Los Angeles plays the Phoenix Mercury after Azurá Stevens scored 21 points in the Sparks' 89-75 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.

Plum is originally from Poway, Calif., which is just minutes away from San Diego, and attended high school in the affluent San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla, so joining the Sparks has been something of a homecoming for her. She played college basketball at Washington, where she led Division I with an average of 31.7 points a game.

Coach Cheryl Reeve – who’s headed the Lynx since 2010 – said the Sparks got it right with Roberts, a modern-minded coach with an appreciation for three-points-is-more-than-two analytics, though perhaps not the natural shooting depth at her disposal to fit that notion.

The Minnesota Lynx roared to a 2-0 start with an 89-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks Sunday night. It was their second straight role playing the spoiler to start the season, having marred Paige Bueckers' WNBA debut in the Dallas Wings' home opener on Friday and then doing the same to the Sparks in L.A.

The WNBA opens up its season Friday night as the Los Angeles Sparks visit the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Before the Sparks’ game against the Valkyries, head coach Lynne Roberts provided an update for Brink, saying that while she’s making progress, there is no definitive timetable for her return. Brink suffered a season-ending ACL injury about one month into her rookie season.

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The Los Angeles Sparks pulled off a convincing 84-67 season-opening win over the Golden State Valkyries on Friday night — a timely victory to begin 2025 in fron

Despite shooting the Valkyries back into the game, Julie Vanloo’s three fourth-quarter turnovers turned out to be costly for the Valkyries as they attempted to make a run in the final period. Vanloo ended the night with a team-high six turnovers while dishing out two assists.