The Sparks secured an 85-75 road victory over the Indiana Fever, scoring a season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter. In the final period, L.A. shot 78.6% (11-for-14) from the field and did not commit a single turnover.

Forward-center Azurá Stevens led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, with 14 of those points coming in the fourth. The veteran added seven rebounds and three assists in a well-rounded performance.

Forward Dearica Hamby contributed 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals. Her first defensive board of the game moved her past Tamecka Dixon into seventh place on the Sparks’ all-time defensive rebounds list.

Guard Kelsey Plum recorded 21 points on 54.5% shooting from the field and went 3-for-6 from three-point range, dishing a game-high six assists. Forward Rickea Jackson added 14 points, a game-best plus-18 rating and two rebounds.

As a team, the Sparks shot 50% from the field (29-for-58), holding the Fever to just 36.5% (23-for-63). Los Angeles also tallied 19 assists to Indiana’s 13. With the win, the Sparks improved to 40-16 all-time against the Fever, a dominant .714 winning percentage.

QUOTES OF THE NIGHT:

Head Coach Lynne Roberts

On the team's growth:

“There was just a more confident intensity to how we were playing. We went up four [points] with a couple minutes to go, and I didn't have in my mind at all any sort of ‘Oh no,’ and I didn't sense that from the players either… I say it all the time, but there's a difference [between] playing not to lose when you're up four and playing to win when you're up four, and I thought our players played to win, which means you keep attacking, you keep rebounding, keep defending. You don't hope to win, you go grab it, and I thought that was the difference tonight… It takes moments like this for them to understand what it feels like as a group, and we just got to keep building on that.”

Kelsey Plum

On effective offensive play when things aren't going well on defense:

“Coach has been harping just on keeping the ball poppin’ and they were switching a ton tonight—we had big mismatches, and so just trying to work the ball around to find the best angle to get it in there. We struggled early trying to make the right pass so the intent was good, and I think as the game went along, we settled down and we got the ball to where we needed to. It was a great collective effort.”