LOS ANGELES — The Minnesota Lynx don’t want to lose the feeling that comes with winning. They’re having too much fun doing it.

Lindsay Whalen scored a season-high 24 points and the Lynx extended their franchise-best winning streak to nine games with an 84-78 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday night.

Seimone Augustus had 19 points and Rebekkah Brunson scored 18 for Minnesota (16-4). Whalen, the league’s assists leader, had eight.

“We’re having fun. That’s the main thing,” Whalen said. “We just have to keep it going.”

The Lynx snapped a six-game losing skid at Staples Center, where they are just 4-19 all-time. Their last win in Los Angeles came on July 3, 2008.