Bahamian Jonquel “JJ” Jones and the Connecticut Sun blew an opportunity to pull even with the Washington Mystics for first place in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) standings on Sunday, falling to Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks at Staples Center in L.A., 84-72.

Jones had another strong game with 16 points and 12 rebounds – her league-leading 15th double-double of the season, but the Sun fell apart in the third quarter and couldn’t recover in the fourth. They saw their four-game winning streak snapped and dropped to a 20-9 win-loss record on the season – a game behind the league-leading Mystics (21-8).

The Sparks won for the 11th straight time at home, and are now just a game and a half behind the Sun in the standings (18-10). The top five teams are separated by just three games in the standings.

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