Aliyah Boston helps Fever beat Sparks, transfer into sixth place
LOS ANGELES — Aliyah Boston had 22 factors, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and a career-high six steals to assist the Indiana Fever beat the Los Angeles Sparks 76-75 on Friday night time.
Odyssey Sims added 21 factors towards her former group, together with scoring Indiana’s closing 5 factors. Boston made a key steal with 1.9 seconds left to seal the win.
Indiana (21-18) moved a half-game forward of Seattle (21-19) for sixth place within the WNBA standings with 5 video games to play. Los Angeles (17-20) fell two video games behind Golden State for the ultimate playoff spot.
Los Angeles ahead Azura Stevens grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled on a putback try with 31.6 seconds left. She made 1 of two free throws to offer Los Angeles a 75-74 lead.
Indiana secured an offensive rebound on its subsequent possession and Sims made a floater within the lane to retake the lead with 13.6 left.
After a timeout, Los Angeles guard Rickea Jackson was trapped on the free-throw line earlier than discovering Kelsey Plum, who misplaced management of it and threw it to Boston for Los Angeles’ twenty second turnover. Kelsey Mitchell missed two free throws with 0.4 seconds left and Los Angeles didn’t get a shot off earlier than the buzzer.
Mitchell, averaging 20.7 factors per recreation, completed with 12 factors for Indiana. Caitlin Clark (proper groin) didn’t play. Boston turned the second participant in franchise historical past to document a minimum of 15 factors, 10 rebounds and 5 steals in a single recreation.
Stevens scored 17 factors for Los Angeles, which had received the earlier three conferences within the season collection. Plum and Rae Burrell every added 12 factors.
