Up next for Sparks: vs. Tulsa on Saturday

VS. TULSA

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: WNBA.com.

Records: Sparks 1-1, Shock 0-4.

Record vs. Shock (2012): 2-2.

Update: The Sparks are coming off a 83-78 loss to San Antonio last Saturday. In that contest, Candace Parker had a game-high 27 points and 20 rebounds, but the Silver Stars’ bench outscored the Sparks’ reserves, 36-19. The Shock will be playing without 6-foot-8 Elizabeth Cambage (left ankle injury), who averages a team-high 18.7 points and eight rebounds a game. Tulsa’s second-leading scorer is 6-3 Glory Johnson, a former Tennessee standout who averages 15.5 points. Tulsa’s top draft pick, Skylar Diggins, is averaging 9.8 points. Meanwhile, the Sparks’ Alana Beard, who sat out last Saturday’s game because of a hamstring injury, is expected to play against the Shock.

—Melissa Rohlin