The Sky will take all the help they can get as the try to secure their place in the postseason, which at this point is anything but a guarantee.
In their 76-75 victory Tuesday night in Los Angeles, that help came in the form of three straight missed shots by Sparks guards Jasmine Thomas and Jordin Canada and finally forward Karlie Samuelson as the clock ran down. And on Thursday night, the Sparks offered another handout with their 72-61 loss to the 11th-place Storm, which left the Sparks and Sky tied for the eighth and final playoff spot at 15-21 with four regular-season games remaining. The Sky would claim that spot via tiebreaker: their 3-1 head-to-head record against the Sparks this year.
