{"id":703004,"date":"2026-06-14T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703004\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:34:08","slug":"kelsey-plum-scores-career-high-43-in-sparks-ot-win-over-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703004\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Plum scores career-high 43 in Sparks’ OT win over Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PHOENIX\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Plum<\/a> scored a career-high 43 points, offsetting Kahleah Copper<\/a>\u2018s career-best 41-point effort and the Sparks<\/a> beat the Phoenix Mercury 111-102<\/a> in overtime Saturday night to improve to 3-2 in Commissioner\u2019s Cup play.<\/p>\n

Nneka Ogwumike<\/a> hit a jumper to start overtime, Plum followed with two free throws and reserve Cameron Brink<\/a> added a four-point play as the Sparks (7-6) scored the first eight points in the extra session en route to their third straight victory.<\/p>\n

Plum passed her previous high of 40 points when she scored on a layup with 1.6 seconds left to force overtime at 98. She made 14 of 26 shots with five three-pointers, was 10 of 12 on foul shots and had seven assists.<\/p>\n

Rae Burrell came off the bench to score a career-high 24 points for Los Angeles. Ogwumike added 15 points and 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Copper made 16 of 29 shots with six three-pointers and had 10 rebounds for Phoenix (4-11), which has lost three in a row and nine of 11. Natasha Mack had 11 points and 12 rebounds, while Alyssa Thomas had 10 points and 12 assists. Phoenix is 2-3 in Commissioner\u2019s Cup play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 43 points, offsetting Kahleah Copper\u2018s career-best 41-point effort and the Sparks beat the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[24796,26441,303890,16802,289560,4281,4232,4385,303889,18740,13544,17589,14220,23629,99,303891,434],"class_list":["post-703004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-assist","tag-commissioner","tag-cup-play","tag-kahleah-copper","tag-kelsey-plum-score","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-mercury","tag-nneka-ogwumike","tag-ot-win","tag-phoenix","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-shot","tag-sparks","tag-sports","tag-third-straight-victory","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703004","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=703004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}