Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 17 factors and Myisha Hines-Allen added 16 to assist the Washington Mystics rally for an 82-80 street victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday evening.
Julie Vanloo scored 15 factors on 5 3-pointers, Ariel Atkins had 12 factors and Stefanie Dolson contributed 10 factors and eight rebounds for the Mystics (5-15).
Stephanie Talbot had 17 factors, eight rebounds and three steals and Aari McDonald registered 17 factors and 6 assists for Los Angeles (4-15), which dropped its eighth consecutive sport. Dearica Hamby added 16 factors, 11 rebounds and 7 assists for her twelfth double-double of the marketing campaign.
Washington shot 47.8 p.c, together with 12 of 26 from 3-point vary, whereas snapping a two-game slide.
Rickea Jackson added 12 factors for the Sparks, who made 46.7 p.c of their makes an attempt and had been 13 of 30 from behind the arc.
The Mystics trailed 64-52 after three quarters earlier than dominating the ultimate 10 minutes.
Hamby scored the primary basket of the fourth quarter to present the Sparks a game-best 14-point lead earlier than the Mystics outscored Los Angeles 30-11 over the subsequent nine-plus minutes.
Washington countered with 14 straight factors to knot the rating at 66. Jade Melbourne made two free throws with 6:54 remaining — her workforce’s first makes an attempt from the road — to carry the Mystics inside two and added a layup with 5:44 left.
Washington lastly moved forward for the primary time for the reason that opening minutes of the sport as Walker-Kimbrough drained a 3-pointer to present the Mystics a 75-74 lead with 2:55 remaining.
Nia Nurse related on a 3-pointer 18 seconds later to place the Sparks again forward. Then Atkins answered with a basket to tie it at 77 with 2:24 to go.
Dolson transformed a three-point play with 1:18 left to present Washington an 80-77 lead.
Los Angeles later sabotaged itself with two turnovers with underneath 20 seconds left– one on a steal by Walker-Kimbrough, the opposite an unlawful display foul known as on Talbot — because the Mystics closed it out.
Talbot scored 12 first-half factors as Los Angeles led 43-38 on the break. Hines-Allen had 10 factors within the half for the Mystics.
The Sparks scored the primary eight factors of the third quarter to take a 13-point benefit. Washington was inside six later within the interval earlier than Los Angeles elevated the result in 12 coming into the ultimate stanza.
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