The WNBA is back on Thursday afternoon when the red-hot Minnesota Lynx (17–3) take on the struggling Los Angeles Sparks (6–13) at Crypto.com Arena.

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago Sky faces the Minnesota Lynx after Rebecca Allen scored 27 points in the Chicago Sky's 87-76 victory over the Dallas Wings. The Sky are 3-4 in home games. Chicago gives up 86.3 points and has been outscored by 7.2 points per game.

Minnesota Lynx players Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman are planning to do a non-stop livestream during the entirety of the WNBA All-Star Weekend.

WNBA season is heating up as the league nears its midpoint. The All-Star game this year will be played in Indianapolis, the home of the Fever. Superstar Napheesa Collier was named one of the captains for this year’s game along with Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever.

The Minnesota Lynx have dominated the WNBA so far this season, running out to a 17-2 record—four games clear of any other team in the league in the loss column. Of course, fans wouldn't really know it based on the recently released roster for the upcoming All-Star Game.

Heading into the match-up, the No. 6 Valkyries have a 9-7 record, and the Lynx are 15-2, a record that puts them at the top of the WNBA.

Napheesa Collier scored 28 points in a victory that began slowly and concluded with Minnesota’s reserves protecting the margin.

Natisha Hiedeman came off the bench to score 18 points, Napheesa Collier added 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 91-82 on Thursday. Collier made a step-back jumper in the lane with 1.