Becky Hammon found Sophia Young under the basket with 17.8 seconds left to give San Antonio their fifth straight win, 63-61.

Los Angeles benefitted from having Temeka Johnson back in the starting line-up and used a 10-0 run to start the final quarterto get back into the game. But the Sparks had no answer for Hammon and Young, who combined for 42 points.

Coach Cooper on Hammon: "Our purpose was to limit her three-point attempts, but for some kind of reason, we'd either fall down, or we'd let her pop open for a three, and I don't understand that."

It was the seventh loss in a row for the Sparks. Cooper added "I think the bottom line is someone on our team is going to have to become a leader, a go-to person. Sometimes, you have to be selfish and put your head down and make a play. If we can't make a play, we are going to fumble like we did."