Kelsey Plum Out At Least 10 Games With Leg Injury As Sparks Suffer A Blow

The Sparks are going to person to get done different agelong without Kelsey Plum.

Plum, who missed 3 games pinch a correct ankle sprain earlier this season, is retired pinch a little near limb wounded and will beryllium re-evaluated successful 4 weeks, nan squad announced Wednesday morning. That intends she will miss astatine slightest nan adjacent 10 games, taking nan Sparks to nan WNBA All-Star break.

It had seemed for illustration Plum was retired of nan woods aft she came backmost from her ankle injury. Plum scored 43 points successful a crippled against nan Phoenix Mercury connected June 14 and didn’t miss a hit successful her return. She is 2nd successful nan WNBA successful scoring pinch 23.9 points per crippled and sixth successful nan convention pinch 6.4 assists per contest.

Without her, nan Sparks (8-8) person struggled to people successful an already inconsistent campaign. They are 7-5 pinch Plum successful nan lineup and are 1-3 successful games she has missed.

Head coach Lynne Roberts and respective Sparks players person referred to Plum arsenic nan “head of nan snake” of nan team’s offense. She is shooting an businesslike 52.7% from nan section and 38.3% from three-point scope this season.

When Plum antecedently missed time, nan Sparks started a backcourt featuring Erica Wheeler and Ariel Atkins pinch Rae Burrell arsenic nan mini forward. Wheeler has started adjacent to Plum often for a double constituent defender backcourt, but without her they person to alteration nan measurement they play discourtesy again.