She started the season making a compelling case for her first All-Star recognition, but a scoring slump may have spoiled her shot at the midseason award.

Natasha Cloud scored 11 of her 23 points in the third quarter and sparked a huge run to lead the New York Liberty to an 89-79 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday night. Breanna Stewart added 17 points and 14 rebounds and Sabrina Ionescu had 20 points for New York (12-5).

After trailing by 11 with 6:07 left in the third, the Liberty scored the next 13 points to take the lead. They would trail for only 18 more seconds en route to an 89-79 comeback win over the Sparks in front of 15,956 at an electric Barclays Center.