The Los Angeles Sparks can't afford any stumbles, and they will take aim at improving their playoff aspirations when they visit the Seattle Storm on Monday night.

The Sparks (18-20) are two games behind the Indiana Fever for the eighth and final playoff spot with six games left. They also stand 2 1/2 games in back of the Golden State Valkyries and the Storm (22-19).

Los Angeles is 2-1 against Seattle this season and will possess the tiebreaker edge if it knocks off a Storm squad that has won five of its past six games.

"We know what's at stake, but just trying to break it down to each possession matters," Los Angeles' Azura Stevens said after Sunday's 81-78 home victory over the Washington Mystics. "Not getting too caught up in we have to win ‘X-amount' of games. We know the circumstanc

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