Overview
- Kelsey Plum scored 38 points and handed out nine assists as the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Las Vegas Aces 101-95.
- Plum shot 12-of-17 from the field and 6-of-7 from three-point range, finishing two points shy of her career high.
- Cameron Brink added 16 points and 10 rebounds despite a first-quarter nose injury and fouling out late, and Erica Wheeler hit a go-ahead three in the final two minutes.
- A'ja Wilson led the Aces with 24 points and 15 rebounds in a back-and-forth game that featured 19 lead changes and 13 ties.
- Magic Johnson publicly praised Plum on X and media reported — as a sourced claim — that Plum joined Caitlin Clark as one of two players this season with five 20-point games, a development that boosts the Sparks’ early-season momentum.