SPARKS TODAY

vs. Washington, noon

Site -- Staples Center.

Radio -- 690 (7 p.m., delayed).

Records -- Sparks 10-8, Mystics 9-10.

Record vs. Mystics -- 1-0.

Update -- DeLisha Milton-Jones, a fan favorite during her years with the Sparks, returns to Los Angeles for the first time since the off-season trade that sent her to Washington in exchange for Chamique Holdsclaw. Milton-Jones is averaging 11.2 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Mystics, who are hanging on to the fourth and final playoff spot in the East. Washington is 1-2 on its trip, defeating Seattle but losing to Phoenix and Sacramento. Holdsclaw, who sat out the Sparks’ loss to Seattle Saturday because of a tight left hamstring, is expected to play. She had 25 points against her old team in the first meeting between these teams May 26. Tamecka Dixon, who has been resting a sore knee for a week, is not yet ready to return to the Sparks’ starting lineup.

Tickets -- (213) 480-3232.

-- Mike Terry