4th Quarter: Los Angeles Sparks vs Atlanta Dream WNBA basketball | Rickea Jackson, Tina Charles

not all of them still here it says a lot about these LA Sparks fans the attendance is up so far from last year third in the WNBA in per game attendance it is impressive for a team that has just been struggling so far so much of this season talk about the Buy in from some of these players there definitely been some Buy in here from these fans who keep coming as well and Sims just took a hard fall as she was decked on that screen Canada going to get to the free throw line Kurt Miller asking for an explanation the hard screen they can just take out our is unhappy very interesting look it's supposed to be a like a horn set looked like they made an elevator screen at the last minute right a little adjustment I don't know that you can do that but very interesting talking about the attendance this year La has averaged 11,300 per game in a year ago let's find that number 6,500 so you're you're plus almost 5,000 a game this year gell knocking it down from the elbow found some space found some time if you remember the Sparks were at or near the top of attendance prior to the pandemic but since then it's been kind of tough getting the fans back of course the beginning of that 2021 season was played across the street at the convention center which you can only get a few hundred in [Applause] there it looks like definitely back to where they belong in terms of attendance numbers here's Lee tough catch against kubai Lee with the left hand the game has slowed down for Li Yu and you felt it there she averaged 17 and 11 for China in the Olympics it's 10 today she gets in these International competitions and even playing overseas you see just the impact that she could have why these Sparks are so high on her who's Kuai trying to answer no [Applause] Canada open for three rebound tipped out of bounds and that one tipped out by the dream to be La basketball Leticia Ami here knocking that one out the secondy year player out of South Caroline one of the Freshies teammate oah cook at South Carolina fourth game this year that Leo is double figures forel the nice hesi lost it on her way up and a foul against Howard M took a hard fall too at the end of that so Burell will be at the line talked about just what a night it was for her here Wednesday 18 points just exploded in that fourth quarter kind of seemed like players took turns right in in the scoring load it was rakia that started in that first quarter hambi sort of took over in the third and barell came out firing in the fourth and we've seen her do that here before this season I mean there were parts for game that were pretty those three-point shots but when she put it on the floor and just kind of growled at it just attacked the bucket and attacked Stewie and came away with points on two different drives it was impressive cwell six to shoot lets it Fly Maya cwell the mid-range is good averaged 23 points nine rebounds in turkey last off seon nurse it is physical in the paint sure is here's talic she was trying to wrap it around to lead that pass went off Kuai it be La basketball with six left to shoot Tina Charles back in there Nas Hillman is as well as Kuai and Ami here will have a seat for Atlanta Charles 22 points n boards tonight she had 18 at the half here's nurse catching sh three so not a great shooting night from three4 La for everybody except Kia and Nur she's two of four from Beyond the AR she's got two of the three three-point makes for La tiut it to 15 set minute Mark Charles rejected on the way up nice D by talit scrum under there it's going to be La basketball tet gives you everything she's got every game mismatch inside No Matter straight up and down show you the ball go get it ball on the floor she'll figure it out that's just great help rotation three time Olympian with the opals Steph talit signed to extension with the Sparks here's Sims Bell at the doorstep way to set the table there for Odyssey Sims her fifth Helper and a time out taken by Tanisha rght La within 13 here comes the LA Sparks K nurse Odyssey Sims give it up barell delivers we've got a 13o ball game welcome back to crypto.com Arena it's been a 20 to8 La run over the last8 and 1/2 minutes in case you're just joining us Atlanta led by as much as 27 in this one Sparks have cut that deficit now to 13 6 and 1/2 left in this one do they have enough time we shall see it's been the stter who have been dominant for Atlanta Charles leading the charge thought they call it travel in stand it to be Charles going to the line satina Charles 22 points nine boards here tonight [Music] neither reason to quit vaping visit LA quit.com or scan the QR code on your screen for resources and tips to help you put today so Charles gets one of two about the only thing she hasn't done in an elite level tonight is sh free throws just one of three tonight here's talit in deep looking for barell snatched away there by Canada un selfish great transition three and there's Charles for another offensive rebound TR where is your defense down Charles with six offensive rebounds tonight that now gives her a double double she's got 10 boards in total Howard beating the buzzer and those second opportunities then they grind out some more clock and knock down a three 1777 is the advantage in Second Chance points for Atlanta and gray trying to take that away from nurse she's going to get whistle for a foul Jackson back in replacing [Applause] [Music] B Isaac Barnett and Angelica suffering having a conversation Tanisha Wright wanted to jump ball she's asking if there was a jump ball first and Angelica Suffin said no she grabbed her on so Tanisha Wright is saying all right well time out I