In an on-court interview immediately following last Wednesday's game between the Los Angeles Sparks and Dallas Wings, Kelsey Plum was asked about matching up against Wings' star rookie Paige Bueckers,

Dearica Hamby pulled down the rebound for the Sparks, and she immediately gave the ball to Plum, who dribbled the ball to the Sparks' half-court and slowly wasted time away. With five seconds left, the Sparks star used a pick by Hamby to force a switch and then beat the slower Luisa Geiselsoder off the dribble to bank home the game-winner.

Paige Bueckers cemented herself as the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year on Wednesday night with a historic 44-point performance, but her Dallas Wings were stunned at the buzzer by Kelsey Plum, who lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 81-80 victory that kept their playoff hopes alive.