Tonight Candace Parker returns to the court just 53 days after giving birth to a baby daughter. Johnny Vy/NBAE/Getty Images

Because the sport of basketball is really just a game of numbers, we will bring you WNBA "By The Numbers" every other week throughout the season. So without further ado, here are the stats you need to know.

1 - Home games for the Los Angeles Sparks in the month of July. After Sunday's game against Phoenix, LA goes out on a seven-game road trip, the longest trip of any team this season.

2 - Days remaining to vote for the starters in this year's WNBA All-Star Game.

4 - Double-doubles posted by Chicago's Sylvia Fowles - tops in the WNBA - in the Sky's first 10 games of the season.

4 - 100-point games in the WNBA so far this season, only one of which required overtime to reach the century mark.

5 - Wins for the Atlanta Dream so far this season, surpassing the four wins they collected in their inaugural season.

7 - Consecutvie wins for the Indiana Fever, a new franchise record.

8 - Steals by Chicago's Jia Perkins in their win over Washington on June 27, the most steals in a single game this season.

8 - Consecutive 20-point games to open the season by Seattle's Lauren Jackson, one shy of the WNBA record held by Cynthia Cooper.

14 - Points and rebounds posted by Indiana's Tammy Sutton-Brown in Indiana's 67-53 win over Connecticut on Thursday.

16 - Assists (on 17 made baskets) for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the first half of Friday's game against Chicago.

53 - Days it took Los Angeles' Candace Parker to return to the court for the Sparks after having her baby daughter on May 13.

105 - Games it took Phoenix' Cappie Pondexter to reach 2,000 career points and 400 career assists, becoming the third fastest player to reach that mark behind teammate Diana Taurasi, who did it in 104 games, and the great Cynthia Cooper, who did it in 90 games.

500 - Lauren Jackson became the third player in league history to block 500 shots, joining Margo Dydek and Lisa Leslie. At 28 years, 56 days, Jackson is the youngest to reach the mark.

3,500 - With 14 points on Detroit's win over Sacramento on June 28, Deanna Nolan became the 18th player in WNBA history to score 3,500 career points.