The Los Angeles Sparks (15-17) face a must-win game Friday at College Park Center against the Dallas Wings (9-24) to keep their WNBA playoff hopes alive.

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Kelsey Plum scored 28 points, Dearica Hamby had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Sparks held on to beat the Dallas Wings 97-96 on Friday night after Paige Bueckers missed a potential winning 3-pointer.

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Atlanta will be the 2-seed in the playoffs, Seattle will reach the postseason and not one head coach will get fired.

Experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai give their best bets for Tuesday's contest between the Dallas Wings and Indiana Fever

Dallas Wings superstar Paige Bueckers is the runaway favorite to take home the WNBA 's Rookie of the Year award. She's always mentioned Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving as one of her idols, but she has another player who is one of her favorites.

Indiana has won six of its last 10 games, recently stumbling to the Dallas Wings, but they’ll have a chance to pick up a win when they face the Washington Mystics. Ahead of the matchup against the Mystics, Indiana made a change to its roster, announcing on Thursday its signing of guard Kyra Lambert to a seven-day contract.