The Los Angeles Sparks brought down the hammer on the San Antonio Silve Stars on Thursday evening with a convincing 85-70 win at the home of USC's Galen Center due to scheduling conflicts with the Staples Center.
Ice cold shooting and an amazing edge in rebounding led to the Silver Stars demise. Becky Hammon, the star of the team, had a terrible shooting night missing open jumpers that she normally knocks down going 3-10 from the field. Ruth Riley also had a bad night from the field shooting 0-4. San Antono was out rebounded by a 37-20 margin collecting only 5 offensive rebounds to LA's 10.
The Sparks were led by Lisa Leslie's 22 points and paced by three others that collected 14 points (Candace Parker, Marie Ferdinand-Harris, and Temeka Johnson), which is indicative of the amount of assists (27) that the Sparks had on offense. The Sparks showed a superior inside game with 15 points in the paint to San Antonio's 9, and fierce interior defense which produced 9 blocks to San Antonio's 1.
The Silver Stars will look to get back into the series in game 2 set for Saturday at 3:00pm est at San Antonio, where the Silver Stars have enjoyed the home cookin' this year with a sterling 15-2 straight up record. The Sparks are 8-9 on the road this year, and will have to bring their "A" game in order to close out the series on foreign hardwood.
The Los Angeles Sparks brought down the hammer on the San Antonio Silve Stars on Thursday evening with a convincing 85-70 win at the home of USC's Galen Center due to scheduling conflicts with the Staples Center.
Ice cold shooting and an amazing edge in rebounding led to the Silver Stars demise. Becky Hammon, the star of the team, had a terrible shooting night missing open jumpers that she normally knocks down going 3-10 from the field. Ruth Riley also had a bad night from the field shooting 0-4. San Antono was out rebounded by a 37-20 margin collecting only 5 offensive rebounds to LA's 10.
The Sparks were led by Lisa Leslie's 22 points and paced by three others that collected 14 points (Candace Parker, Marie Ferdinand-Harris, and Temeka Johnson), which is indicative of the amount of assists (27) that the Sparks had on offense. The Sparks showed a superior inside game with 15 points in the paint to San Antonio's 9, and fierce interior defense which produced 9 blocks to San Antonio's 1.
The Silver Stars will look to get back into the series in game 2 set for Saturday at 3:00pm est at San Antonio, where the Silver Stars have enjoyed the home cookin' this year with a sterling 15-2 straight up record. The Sparks are 8-9 on the road this year, and will have to bring their "A" game in order to close out the series on foreign hardwood.
.....New York has gone 15-5 OVER following a game where they lost ATS...........over looks sweet tonight...........gl
.....New York has gone 15-5 OVER following a game where they lost ATS...........over looks sweet tonight...........gl
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