{"id":661714,"date":"2026-05-24T04:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661714\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:50:13","slug":"kelsey-plum-scores-season-high-38-points-leads-sparks-past-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661714\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Plum scores season-high 38 points, leads Sparks past Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LAS VEGAS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Plum<\/a> scored a season-high 38 points, Erica Wheeler<\/a> hit the go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth quarter, and the Sparks<\/a> defeated the Las Vegas Aces 101-95<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

A three-pointer by Wheeler capped an 8-0 run for the Sparks in the first minute of the fourth quarter that gave the Sparks a 80-73 lead. The Aces battled back and tied it at 90 on a jumper in the lane by Chelsea Gray and again at 94 on two free throws by A\u2019ja Wilson.<\/p>\n

Wheeler then took a pass from Plum and hit a 27-foot three-pointer with 1:15 remaining, giving the Sparks a 97-94 lead. The Aces missed a couple of three-pointers and a free throw on their final possessions while Dearica Hamby<\/a> and Plum sealed the win with two free throws each.<\/p>\n

Hamby and Cameron Brink<\/a> each scored 16, Ariel Atkins had 11, and Rae Burrell<\/a> added 10 for the Sparks (3-3). Wheeler had 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Plum had nine assists.<\/p>\n

Wilson scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Aces (4-2). Carter scored 23 points off the bench. NaLyssa Smith added 22 points, Gray 12 and Jewell Loyd 10.<\/p>\n

A three-pointer by Smith gave the Aces a 57-48 lead early in the third quarter but Plum rallied the Sparks with five points and three assists as the Sparks surged ahead 60-57. Neither team led by more than three points the rest of the quarter and Las Vegas took a 73-72 lead to the final period.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas, the reigning WNBA champions, saw a four-game winning streak end. The Aces had won 20 of their last 21 regular-season games after finishing the 2025 regular season on a 16-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Aces: at Dallas on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Sparks: at Washington on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Plum scored a season-high 38 points, Erica Wheeler hit the go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[646,24796,14401,4390,155496,289559,289560,4677,4233,9216,24869,13544,31878,23629,99,16597,434],"class_list":["post-661714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aces","tag-assist","tag-erica-wheeler","tag-fourth-quarter","tag-free-throw","tag-go-ahead-three-pointer","tag-kelsey-plum-score","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-lead","tag-nalyssa-smith","tag-plum","tag-point","tag-spark","tag-sparks","tag-sports","tag-thursday","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}