Indiana Fever (7-10) at Los Angeles Sparks (16-1)

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Time: 10:30 p.m. (EDT)
Site: STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Television: None
Webcast: Live webcast and stats can be accessed via WNBA League Pass on FeverBasketball.com

Probable Starters
Fever– F- Tamika Catchings, F-Lynetta Kizer, C-Erlana Larkins, G- Erica Wheeler, G-Briann January
Sparks– F- Essence Carson, F- Nneka Ogwumike, C- Candace Parker, G- Alana Beard, G- Kristi Toliver

Storylines & Promotion
• The Indiana Fever wrap up a month-long stretch with eight of 10 games on the road as they embark on a three-game Western Conference road trip, tipping off in Los Angeles Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m.

• Wednesday’s game will not be televised locally, but fans can follow all the action by watching WNBA League Pass via FeverBasketball.com or by following live updates on Twitter @IndianaFever.

• The Fever saw their two-game winning streak come to a half as San Antonio rookie guard Moriah Jefferson put back a missed three-pointer at the buzzer to push the Stars past Indiana, 87-85, in overtime last Friday night.

• At the midway point of the season, the Fever stand with a 7-10 record, two games behind their 9-8 pace halfway through the 2015 regular season. Indiana finished the 2015 regular season with a 20-14 record and reached the WNBA Finals for the third time in franchise history.

• The Fever forced 20 turnovers in Friday’s loss to San Antonio and now lead the WNBA this season while forcing 16.2 mistakes per game. Indiana ranks second in the league with an average of 8.8 steals per game.

• Erlana Larkins recorded her fourth double-double of the season Friday against the Stars, posting team-highs with 16 points and a season-high 17 rebounds. Larkins has scored in double figures in five of her last seven games and is shooting 61.0 percent from the field this season, fifth in the WNBA.

• Larkins ranks fifth overall in the WNBA with an average of 8.5 rebounds per game and has led the Fever in rebounding in 13 of the team’s 17 games this season.

• With 12 points against San Antonio, Tamika Catchings has scored in double figures in each of the past six games with three outings of 20 or more over that span. She added a season-high six steals in the overtime loss.

• Currently the toast of the league this season with a 16-1 record, the Sparks are in the midst of the second-best start in WNBA history behind the Houston Comets’ 1998 campaign in which they started the season 20-1.

• Los Angeles ranks third in the league in scoring with an average of 85.2 points per game while leading the league in field goal percentage (.491), three-point percentage (.390), assists (20.9), steals (9.2), points allowed (72.5) and three-point defense (.268).

• Forward Nneka Ogwumike leads the Sparks with an average of 18.6 points (sixth in the WNBA) and 8.8 rebounds per game (third) while leading the league in field goal percentage, shooting nearly 70 percent from the floor this season. Do-everything forward Candace Parker is averaging 16.2 points and 7.5 rebounds to go with a team-leading 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

Series
The Fever and Sparks split their two regular season matchups last season as each squad was able to steal a game on the other’s home court. In the midst of a six-game winning streak last season, the Fever overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to defeat the Sparks, 79-68, at the STAPLES Center on August 17, 2015. That victory marked just the third road win in the history of the series, as Indiana holds a 9-20 record all-time against the Sparks, including a 3-12 mark at Los Angeles.