Holdsclaw stars in debut with San Antonio
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Chamique Holdsclaw scored 19 points in her Silver Stars debut, and San Antonio held off the Los Angeles Sparks 88-81 on Saturday night.
Holdsclaw, playing in her first WNBA game since injuring a knee against the Silver Stars on Aug. 20, 2009, while with the Atlanta Dream, scored San Antonio's first points 2½ minutes in on a putback after a missed 3-point attempt by Sophia Young.
In the fourth quarter, with San Antonio hanging on after Los Angeles had briefly taken the lead, Holdsclaw made an acrobatic save of a loose ball in front of the Sparks' bench. She threw the ball down court to Young, who made a layup that put the Silver Stars up by six.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Holdsclaw joined the Silver Stars on Friday after being waived on Wednesday by Atlanta. Holdsclaw hadn't reported to the Dream and had requested a trade.
Michelle Snow scored six points and Holdsclaw added four during the Silver Stars' 12-0 run in the second quarter after Los Angeles tied it at 26-26 on Betty Lennox's 3-pointer.
Snow had 16 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio (2-1).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Sparks, down by 13 early in the second half, regained the lead for the first time since the game's opening possession when Candace Parker hit a driving layup early in the fourth to make it 65-64.
DeLisha Milton Jones led the Sparks (0-3) with 20 points. Parker scored eight of her 12 points in the second half.