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Julie Allemand had a career-high 21 points, Rae Burrell scored 11 of her 13 in a 16-0 run to open the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 91-77 on Sunday to avoid elimination from playoff contention. <\/p>\n
Los Angeles (20-22) has to win its last two regular-season games and have Seattle lose to Golden State on Tuesday night to make the postseason.<\/p>\n
The Sparks visits Phoenix on Tuesday before wrapping up the regular season at home Thursday against Las Vegas. The Wings conclude the regular season at home against Phoenix on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Allemand made all eight of her shots from the field, hit three 3-pointers and had a career-high five steals. Dearica Hamby scored 15 points, Azur\u00e1 Stevens had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Kelsey Plum scored 12 and Rickea Jackson added 11 points for Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
Dallas scored seven consecutive points early in the third quarter and Myisha Hines-Allen hit a corner 3-pointer with 4:26 left that gave the Wings a 55-54 lead, their first since 6-4. Allemand hit a 3-pointer to take a two-point lead just before the buzzer in the third quarter. <\/p>\n
Paige Bueckers led Dallas with 18 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Hines-Allen added 15 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and seven assists. <\/p>\n
The Sparks hit 10 3-pointers and had 12 steals. <\/p>\n
Arike Ogunbowale (knee) missed her 11th consecutive game for Dallas. <\/p>\n
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