{"id":725484,"date":"2026-06-25T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725484\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:49:08","slug":"sparks-vs-tempo-la-star-kelsey-plum-out-with-injury-ahead-of-toronto-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/725484\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks vs Tempo: LA Star Kelsey Plum Out with Injury Ahead of Toronto Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. 8 LA took a big hit this week, as Sparks star Kelsey Plum landed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/sparks-lose-star-guard-kelsey-160320293.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/sparks-lose-star-guard-kelsey-160320293.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">injury list<\/a> with a lower leg knock ahead of tonight\u2019s clash with No. 10 Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Plum is expected to miss at least 10 games while <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/cameron-brink-blocks-caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-la-sparks-wnba-highlights\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"34727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cameron Brink (ankle)<\/a> is ruled out indefinitely. LA will lean on reserve guard Rae Burrell and newly signed Kiana Williams plus vets Nneka Ogwumike, Dearica Hamby, and Ariel Atkins.<\/p>\n<p>Plum has been a statistical force in 2026. She\u2019s averaging a <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/2026-wnba-player-stats-trends-aja-wilson-caitlin-clark-wnba-games\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"35326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">career-best 23.9 points<\/a> and 6.4 assists per game while shooting 80.6% from the stripe.<\/p>\n<p>The Tempo also enters tonight\u2019s clash shorthanded. Toronto is missing top scorer <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/brittney-sykes-injury-toronto-tempo-indiana-fever-sandy-brondello\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"35642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brittney Sykes (plantar fascia)<\/a> and rookie Kiki Rice (ankle).<\/p>\n<p>Marina Mabrey has been carrying the backcourt load, registering a <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/atlanta-dream-toronto-tempo-rhyne-howard-madina-okot-wnba-scores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">game-high 23 points<\/a> in Monday\u2019s 94-87 loss to Atlanta to complement forward Izzy Harrison\u2019s 21-point, 10-rebound double-double.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the leaders, I need to figure out a way to help us come out ready to play,\u201d Mabrey said this week. \u201cThen also everyone else in that starting lineup, we got to come out and just be ready to play.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Where to Watch Tonight&#8217;s Sparks vs Tempo WNBA Game<\/p>\n<p>LA visits Toronto tonight at 7 PM ET, live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/tournament\/amzn1.dv.icid.9128d05b-2c57-491d-89da-c49d779c5db4\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/tournament\/amzn1.dv.icid.9128d05b-2c57-491d-89da-c49d779c5db4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Prime<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 8 LA took a big hit this week, as Sparks star Kelsey Plum landed on the injury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[177217,10504,23758,99,85228,434,51111],"class_list":["post-725484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-2026-wnba-season","tag-kelsey-plum","tag-la-sparks","tag-sports","tag-toronto-tempo","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-injuries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725484","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=725484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}