Dearica Hamby spent 26 points and Rickea Jackson collected 22 while the sparks of Los Angeles beat the Washington Mystics 99-80 on Tuesday evening, winning consecutive matches for the first time this season.
Kelsey Plum accumulated 20 points for the sparks of the last match before the stars break for the two teams. Azura Stevens, who collected a top of eight rebounds, added 15 points and joined Plum with three 3 points. Julie German distributed 10 assists while committing a single turnover.
Hamby, a post veteran, pulled 10 for 19 from the ground, while Jackson was 9 for 13. The Sparks (8-14) drew 53.5% of the ground by posting their third home victory of the season.
Los Angeles led by 27 points in the second half after having built an advantage of 59-34 at halftime. The sparks won a total of seasonal points, going above the brand of 90 points for the fifth time.
The 16 points of Sharika Austin and the 14 Sug Sutton points slow down the mystics (11-11), which aimed to accumulate their first sequence of four victories of four games of the season. Aaliyah Edwards cut with 13 points from the bench.
Washington had been in a lot of tight matches, but he moved away from mystics in the first half.
Los Angeles ended the half-time on a 13-0 race, with Hamby with the last 10 points after the Jackson three-point game.
It was a huge second quarter for the Sparks, who scored 11 of the first 13 points of the period.
Washington pulled 8 for 21 out of 3 points for the match, with six players striking at least one more arc. The mystics were injured by 17 reversals and managed to score only 12 points in the second quarter.
He marked the first match of consecutive meetings between the teams, with the Revenge match next Tuesday.
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