How Did Cameron Brink Do in Sparks Season Debut?

Despite the Los Angeles Sparks' 89-74 loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday — snapping L.A.'s league-best five-game win streak — star forward Cameron Brink impressed in limited minutes. Tuesday night marked Brink's 2025 season debut and her first game played in 13 months after suffering an ACL tear in June of 2024. Brink finished with five points and three rebounds — two of which came on the offensive glass — as well as one block, one steal and one assist in just 13 minutes off the bench. Furthermore, she held a plus-minus of five — just one of three Sparks to boast a positive plus-minus. The 6-foot-4 forward's first basket of the night came on her first shot attempt of the game — in the form of a triple less than a minute after checking into Tuesday's contest. Her final two points, a pair of free throws, came in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Sparks' coach Lynne Roberts said she expected Brink would be on a likely minutes restriction prior to Tuesday's debut. "It's great," Roberts said of Brink's r