SPARKS SLAM STORM WNBA: PARKER GETS 22 POINTS, INCLUDING ANOTHER DUNK. SPARKS 76, SEATTLE 62.

Byline: Gene Warnick

Staff Writer

As the Sparks were celebrating Tuesday's 76-62 victory against Seattle, 9-year-old Kolby Deziel of Pasadena was standing just outside the locker room, gently folding a youth-sized Candace Parker jersey on her knee.

Deziel, the daughter of the team's strength and conditioning coach, Bruce Deziel, also was wearing aParker shirt. That gives her asmany Parker jerseys as the rookie from Tennessee has dunks in the past two games.

It took six years for someone -- Parker -- to duplicate Lisa Leslie's feat of slamming in a WNBA game. It took two days for Parker to do it again.

Parker, who helped cap Sunday's victory against Indiana by becoming the second player in league history to dunk, did the same thing Tuesday with 57.9 seconds remaining, sending the crowd of 8,032 at Staples Center into a tizzy.

"A lot of us have just seen history: dunks in back-to- back games," Sparks coach Michael Cooper said. "What's impressive is the ease of it; she does it with one hand. Most women would have to grab it with two hands, but she just takes it off the dribble."

Parker didn't seem as excited about the momentus occasion as her coach or the crowd. "Obviously, it's great to do it in Los Angeles and get the crowd hyped and energetic," she said, nearly repeating a phrase she uttered Sunday. It's something about that basket, I guess."

Parker scored a game-high 22 points Tuesday, including eight in the decisive third quarter, when the Sparks (10-3) outscored Seattle 22-10 to pull away.

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