{"id":49018,"date":"2025-08-06T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49018\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:03:10","slug":"jackson-plum-lead-sparks-past-clark-less-fever-for-seventh-win-in-eight-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49018\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson, Plum lead Sparks past Clark-less Fever for seventh win in eight games"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Rickea Jackson scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half, Kelsey Plum had 25 points and 11 assists, and the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> beat the Indiana Fever<\/a> 100-91 on Tuesday night for their seventh win in eight games.<\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s 3-pointer with 6:23 remaining in the fourth quarter gave Los Angeles a 90-68 lead. Indiana answered with a 21-5 run to get within 95-89, but Azura Stevens made her fifth straight 3-pointer with 1:17 left for a nine-point lead to help seal the victory.<\/p>\n

Stevens finished with 19 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field, and Dearica Hamby added 16 points for Los Angeles (13-15). Cameron Brink tied her career high with five blocks in her third game back from an injury.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark missed her eighth straight game due to a groin strain for Indiana (17-13). Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 34 points, including seven 3-pointers. Natasha Howard added 17 points and Aliyah Boston had her streak of double-doubles halted at six by finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Sparks have won all three games against the Fever this season, with the regular-season finale coming in Los Angeles on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n

Indiana had its five-game win streak halted. The run was the Fever\u2019s longest since winning six straight in 2015, during current head coach Stephanie White\u2019s first tenure with the club.<\/p>\n

Hamby and Plum each scored 14 points in the first half, and Los Angeles closed on a 23-8 run to build a 54-43 lead at the break. The Sparks were 7 of 14 from 3-point range by the intermission, with Stevens, Jackson and Plum combining to make 6 of 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 Rickea Jackson scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half, Kelsey Plum had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-49018","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\/49018","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=49018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}