Coach Cheryl Reeve – who’s headed the Lynx since 2010 – said the Sparks got it right with Roberts, a modern-minded coach with an appreciation for three-points-is-more-than-two analytics, though perhaps not the natural shooting depth at her disposal to fit that notion.

Napheesa Collier scored 23 points, Alanna Smith added 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 89-75 in their WNBA game on Sunday. Courtney

Los Angeles plays the Phoenix Mercury after Azurá Stevens scored 21 points in the Sparks' 89-75 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.

It's a good thing she did because Minnesota came out of the locker room on fire. The Lynx, behind Napheesa Collier's 23 points, dropped the Sparks 89-75 to post two victories in starting the 2025 WNBA season. “We have, you know, good, hard halftimes,” Reeve told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune after Sunday's win.

After a lengthy, busy offseason, the Sparks officially kick off their 2025 season on Friday. A lot has changed since the last time the Sparks played a regular season game. Over the offseason, they parted ways with Curt Miller and hired Lynne Roberts to coach the team.

The WNBA opens up its season Friday night as the Los Angeles Sparks visit the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.

It's an exciting time for WNBA fans, but it also means more subscriptions to track. Here’s our explainer on the LA Sparks' 2025 schedule.

The Los Angeles Sparks pulled off a convincing 84-67 season-opening win over the Golden State Valkyries on Friday night — a timely victory to begin 2025 in front of a sellout Chase Center crowd. Despite the double-digit result and a career night for star guard Kelsey Plum,