Paige Bueckers lit up Los Angeles on Wednesday night, setting a new WNBA rookie scoring record with 44 points. However, the Dallas Wings guard's remarkable performance wasn’t enough to grab the win, as Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum buried a last-second shot to seal an 81-80 victory at Crypto.com Arena.

Dallas Wings' star guard Paige Bueckers poured in a career-high 44 points on 81 percent shooting Wednesday night. The stellar performance cemented the reigning No. 1 overall draft pick as the first WNBA player this season to reach the 40-point mark and the most points by a rookie in league history.

Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum has never been shy about saying what she thinks. When recently asked how the Sparks keep their WNBA playoffs push alive, she promptly dropped an F-bomb. "Yeah, we gotta play some [expletive] defense," Plum said bluntly during a postgame interview.

Kelsey Plum banked in the winning shot just before the final buzzer and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 81-80 to spoil rookie Paige Bueckers’ career-high 44-point performance

Wednesday night's matchup between the Los Angeles Sparks and Dallas Wings turned into an action-packed affair. The closely contested game was sealed by Kelsey

Cameron Brink was held scoreless as the Los Angeles Sparks fell 95–86 to the Washington Mystics on the road Sunday, despite a standout performance from Kelsey Plum.

Sparks star Kelsey Plum spoke about the team’s tough schedule recently amid a conituning push for the playoffs.

Plum is on pace to match Taurasi with two such seasons and turns 31 later in August (Taurasi turned 31 in June of the season she FIRST notched 20-plus and five-plus feat). So since we know her averages, it’s no surprise that Plum tied the WNBA record for most 20 and five games in a single season with her 18th of 2025 on Sunday.