Up next for the Sparks: Thursday vs. Minnesota
When: 7:30.
Where: Staples Center.
On the air: NBA TV, TWC 101.
Records: Sparks 23-10, Lynx 26-5.
Record vs. Lynx: 1-2.
Update: In the Sparks’ final game of the regular season, they will play the defending champion Lynx. The Sparks have clinched second place in the Western Conference and the Lynx have clinched the top spot, so both teams will have home-court advantage over their first-round playoff opponents, which will be San Antonio and Seattle, respectively. The Sparks will probably play their starters because if they win and Connecticut loses one of its two remaining games, the Sparks will have home-court advantage over any Eastern Conference team. The Lynx are led by Seimone Augustus (16.9 points a game) and Maya Moore (16.5 points a game). The Sparks are 15-1 at home. They open their first-round best-of-three playoff series against San Antonio on Sept. 27 at the Galen Center.
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