The Sparks dropped a back-and-forth battle at home, 76-75. Nine lead changes and three ties highlighted the matchup, with seven lead changes coming in the fourth quarter. 

Azurá Stevens led the Sparks with 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting and 3-for-5 from deep, adding six rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks. The forward-center knocked down three triples, surpassing Candace Parker's single-season franchise record with nine games of at least two threes and two blocks. Stevens' defensive prowess also moved her into seventh on the Sparks' all-time blocks list, passing Alana Beard. 

Rickea Jackson reached the 1,000-career point mark in her 72nd game, the same number of games it took Sylvia Fowles, Kayla McBride, former Spark Chiney Ogwumike and NaLyssa Smith to reach the milestone.

Dearica Hamby recorded a team-high seven rebounds and moved into 10th place on the Sparks' all-time field goals list.

Rae Burrell and Cameron Brink provided boosts off the bench, with the former pouring in 12 points and the latter tallying four points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal. The 6’4” forward now has 16 multi-block performances in just 27 career appearances.

Los Angeles finished 48.2% from the field in the contest.

QUOTES OF THE NIGHT:

Head Coach Lynne Roberts

On tonight's play from the Fever:

“They only had 13 in that [third] quarter, so it wasn't like that was where we lost the game. But the pace was really fast in that first quarter both ways. I did think the ball got a little sticky in the second quarter…The game just comes down, as I always say, to chances. They had 15 offensive rebounds, and we had 22 turnovers, and we struggled with those two things earlier in the season...Indiana did a great job, and we had 56 field goal attempts, they had 81. And so for us to only lose by one, it's actually pretty statistically amazing. We shot the ball well. We just gave them too many chances. And I think that's what the game comes down to.”

On the bench’s production tonight:

“I thought they did well. We're looking down the barrel of one, two, three games in four days, so I trust them. I thought Cam did a good job defensively, she's just so tough to score on in the paint. And Rae [Burrell] brought some serious life, especially in the third. When they went up six or seven, [Burrell] sparked a little run there. SA [Sarah Ashlee Barker] did a good job, she's physical [and] has done a good job in the past defending [Kelsey] Mitchell. And we just talked about [Julie] Vanloo. I was proud of our bench, and we're gonna need them.”

Dearica Hamby

On making the playoffs:

“One game at a time, we got Sunday [against] Washington, trying to win the series with them. We can kind of still control our own destiny. We can go 5-2 and make a shot at this, so [the mentality is] turn the page and keep going.”