SPARKS WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT 86-72 : SPARKS 86, WASHINGTON 72.
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Lisa Leslie Lisa Leslie (born July 7, 1972 in Gardena, California) is a Women's National Basketball Association player currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. One of the original WNBA players, she quickly rose to stardom as one of the league's most top-performing and popular scored 21 points Monday night at the Forum and the
Sparks beat the Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They started play in 1998, the second year of the WNBA and are one of the WNBA's first expansion franchises. 86-72 for their fourth consecutive
victory and third under interim coach Orlando Woolridge Orlando Vernada Woolridge (born December 16 1959 in Bernice, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA.
Woolridge played collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame. .
The expansion Mystics (2-20) have lost nine straight games overall
and are 0-10 on the road. They are 0-4 since coach Jim Lewis was fired
July 23 and replaced by assistant Cathy Parson on an interim basis.
Penny Toler had 13 of her 15 points in the first half for the
Sparks (10-13); Pam McGee had 14 points and Mwadi Mabika had her first
professional double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
Penny Moore scored 18 points for the Mystics.
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