Lav averaged 15/8 and shot 56% fg in the four wins. She is playing with great confidence and decisiveness and is starting to look like the dominating force that she was in her college days at Ohio State.
The Sky is in first place in the East and they are coming in after an exciting overtime win over Minnesota that helped move the Sparks within 1.5 games of first in the West.
Elena Della Donne canned the 3 pt shot that forced overtime with the Lynx. She finished with a career high 32 points and Sylvia Fowles added 31pts and 9 boards. I talked with Fowles at the All-Star game and she was happy to talk about the Sky's red-hot rookie
Fowles: Having Elena there makes my job a whole lot easier. Elena is a big frame. She can stretch teams and shoot from behind the 3 point line, but she can also get inside and post up. She blocks some shots and can play anywhere from the 3 to the 5. That is something that we've been missing: A. a true 4 player B. a true 3 player and now we have both in her.
Elena has had a lot of impact on our team. You can see where we are standing at right now. She makes a difference! We can be really good, but with that said and as scary as that sounds, I still don't think that we have reached our peak."
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The Sky beat the Sparks in their first meeting of the season, back in June. Fowles and Della Donne combined for 37 points and 13 rebounds in the Chicago victory.
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Still to come in LarryB'sblog
" Tales From the Trip"
My personal pictorial look back at the Sparks' recent road adventures
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