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Sparks fly away from Wings with decisive second quarter

Related Topics: Candace Parker, Los Angeles, Dallas, Wings

Fresh off a loss that ended their nine-game winning streak, the Los Angeles Sparks came out of the gates slowly against the Dallas Wings on Wednesday. The Wings quickly doubled up the Sparks, taking a 18-9 lead that would be 23-17 after the first quarter.

But a few minutes into the second quarter the Sparks started clicking, and rode the star power of Candace Parker and Chelsea Gray. With six minutes left in the half, they trailed 34-25. But they rattled off a 23-5 run to turn that deficit into a nine-point halftime lead, with Parker and Gray combining for 14 of those points.