want to challenge this so Tanisha right thought that it was a jump ball or should have been a jump ball instead it was called a foul so right wants to challenge so we're going to have a challenge here for the Atlanta Dream so what step aside officials will take a look at that last play 7255 dream 7255 our score 526 left in this one Atlanta very motivated bunch and here's a reason why just a half game behind Chicago for that eighth spot Chicago does own the tiebreaker over the dream it will play one more time but what a day Connecticut beat Seattle today Minnesota beat Chicago Indiana comes from behind scores 100 points and how about Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlyn Clark combined for 64 points that last challenge by Tanisha Wright was deemed unsuccessful so she'll lose the timeout and the challenge so it'll be La basketball sideline out of bounds to be Jackson to bounded see if La has one last push in there ball inbounded to Sims Jackson off balance there and a foul CAU against Howard so for Howard that'll be her third it's really been against Atlanta's bench where La has been able to make the most impact indeed La is so successful when they run that set for RIA coming to the middle of the floor Atlanta trailing the bench Point category 23 to six Sims for to shoot looking for Lee with three deep position against Charles and a nice move there finishing with the left around Tina Charles 12 points for Lee Yu Off the Bench how about Lee we' seen some bright spots here in this second half for her second half of the Season that is Charles calling for it humanman can't deliver the high low here's gray four left to shoot gray just going to throw it up at The Rim rebound Sims nurse the trail shot short the rebound goes right to Gray he's had some great looks tonight Howard oh my [Applause] goodness she was able to leak out and get the layup there Calin Sims La Trail by Mei is 27 they got to within see 13 and offensive foul there that that call makes no sense to me Tina Charles had her hooked had Leo hooked the whole time and no Kurt Miller no immediately comes on the floor saying Lee hooked Tina and called for the charge because the whistle came from where it came from Isaac Barnett was standing right in front of us Mary I thought he saw what we saw but instead he called that against Lee so we're going to have another challenge here this time a challenge for La who's hook can H if you looked at Tina Charles reaction initially it looked like she thought that maybe it was against her but then now just that's called selling it yeah now she's she's sell yeah she's selling it for [Applause] sure incredible so Lee the subject of that of this challenge that we're currently under she's had herself in afternoon 12 points four of seven from the field her fourth game this year with double figure scoring and just kind of mixing it up you see the footwork this time comes back to the right strong little drop step coming back to the Baseline side that's a beautiful move first time this season I feel like she's she's she's played big she's played big at different times this year but she's gotten called on fouls for being big for playing big couple those fouls that were caught against her were kind of just because of her being 68 she fouled out against Dallas and just got herself into trouble as that game wore on it with maowen just kind of getting into a shoving match and she was on the losing end of a number of those had four fouls against uh the Liberty as well but unsuccessful wow unsuccessful challenge [Applause] so it's going to be an offensive foul against Lee and to your point Mary who's hooking who here right Lee's trying to go get the ball why would she hook Tina Charles she needs both arms to go get the ball we've seen her hooked by Charles multiple times tonight but all right in cing on on rebound attempts which there was no look you got to give it to the Savvy vet 13 in the game I mean doubt she knows all the tricks folks and she's using them here tonight in the rebounding game the defensive game mean respect on this end of the floor too as she couldn't get the little running hook rebound talic step a speed dribble to the front Court they're looking for Lee Lee spins away from the double out to talit for three and that one missfires four of 19 19 tonight are the Sparks from three Howard working against cook Charles throws that over the head of gray immediately acknowledges the [Applause] turnover Atlanta it's been a rough second half for them as good as they were in that first half just nine of 28 here in this second half but you build a big enough lead you got a cushion for poor performance allowed the door to open y for La somewhat Jackson the kick out to cook nice ball movement Sims a three it's kind of been the story of the night folks now three of 20 from three the LA Sparks under three la as hman now finds herself in double figure she's been solid tonight she sure has doesn't try to do too much let's the gay come to her 10 points nine rebounds I feel like you almost need a player like that if you're Atlanta especially in the starting lineup she's she's made such an impact this her 11th consecutive start tonight Nas hman is Tanisha wght going to empty out her bench but I mean you have a star in Charles you have a a star in Howard Jordan Canada is ascending as a premier point guard in this league we all know what Alicia gray is as well as a star so you kind of need that players to kind of get dirty right and and that's what Nas Hilman provides been able to answer when our numbers been called as the shop is blocked there by Haley Jones [Applause] gray against the smaller Dangerfield and a timeout taken by LA Crystal Dangerfield in there