SPARKS TODAY

vs. Seattle, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2

Site -- Staples Center.

Radio -- 1150.

Records -- Sparks 19-14; Seattle 22-11.

Record vs. Storm -- 1-1.

Update -- This matchup was reduced to dress-rehearsal status after Sacramento lost to San Antonio on Saturday night, assuring the Sparks would finish third in the Western Conference and open the playoffs against the second-place Seattle Storm at Staples Center on either Thursday or Friday night. The second game in the best-of-three series is scheduled to be played in Seattle, as well as the third, if necessary. The Storm lost a key component after the Olympic break when defending league most valuable player Lauren Jackson, a 6-foot-5 center from Australia, opted for ankle surgery.