LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Washington Mystics and became the first team in the WNBA to collect 450 regular season wins at STAPLES Center Sunday afternoon. Chelsea Gray became the eighth player in WNBA history to record a triple-double, with 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds. Gray notched her career-high in rebounds and assists, while Nneka Ogwumike made a career-high five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 31 points to anchor the Sparks in their 98-81 victory. Los Angeles’ 16 made 3-pointers marked the most in franchise history in a regular season game. Kristi Toliver led the Mystics’ offense with 18 points and nine assists, and Aerial Powers finished with 24 points.

Ogwumike lit up the first quarter with 14 points and three rebounds. A combined total of six 3-pointers made between Ogwumike and Riquna Williams propelled the Sparks to a 29-21 lead at the end of the first quarter. Williams finished the quarter with 10 points, and Tianna Hawkins led the Mystics with eight after Elena Delle Donne left the court one minute into the game with a facial injury and did not return. The 29 points was a season-high for first quarter points.

The Sparks capped off their electric first half with 22 points in the second quarter to finish with 51 points and their most points scored in a half this season, as well as the most points Washington has allowed in one half this season. Before halftime, Los Angeles tied its season-high 10 3-pointers made in a game with shots beyond the arc from Ogwumike, Williams and Wiese in the second quarter, while the Mystics went 3-11 from distance. Gray added eight points and dished out seven assists before the Mystics closed the gap to five points at the half behind Toliver’s 12 points and five assists, as well as Powers’ 14-point effort.

The Mystics could not catch up in the second half as the Sparks pushed forward, scoring the first nine points of the third quarter. Washington found the basket after four and a half minutes of play off a LaToya Sanders jumper and Toliver assist. Tierra Ruffin-Pratt’s seven points gave the Sparks new energy, and Gray added five more points and three assists. The Sparks led by as much as 20 and led the Mystics 74-57 at the end of the third quarter.

Gray grabbed two more rebounds and three assists in the fourth quarter to notch her triple-double, and Williams stayed sharp from beyond the arc with two more 3-pointers. The Sparks shot a season-best 51.6% from 3-point range compared to Washington’s 26.1%, and their 48.6 shooting percentage from the field helped them secure their most points scored in a game this season at 98.