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

Last year, Plum averaged 17.8 points and 4.2 assists a game for Las Vegas. In her first game of the new season, she went for 37 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and 4-of-6 from 3-point range while adding six assists and five steals as L.A. defeated the Golden State Valkyries by 17 points.

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

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 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

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Los Angeles hosts the Minnesota Lynx after Kelsey Plum scored 37 points in the Los Angeles Sparks' 84-67 victory over the Golden State Valkyries.

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.