{"id":382,"date":"2025-07-16T09:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:16:53","slug":"why-kelsey-plum-is-encouraged-heading-into-wnba-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kelsey Plum is encouraged heading into WNBA All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2013 It\u2019s been a tough and inconsistent first half of the WNBA season for the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a>. But following the team\u2019s 99-80 win against the Washington Mystics, the Sparks tied last season\u2019s win total of eight games. With the Sparks on pace to surpass last season\u2019s win total following the WNBA All-Star Break, Kelsey Plum<\/a> was encouraged by what she saw.<\/p>\n

Following the Sparks\u2019 win against the Mystics on Tuesday, Kelsey Plum spoke about the momentum<\/a> the team has heading into the All-Star break, and how it has to carry over once the regular season resumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought tonight was our best, I know the numbers back it up, but in terms of our pace and the way we shared the ball, the way we moved, we got great shots,\u201d Plum said. \u201cWe got great, quality shots. So just go to continue to do that And defensively, fly around and be super physical. We want to protect home court so this is a great opportunity to start to build on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sparks have now won two games in a row following these last two games against the Connecticut Sun and Mystics. They ended their three-game homestand at 2-1 before the break. Most of Plum\u2019s teammates will get the opportunity to relax and have time off, but not Plum.<\/p>\n

She is the Sparks\u2019 lone All-Star and she will also be participating in the 3-pt Contest as well. While Plum will be in Indianapolis this weekend, she stressed the importance of getting a break and how the team should use this time to savor the feeling of getting wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to start the break on a win. And I just think obviously the schedule has been pretty crazy just for everyone in the league, so resting, get your body right. . .I think it\u2019s really good to just get mentally, physically, emotionally away,\u201d Plum said. \u201cTo be able to reset and come back, but just remembering how these feeling feel. Wining, building off of that, player super collectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her first season with the Sparks, Plum has been a bright spot<\/a> in what\u2019s been a collective learning experience. Following the win against the Mystics, head coach Lynne Roberts explained how she essentially asked the team to play out of their comfort zones this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came in asking them to play a way they\u2019ve never played, a lot of them, and it just takes time,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why I\u2019m very grateful they\u2019ve bought in and they\u2019ve given us everything we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Plum has certainly given her all this season in a leading role, something that\u2019s a little new for her after coming from the Las Vegas Aces. Plum has appeared in 20 games so far at a little over 35 minutes per game. She\u2019s been averaging 20.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 35 percent from the three-point line.<\/p>\n

Following All-Star Weekend, the Sparks begin a three-game road trip with stops in Washington, Connecticut and New York, before returning home to close out the month against the Aces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2013 It\u2019s been a tough and inconsistent first half of the WNBA season for the Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,631,632,633,82,630],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kelsey-plum","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-reporting","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","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=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}