Sparks shut down Sky in fourth quarter to take win

The Sparks were down two starters. They had trailed by double-digits early in the first half. Toward the end of this compact WNBA season, exhaustion was clearly something the team was fighting through in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Sky on Sunday.
But the Sparks powered through not with overwhelming offense, but through smothering defense.
The Sparks held the Sky to 5 of 20 shooting in the fourth quarter, including five misses to end the game, to take an 86-80 win.
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