TODAY

vs. Phoenix

12:30, Channel 9

* Site--Great Western Forum.

* Radio--KPLS (830).

* Records--Sparks 3-0, Mercury 3-1.

* 1999 record vs. Mercury--3-1.

* Update--The Sparks, the WNBA’s only unbeaten team, confront their stiffest test yet when they meet Cheryl Miller’s Mercury, the team that handed the three-time league champion Houston Comets an 80-62 defeat in Houston last week. The Mercury, energized by forward Brandy Reed and point guard Tonya Edwards, hope to register its first Forum win since Toni Foster’s last-second shot gave the Mercury a 57-56 victory in 1997. Los Angeles is 7-5 against Phoenix but 5-1 at the Forum.

* Tickets--(310) 330-2434.