07.195th Straight Road Loss for Sparks, Houston Comets-75, Los Angeles Sparks-72
Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie were held to just 16 points each in a loss to the Houston Comets Saturday night, 75-72. This is the 5th straight road loss for the Sparks.
Parker was double-teamed all night and only got off 14 shots.
Marie Ferdinand-Harris added 15 points. DeLisha Milton-Jones added 8 points.
The Sparks jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the 1st. But the Comets answered with a 10-0 run to take a 13-9 lead. By the close of the half, Houston had gained a 40-30 advantage.
Leslie hit a 3 pointer with 6 seconds on the clock to tie the game at 65 and sending it into overtime.
Tamecka Dixon contributed with 6 points in overtime, 17 overall, to help push Houston to the win over Los Angeles.
yeh they know to double team parker cause she is too good and they do9 thye same to lisa ledslie aswell but threm nto r the best in the whole world
July 27th, 2008 at 7:59 pm