Portland Fire (6-6, 0-2 Western Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (4-6, 2-3 Western Conference)Los Angeles; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles Sparks aims to stop its three-game home slide with a victory over Portland Fire.The Sparks have gone 2-3 against Western Conference teams. Los Angeles gives up 93.0 points and has been outscored by 4.3 points per game.The Fire are 0-2 against Western Conference opponents. Portland has a 3-5 record in games decided by 10 or more points.Los Angeles makes 47.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than Portland has allowed to its opponents (45.7%). Portland averages 82.1 points per game, 10.9 fewer points than the 93.0 Los Angeles allows to opponents.The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.TOP PERFORMERS: Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 15 points and 7.7 rebounds for the Sparks. Kelsey Plum is averaging 26.9 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 59.5%.
Bridget Carleton is averaging 13.9 points and two steals for the Fire. Megan Gustafson is averaging 10.8 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sparks: 4-6, averaging 88.7 points, 29.3 rebounds, 20.2 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 93.0 points per game.Fire: 5-5, averaging 80.4 points, 28.1 rebounds, 19.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.0 points.INJURIES: Sparks: None listed.Fire: Karlie Samuelson: day to day (foot).___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
