Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - The Lakers aren't the only professional basketball team from Los Angeles in the news lately for all the wrong reasons.

The Los Angeles Sparks suffered one of their worst defeats in franchise history Tuesday night -- an 82-47 shellacking at the hands of the Seattle Storm.

The 47 points were a franchise-low for the Sparks, who lost six consecutive games for the first time.

"I'm about to shed tears because I'm a defensive coach," Sparks coach Michael Cooper said. "For our defense to be incomplete and incompetent is obviously a reflection on me."

Iziane Castro Marques scored 19 points and Lauren Jackson had 18 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Storm (11-8), winners in four for their last five games and 6-2 in their last eight.

"We just focused on getting into the playoffs," Castro Marques said. "If you keep playing the way we were playing, you're not going to get there."

Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored a team-high 10 points for Los Angeles.

Seattle converted 10-of-17 shots from the field in the first quarter and went on a 13-2 run to go up 24-12 in the second quarter. The Sparks (7-12) shot a season-low 29.9 percent from the field.