Canada's Nurse helps lift Sparks past Storm on home soil in WNBA pre-season action

Canadian Kia Nurse had some nerves entering Saturday's WNBA pre-season contest at Rogers Place. The Hamilton native and Canadian national team star had nine points in 19 minutes of action as her Los Angeles Sparks held on to beat the Seattle Storm 84-79 in front of 16,655 fans. “So to be in this situation now, to see how things have changed, and how it's propelling women's sports forward, and particularly in Canada, it's really, really special.” Sparks coach Curt Miller said his team called a set play right off the jump ball that would try to get the ball in Nurse's hands so she could score the first points of the game.