Los Angeles SparksvsToronto Tempo
LA 97/TOR 125
Things to say
Toronto beat the LA Sparks 125-97 at home.
01
opener
Tempo blew the doors off LA, 125-97. It wasn't close after the first quarter. Toronto could not miss.
02
key player
Marina Mabrey dropped 53. Fifty-three. She was getting buckets from everywhere, an absolute clinic.
03
hot take
LA's defense was nonexistent. You don't give up 125 and pretend you're a playoff team.
04
deep cut
Julie Allemand quietly dished 14 dimes. When your point guard sets the table like that, everybody eats.
05
exit
Sparks gotta flush this one and regroup. Long season, but they took the L hard tonight.
The recap
Toronto ran the Sparks right out of the building, 125-97, and it was the Marina Mabrey show from tip to final buzzer. She dropped a ridiculous 53 and just couldn't miss, with Julie Allemand setting the table for 14 dimes to keep the buckets flowing.
LA never had an answer; Dearica Hamby fought for her 21 and 9 but got zero help, and the rest of the Sparks couldn't buy a bucket. Once Mabrey caught fire there was no turning point to speak of, just Toronto pulling away and never looking back.