{"id":98568,"date":"2025-08-21T05:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98568\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:07:06","slug":"paige-bueckers-career-night-not-enough-as-kelsey-plum-game-winner-sinks-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98568\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers\u2019 career night not enough as Kelsey Plum game-winner sinks Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Kelsey Plum banked in the winning shot just before the final buzzer and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings<\/a> 81-80 to spoil rookie Paige Bueckers\u2019 career-high 44-point performance. Bueckers scored the most points by a player in a single game in the WNBA this season and tied Cynthia Cooper\u2019s 28-year-old record for most points in a game by a first-year player. Plum finished with 20 points while Rickea Jackson had 25 points and a career-high six 3-pointers. The Sparks\u2019 victory eliminated the Wings and Chicago Sky from playoff contention.<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Kelsey Plum banked in the winning shot<\/a> just before the final buzzer and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 81-80 on Wednesday night to spoil rookie Paige Bueckers\u2019 career-high 44-point performance.<\/p>\n

Bueckers scored the most points by a player in a single game in the WNBA this season and tied Cynthia Cooper\u2019s 28-year-old record for most points in a game by a first-year player.<\/p>\n

Bueckers scored Dallas\u2019 final 13 points, the last on a technical free throw with 1:03 remaining for an 80-79 lead. But the Wings (9-27) turned it over after winning the ensuing jump ball and Aziaha James missed a corner 3-pointer with about 20 seconds left to give Los Angeles the final shot.<\/p>\n

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Plum used a high screen from Dearica Hamby to get into the lane for a left-handed floater that banked in before she was surrounded by Rickea Jackson and Rae Burrell in celebration.<\/p>\n

Plum finished with 20 points for Los Angeles (17-18). Jackson had 25 points and a career-high six 3-pointers, Hamby added 14 points and Cameron Brink had 11 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Sparks\u2019 victory eliminated the Wings and Chicago Sky from playoff contention.<\/p>\n

Bueckers, whose previous high was 35 points against the Phoenix Mercury on June 11, went 17 of 21 from the field, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range, and 6 of 6 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

Bueckers moved past Cooper for third-longest streak of consecutive double-digit scoring games by a rookie in WNBA history with 29. Las Vegas forward A\u2019ja Wilson holds the record of 33.<\/p>\n

Dallas and Los Angeles met last Friday, with the Sparks securing a 97-96 victory despite Bueckers scoring a game-high 29. The teams will meet again in Los Angeles on Sept. 7. The Sparks have won eight of the last 11 meetings with the Wings.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s TV\/Radio listings (Aug. 21)<\/a>Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale to be sidelined with tendinitis in right knee<\/a><\/p>\n

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