for the first time tonight it be a timeout taken by Atlanta 212 left here in this one dream up 7657 La little two game home stand concludes here with this one they'll go on the road for two beginning Wednesday Indiana few few teams are playing as well as Indiana right now that game will be over on CBS Sports Network it be Chicago on ION Friday and then back here with Connecticut for two a week from tonight we'll have that one for you right here on Spectrum Sports Net but you talk about Indiana there was so much talk right like K Clark play with Mitchell how about Boston combined for 64 tonight between the two of them 10 of 18 from three Dynamic back cour they have won eight of their last 10 hey Sparks fans come check out the family fun atmosphere and excitement of a Sparks home game for gameing Flex plans are on sale now if you're interested in learning more scan the QR code on the screen or please visit lars.com for more information not a lot of time left folks if you want to get out here to crypto.com arena for a Sparks game as we've hit the final month of the Season here there is nothing easy the remaining schedule the strength of schedule gives La the toughest schedule the rest of the way just four more home games left for La here's Ami here going right to the cup unable to get that one go back to that Indiana point we were talking about [Music] Mary is everyone was pressing the panic button at the beginning of the year as Jackson misses jiru gets the offensive rebound you go on the Olympic break and all of a sudden they look like a different team and I'm not surprised that tells me you know time kind of helps in these situations right I mean you had the shortest training camp in history the schedule they had to start the schedule they had to start and I mean obviously ly some new players you need to jail Kelsey Mitchell was hurt to start the season the passing of her father in April I mean it just took this team a while to get it together and they are certainly rolling right now obviously it takes time for you to sort of build that chemistry it's not a although we live in a somewhat microwave Society what a night for Lee yo 14 points Le great free throw shooter six of seven 88% on the season she is a bright spot and the leading score for LA tonight how about that was the last time you said that here's cook with the steal Zia cook 101 with cwell cook with the finger and I love the reaction of her teammates on the bench for Zia cook very popular with her teammates and this crowd too indeed they love Z hook here in La Hardwell gets it right back and able to get the [Music] layup approaching a minute left in this one Atlanta will travel to Phoenix Phoenix lost today to Las Vegas Diana terasi and Tosh Cloud will not play both got their seventh text tonight or this afternoon and unless they're ascended they will be sitting out that ball [Applause] game Let's head over over to Nikki well with her 10th point of tonight's game rakia Jackson joined a special group of Sparks as the only players in franchise history to score over 400 points as a rookie listen to these other names Candace Parker 610 in 2008 NECA ogum she scored 462 in 2012 and Lisa Lesley 445 points in 1997 so when you think about that those are the pillars of this franchise Candace Parker o Lisa Lesley and is Ria Jackson the future guys just love to watch your work putting it on the floor knocking down threes what a season she has how outstanding she has been since the All-Star break the confidence she plays with and you can get down you can get up but she just plays the same way and it's that consistency you just love to seeing a young great player saw an adjustment made by Atlanta tonight Mar and Ria because of the Fantastic second half of this season that she's had obviously drawn a lot more attention from the dream and so that's going to be the adjustment right so exactly right a huge part of of her growth and the step that we've seen her take has been in the film room so you got to imagine she's going to be right back in there to see some of these coverages that were thrown at her tonight 13 points five of 16 from the field Lee Yu the leading score for LA tonight she's got 14 she's able to to be the leading score for the Sparks tonight it'll be just the second time this season she's done so remember back in June in the game at Seattle she had her career high of 18 Against The Storm zah cook at the free throw line the pride of Toledo [Applause] Ohio season low for points so far this season for La 61 at Connecticut we don't have to worry about that Z knocking down the foul shot gives the spark 6-2 you see the difference of two teams all right more of a veteran team as Ami here gets the little running hook veteran team in Atlanta knowing what's at stake exactly right big Stakes coming in here in a full game on Chicago today if they could win all business for the dream coming in here tonight in La the youthfulness right you continue to ride that roller coaster three of their seven wins this season have come against either New York or Las Vegas so you pick up one of those big wins the other night and come in here and all of a sudden here's a veteran team that's playing for something as Morell gets the Ste but all learning lessons no doubt kind of you got to go through your bumps people always point to Vegas but going back to their days in San Antonio before transitioning to Vegas when they started to put this roster together they took their lumps as well Rome wasn't built to the night folks tough one here for La is they shoot just 37% from the field just three of 21 from Beyond The Arc and they fall here tonight 80- 62 to the Atlanta Dream Mark shw producer J du deor our director our fantastic