Game Preview: Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks — August 20
Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 12:30 AM
Arlington, TX (Aug. 19, 2025) – The Dallas Wings will face the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena in the second meeting in less than a week between the two teams. Tipoff is at 9 p.m. CT with the game airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on KFAA29, and streaming out of market on WNBA League Pass. Ron Thulin and Fran Harris will have the call.
The Wings (9-26) are coming off a 106-87 loss at the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday. Maddy Siegrist continued her hot streak with a career-high 23 points to lead Dallas. The Sparks (16-18) fell at the Washington Mystics on Sunday 95-86. Dearica Hamby had a team-high 26 points.
Dallas and LA met this past Friday at College Park Center, with the Sparks scoring a 97-96 victory. Paige Bueckers had a game-high 29 points. Following Wednesday’s showdown, the Wings and Sparks will meet once more this season in LA on Sept. 7.
How to Follow
Airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth arena on KFAA29 and streaming out-of-market on WNBA League Pass. For complete local TV coverage click HERE. Follow @DallasWings and @DallasWingsPR for the latest breaking news. Live stats are available on stats.wnba.com.
2025 Wings-Sparks Schedule & Results
6/6 @ DAL L, 79-93
8/15 @ DAL L, 96-97
8/20 @ LA 9 p.m.
9/7 @ LA 5 p.m.
Los Angeles leads the all-time series 49-32
Game Status Report
Arike Ogunbowale – Out (Right Knee)
Ty Harris – Out (Left Knee)
Li Yueru – Out (Left Knee)
Aziaha James – Probable (Right Foot)
Notable Storylines
Bueckers Makes History (Again) … Dallas Wings rookie guard Paige Bueckers recorded a pair of historic milestones in Friday’s game against the LA Sparks. With a game-high 29 points, Bueckers eclipsed the 500-point mark (508), doing so quicker than any rookie in franchise history – just 27 games. Bueckers also dished five assists to become the franchise rookie leader in assists with 146 and counting. Through Sunday’s game at Las Vegas, Bueckers is 104 points shy of Arike Ogunbowale’s franchise rookie scoring record (630 points in 2019). Bueckers’ average of 18.8 lists second to only Ogunbowale’s rookie clip of 19.1, while ranking eighth overall in WNBA history. Her assists total ranks 11th among all rookies in league history. Buckers will look to pass Odyssey Sims next on the points list – Sims tallied 569 points as a newcomer in 2014.
Back With A Bang … After missing 18 games recovering from a knee injury, third-year forward Maddy Siegrist returned to the lineup on Aug. 5 and has been on fire ever since. Over the last six games, Siegrist has averaged 16.2 points per game, shooting over 61-percent from the field. Siegrist set a career high with 23 points against the Aces on Sunday. Prior to her injury, Siegrist was averaging 9.4 points per game while shooting .433 from the field.
Dropping Dimes … There have been seven games this year in which a rookie has recorded eight or more assists and six have been accomplished by Wings rookies. JJ Quinerly was the latest to join the club as she dished a career-high nine dimes in last Friday’s game against the Sparks. Teammate Paige Bueckers has five showings, including the only points-assist double-double in the WNBA by a rookie this season with her 10 dishes on May 21 against Minnesota. Quinerly is currently just the fourth Third Round pick in WNBA history (not including the 1997 Elite Draft or 1997-99 allocations) to average at least six points and two assists per game while shooting over 40 percent from the field during her rookie season.