{"id":800269,"date":"2026-08-03T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800269\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:16:09","slug":"new-era-sparks-snap-6-game-skid-with-resilient-road-win-over-fire-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800269\/","title":{"rendered":"New-era Sparks snap 6-game skid with resilient road win over Fire – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roller-coaster 18 hours culminated on Sunday afternoon for the Los Angeles Sparks when they snapped a six-game losing skid with their 106-101 defeat of the host Portland Fire. <\/p>\n

News of Los Angeles (11-17) trading All-Star guard Kelsey Plum to Phoenix broke early Sunday morning ahead of a back-and-forth matinee contest with Portland that came down to the final minute. <\/p>\n

The Fire (11-19), trying to end their own four-game losing streak, took a 96-95 lead on Megan DiLeo\u2019s 3-pointer with 92 seconds remaining in regulation. Portland\u2019s advantage lasted only seven seconds, as Erica Wheeler dished one of her game-high-tying eight assists to an open Nneka Ogwumike, who answered with a 3-pointer of her own. <\/p>\n

The rapid exchange of triples set the tone for a furious closing salvo in which the two sides combined for 19 points in the final 92 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Sparks held the lead throughout the closing stretch, building a four-point buffer when Ogwumike fed a cutting Dearica Hamby for a layup. <\/p>\n

Portland pulled to within one point with 20.9 seconds remaining on the seventh and final Bridget Carleton made 3-pointer on 13 attempts. She scored a game-high 24 points. <\/p>\n

The Fire shot 15-of-37 from deep (40.5%), but Los Angeles countered going 16-of-29 from beyond the arc (55.2%).<\/p>\n

Ogwumike, who posted a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double, made 3 of 7 shots from 3-point range. Twenty of her points came in the second half. <\/p>\n

Hamby also had a double-double, scoring a team-high 23 points to go with 10 rebounds. Ariel Atkins scored all 12 of her points on 4-of-7 3-point shooting. <\/p>\n

All five Los Angeles starters scored in double-figures, with Wheeler reaching 12 points down the stretch thanks to four clutch free throws on take fouls which effectively put the game away. <\/p>\n

Wheeler also led the Sparks\u2019 defensive effort with three steals. Los Angeles forced 14 Portland turnovers in total, turning them in 19 points.<\/p>\n

The most critical of those came when Carleton coughed up possession down three with 16.8 seconds left. The Fire never got a look at a potential game-tying shot. <\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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