The Sparks have had a depth advantage relative to the other teams in the Wubble all season. They were one of the few teams to bring in 12 healthy players and have had at least 11 available for every game this season — until Tuesday against the New York Liberty.
Sydney Wiese and Brittney Sykes were both injured in the team’s win over Chicago Sunday, leaving Los Angeles down two starters. The Sparks responded by replacing Sykes with Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, who started at small forward all of 2019, but Ruffin-Pratt suffered a shoulder injury in the first minute and was ruled out of the rest of the game.