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Associated Press
Jun 29, 2025, 07:11 PM ET
LOS ANGELES -- Angel Reese scored a season-high 24 points and became the archetypal WNBA subordinate with 15 oregon much rebounds successful 4 consecutive games, finishing with 16 boards and starring the Chicago Sky to a 92-85 victory connected Sunday implicit the Los Angeles Sparks, who retired Candace Parker's No. 3 jersey astatine halftime.
Reese had 11 points successful the 4th fourth and gave the Sky an 85-74 pb connected a three-point play with 2½ minutes to go. She had 19, 17 and 18 rebounds successful her erstwhile 3 games. She besides had 7 assists and 2 blocks connected Sunday.
Parker, a two-time MVP and Chicago native, played 13 seasons for the Sparks, 2 for the Sky and 1 for the Las Vegas Aces. She won titles with the Sparks successful 2016, the Sky successful 2021 and the Aces successful 2023, her last season. The Sky volition besides discontinue her jersey aboriginal this summer.
Reese had a handbasket arsenic Chicago got the past 4 points of the 3rd 4th to propulsion wrong 62-61. She scored six consecutive points aboriginal successful the 4th to assistance Chicago instrumentality the pb for good.
Ariel Atkins added 20 points for Chicago (5-11), Kia Nurse scored 14 disconnected the bench, Rachel Banham had 13 and Elizabeth Williams 12.
Kelsey Plum led the Sparks (5-12) with 22 points and Dearica Hamby added 20 points and 10 rebounds. Azura Stevens scored 17 points and Emma Cannon had 15 disconnected the bench.
The Sky took a 40-34 halftime lead. Parker past took to the tribunal to code the assemblage earlier her jersey was raised to the rafters, adjacent to those of Sparks greats Lisa Leslie and Penny Toler.
The Sparks changeable 31% successful the archetypal half.
A three-point play by Reese aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th gave Chicago a 48-36 advantage, but the Sparks responded with a 17-3 tally to instrumentality a seven-point lead.
