Though still 11-14, the Sparks have pulled within one game of the eighth-place Washington Mystics and 1.5 games of the seventh-place Las Vegas Aces. They quietly have the fifth-best offensive rating (104.7) in the league, Cameron Brink is closing in on a return and they have the fifth-easiest remaining schedule.

After an abysmal start to the season, the Sparks are riding a five-game winning streak for a late-season push and are about to welcome back Cameron Brink.