4 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 98.6 points.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Wings: Alanna Smith: day to day (leg).<\/p>\n<p>Sparks: Kelsey Plum: out (lower leg).<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Get any of our free email newsletters \u2014 news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdtimes.com\/newsletters\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Explore newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2022 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Sparks (10-14, 5-7 Western Conference) at Dallas Wings (16-8, 6-6 Western Conference) Arlington, Texas; Sunday, 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[38088,99,434],"class_list":["post-769876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-national_sports","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}