Up next for Sparks: Tuesday vs. New York

VS. NEW YORK

When: 6.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: ESPN2.

Records: Sparks 8-11,

Liberty 7-14.

Record vs. Storm: 1-0.

Update: A day after playing Indiana, the top team in the Eastern Conference, the Sparks play host to New York, the bottom team in the Eastern Conference. The Liberty has lost six of its last seven games and recently fired coach Pat Coyle. Before the Sparks game Monday, both teams were among the worst in team offense. The Sparks averaged a league-worst 71 points per game, and the Liberty averaged a second-worst 73.48 points per game.

-- Mark Medina