{"id":33484,"date":"2025-07-30T04:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T04:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33484\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T04:42:09","slug":"cameron-brink-makes-wnba-season-debut-after-knee-injury-as-sparks-lose-to-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33484\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Brink Makes WNBA Season Debut After Knee Injury as Sparks Lose to Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The good news for the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night was that Cameron Brink made her long-awaited return from the torn ACL that cut her rookie season short 13 months ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The bad news for the Sparks was that A&#8217;ja Wilson&#8217;s welcome-back gift to Brink and the Sparks was a blitzkrieg of buckets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Wilson went off on Tuesday, putting up 34 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, three steals and three blocks in the Las Vegas Aces&#8217; 89-74 win\u2014including 17 points in the first quarter alone\u2014while ending a five-game winning streak for the Sparks in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jackie Young added 18 points, 11 boards and 10 assists for the Aces, who moved to 14-13 on the year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Brink, who was on a minutes restriction, registered five points, three rebounds, a block, an assist and a steal across 13 minutes in her return, while Kelsey Plum (22 points, eight assists) led the way for the Sparks (11-15). <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It wasn&#8217;t the result that Brink or her teammates would have wanted upon her return, but the 2024 No. 2 overall pick is hoping to add some verve going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Just a great attitude, great energy,&#8221; she <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/45845162\/cameron-brink-set-los-angeles-sparks-return-tuesday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told reporters<\/a> on Monday regarding what she hopes to bring to the team now that she&#8217;s healthy. &#8220;I always say my energy is my currency. Just being a really great teammate. I think we&#8217;ve been winning because we&#8217;re having a lot of fun. So just bringing that every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Brink was having a solid rookie season, averaging 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 15 games before suffering a torn ACL last June. Her return should help bolster a Sparks team that got off to an awful 4-11 start this season before stabilizing over the past month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;It&#8217;s great to get in and get reps,&#8221; Brink said of returning to practice. &#8220;My teammates are super supportive, coaching me up. My coaches are super patient. I&#8217;m feeling great, just getting the reps that I need to feel comfortable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Sparks will be glad to have her back. And they&#8217;ll definitely be glad they don&#8217;t have to see Wilson again until their final game of the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The good news for the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night was that Cameron Brink made her long-awaited&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-33484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}