LOS ANGELES — The Sparks came into Friday night’s pivotal home game against the Indiana Fever with a must-win attitude.

Azurá Stevens, Kelsey Plum, Rae Burrell and Dearica Hamby responded by combining for 52 points, but former Sparks guard Odyssey Sims drained a go-ahead floater with less than 15 seconds left as Indiana handed the Sparks a 76-75 defeat at Crypto.com Arena.

Stevens finished with a team-high 17 points for the Sparks, who had 22 turnovers and were outrebounded 40-30. Plum and Burrell scored 12 points each, and Hamby scored 11.

A three-point play by Stevens gave the Sparks a 70-68 lead with 2:51 left. Hamby’s cutting layup gave the hosts a 72-69 lead, but a 3-pointer by Sims in front of her former team’s bench tied the score at 74-all with 50.8 seconds left.

Stevens was fo

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