SPARKS TONIGHT

vs. Washington, 7, Oxygen

Site -- Staples Center.

Radio -- KPLS (830).

Records -- Sparks 16-5, Mystics 5-14.

Record vs. Mystics -- 1-0.

Update -- A loss tonight would mark the Sparks’ first three-game losing streak since June 21-24, 2001. That team did go on a tear, winning a franchise-record 18 games in a row and the first of consecutive WNBA championships. The Sparks play host to a mystifying Washington team, loser of 11 in a row before its current three-game unbeaten streak. The Sparks could be vulnerable if Lisa Leslie (bruised right knee) and Tamecka Dixon (strained left knee) again show up in street clothes. The Mystics’ last loss was July 9, a 97-91 defeat by the Sparks. Washington forward Chamique Holdsclaw averages a double-double. Her 19.8 points per game rank third in the league, her 11.6 rebounds first. The Sparks’ Mwadi Mabika has averaged 25.7 points a game in the three games Leslie has been sidelined.