---
title: "Sparks are routed at home by the Storm as Flau'jae Johnson scores 23"
description: "The Los Angeles Sparks were overrun on their own court on Monday night, shooting poorly and giving the ball away too often in an 82-64 loss to the Seattle Storm at Crypto.com Arena, a lopsided result led by Flau'jae Johnson's 23 points."
category: "Sports"
category_url: https://herald.la/category/sports
author: "Elias Rosen"
published: 2026-07-07T04:52:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-07T04:52:00.000Z
canonical: https://herald.la/article/sparks-are-routed-at-home-by-the-storm-as-flaujae-johnson-scores-23
tags: ["wnba", "los-angeles-sparks", "seattle-storm", "basketball"]
---
# Sparks are routed at home by the Storm as Flau'jae Johnson scores 23

The Los Angeles Sparks were overrun on their own court on Monday night, shooting poorly and giving the ball away too often in an 82-64 loss to the Seattle Storm at Crypto.com Arena, a lopsided result led by Flau'jae Johnson's 23 points.

There was little for the home crowd to hold onto on Monday night. The Los Angeles Sparks lost 82-64 to the Seattle Storm at Crypto.com Arena, a defeat that was as much about their own missed shots and careless passes as anything the visitors did, [ESPN's box score showed](https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401857045/storm-sparks).

## Cold shooting, costly turnovers

The numbers told the story of a one-sided night. The Sparks shot just 34 percent from the field and a frigid 17 percent from three-point range, while Seattle connected at 43 percent overall and 30 percent from deep, [ESPN's box score showed](https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401857045/storm-sparks). Los Angeles also turned the ball over 19 times to Seattle's 13, the kind of margin that turns a close game into a rout.

## Johnson leads the way

Flau'jae Johnson paced the Storm with 23 points on 9-of-19 shooting, and Natisha Hiedeman added 15, [ESPN's box score showed](https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401857045/storm-sparks). Seattle set the tone early and never let the Sparks find a rhythm.

## Hamby the lone bright spot

Dearica Hamby was the exception for Los Angeles, leading the team with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting. But she had little support, and the Sparks could not string together the runs needed to climb back into the game, [Yahoo Sports reported](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/listless-sparks-routed-flaujae-johnson-041200048.html).

## Where it leaves the Sparks

The loss dropped the Sparks to 8-11 on the season, and 3-7 at home, [ESPN's box score showed](https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401857045/storm-sparks). For a team trying to steady itself, a home blowout is an unwelcome marker at this stage of the summer, and one the Sparks will look to answer quickly.