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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Chicago Sky rookie Imani Boyette didnt want to continue playing poorly in the WNBA semifinals.The 6-foot-7 center averaged three points and 4.5 rebounds in two double-digits losses to the Los Angeles Sparks. Boyette played better -- much better, scoring all 13 of her points after halftime and grabbing 11 rebounds as the Sky held off the Sparks 70-66 on Sunday to force a Game 4.I hadnt shown up in the series yet -- the lights have been kind of bright, Boyette said. Ive been guarding two of the best players, so I was very much a rookie this series. My teammates have done a really good job of encouraging me and staying on me.Boyette scored seven points in the third quarter as the Sky turned a nine-point deficit into a two-point lead going into the final quarter.Shes a body down there, so she cant go ignored, league MVP Nneka Ogwumike said. We werent prepared for that.Courtney Vandersloot added 17 points and Clarissa Dos Santos had 10 for the fourth-seeded Sky, who have been playing without leading scorer and rebounder Elena Delle Donne. The 2015 league MVP underwent right thumb surgery on Sept. 13.We were confident going into this game because we knew they hadnt seen our best yet, Vandersloot said.Ogwumike had 16 of her 22 points in the first half and Kristi Toliver added 13 for the second-seeded Sparks, who won the first two games of the series at home by double digits.The Sparks made 6 of their 33 shots beyond the arc.Their zone affected us. We didnt adjust, two-time MVP Candace Parker said.Parker shot 3 for 14 from the field for nine points but grabbed 15 rebounds. She averaged 25 points in the other two games. League sixth woman of the year Jantel Lavender finished with six points for the Sparks.Defending champion and top-seeded Minnesota has a 2-0 lead over Phoenix in the other semifinal series, with Game 3 later Sunday.Toliver hit a 3 for a two-point Sparks lead with 1:30 left, but Boyette made two layups and Vandersloot hit a jumper for a four-point lead. Ogwumike missed a 3 with 8 seconds left, and Vandersloot made two free throws to seal it.The Sky opened the third quarter with a 17-6 run to take the lead. Ogwumike and Parker were scoreless in the third, when the Sky outscored Los Angeles 19-8.Our defensive intensity, we were able to stop them a little bit in the second half, Vandersloot said. They scored eight points in the third quarter, and thats unheard for a team that skilled and that many offensive threats.The Sparks led by 15 in the first half, but the Sky scored the final six points of the second quarter to pull within nine.We got up by a lot, and we got a little frazzled, Ogwumike said.Los Angeles won 95-75 and 99-84 in the other games.They were extremely hungry to win, Sparks coach Brian Agler said. We were like that in LA, but not quite like that here.TIP-INSSparks co-owner Magic Johnson was in attendance. ... The Sparks scored at least 93 points in four of their previous five meetings with Chicago. ... During the regular season, Los Angeles led the WNBA with a 48.7 percent field goal percentage, while the Sky topped the league in scoring at 86.2 points.STILL OUTDelle Donne has missed nine straight games. She averaged 21.5 points to share the league scoring title with New Yorks Tina Charles.UP NEXTGame 4 is in Chicago on Tuesday night Cheap Air Jordan 5 . 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Kings Command will be on trial for a crack at the Group Three Standish Handicap when he steps out on his home track at Flemington after an encouraging return to racing.The Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Kings Command won at Moonee Valley on November 26 and stays in the same grade on Saturday in the Plenary Group Handicap (1200m) but goes up in weight.He has raced once down the straight at Flemington at the end of his last campaign in April when sixth in a race which featured talented sprinters Supido and Illustrious Lad.Troy Corstens said a lot would depend on how the gelding handled the straight on Saturday but if he runs well then the $150,000 Standish Handicap on January 1 over the same course and distance would be on the radar.Kings Command settled in behind the speed first-up at Moonee Valley and apprentice Ben Thompson had to angle him off the fence at the top of the straight.He did a fantastic job and we were really pleased with his first-up effort, Corstens said.He still looked quite big and burly going into that and I thought there was really good improvement to come out of it.He has improved and he looks great.ddddddddddddKings Command won three straight races, two at Geelong and one at Flemington, last January and Corstens is hoping the lightly raced five-year-old is in for another good summer.He says Kings Command is a real work in progress who is coming along nicely and expects the best is yet to come.Hes been very immature, he said.I know that hes five but hes taken ages to really fill into himself.Divine Mr Artie is the $4.50 favourite in an early market with Bassett at $4.80, Chiavari at $5.50 at Kings Command at $6.The Corstens team also has Doom N Boom running second-up on Saturday in the Western Health Foundation Handicap (1400m).Doom N Boom, another lightly raced five-year-old gelding, resumed over 1300m when seventh in a race at Sandown and is staying around that distance range second-up with the plan to step him up to more suitable distances as his campaign progresses.Im looking forward to stepping him out over 2000 metres during the summer, Corstens said. 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