The Sparks outlasted the Storm in double-overtime Friday, 108-106, in a matchup that featured 14 lead changes and 12 ties. The first double-overtime contest of the WNBA season saw Los Angeles set season highs in points (108), field goals made (41) and rebounds (46). 

With the win, Los Angeles snapped a five-game skid against Seattle and notched its league-leading ninth road victory of the year. The Sparks also had four players score 20 or more points for the first time in their history and just the fifth time in WNBA history.

Forward Rickea Jackson recorded a team-high 27 points on 11 made field goals and grabbed a season-best nine rebounds. The second-year wing also went a perfect 5-for-5 from the free-throw line and tied the game on back-to-back Sparks possessions to force overtime. 

Forward Dearica Hamby tallied 21 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for her 51st career double-double, tying her with Napheesa Collier and Crystal Langhorne for 28th on the WNBA’s all-time list. Forward-center Azurá Stevens also finished with 21 points (7-for-11 FG, 3-for-5 3PT, 4-for-4 FT), matching her career high in assists with five and adding two blocks. 

Guard Kelsey Plum contributed 22 points and a team-high seven assists, while guard Julie Allemand contributed eight points, five assists, two steals and a career-high nine rebounds.

Defensively, forward Cameron Brink posted three blocks and two steals, marking her seventh game with three or more blocks and her ninth contest with at least one steal and one block in just 17 career appearances. 

The Sparks outscored the Storm 60-50 in the paint and 19-8 on the fast break, resulting in the 108-point outburst that now ranks as the third-highest scoring game in franchise history.

Head Coach Lynne Roberts, on the Sparks’ road success:

“We are able to eliminate distractions on the road. It's very much the collective, all-for-one, one-for-all mentality. We understand that we're a ‘sum of the parts’ team, and that's not very common, is it? We've got great crowds, and it's not like we’re playing in an empty arena, so we've got to fix the home game thing, but we will. We're continuing to get better, but this was a great win. To be able to do it on the road with this crowd in double overtime, it's a great confidence boost.” 

Rickea Jackson, on the team’s trust in important moments:

“It means a lot for my coaches and my teammates to trust in me in these crucial moments. At the end of the day, I just want to win for them. For them to even trust to put the ball in my hands in those moments, it makes you focus a little bit more. You're like, ‘I'm going to make sure that I make this bucket, because if not, I would be so disappointed in myself, I will beat myself up for that until the next game.’ So that's all it's about, the trust factor, the moving the ball… we're getting each other the ball in our spots, and I feel like our chemistry is just continuing to grow. [If] the ball goes to anybody in those moments, whoever it is, we're all just fearless. So, it's not just me, it's anybody. So again, [I’m] just proud of this team and glad we got this win.”

Kelsey Plum, on the team’s poise:

“That's one of the things that I've been super impressed about this group, like we just don't get rattled. On the road, I think we've had a lot of close wins, and if you look at overtime, everyone made clutch plays. Julie [Allemand] went to the hole in one play, obviously [Rickea Jackson] had two big buckets to get us into over time, Dearica [Hamby] had that one [shot], [Azurá Stevens] had some big shots. It was really just everyone reading the game and whatever kind of [was] available. It was awesome to [have] everyone stay super aggressive, and they scored, and we just went down the other way and got a couple easy buckets. I think that was just a good sign of maturity, that's when we're at our best.” 

What’s Next?: 

Next, the Sparks return to Los Angeles for a two-game homestand, facing the Indiana Fever Tuesday, Aug. 5 (7 p.m. PT) and the Connecticut Sun Thursday, Aug. 7 (7 p.m. PT).