Sparks tie WNBA record for best start at 20-1

Jantel Lavender scored a career-high 25 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 98-92 in overtime Friday night to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history. 

Lavender added a season-high 10 rebounds, and Kristi Tolliver scored eight of her 24 points in overtime...