Sparks' Coach Lynne Roberts Challenges Team After Loss to Sky's Angel Reese

“When you're hit with adversity, you lose or you don't perform the way you want to, it's a choice as to how you approach it," she said. "There is no magic formula. You either choose to learn and look in the mirror, myself included, and say, ‘All right, where can I be better? Where did I fall short?’... I'm not going to change in terms of my mentality. The sun's going to come up tomorrow. We're going to attack.

Furthermore, Roberts discussed whether the late June loss was a must-win, as well as the state of the Sparks as they continue to look for a playoff spot entering August.

“I don't think we're close. We're still missing ... Cameron Brink," Roberts said. "Part of our inconsistency on the floor has been inconsistency with our roster, so we've had people in and out and hurt and that's hard. But … we're learning from it, and we're getting tougher because of it. So have we come close to [peaking]? No, I don’t think so.

"There has to be an intensity of, like, 'we gotta approach this thing, we gotta have it.' Build on the last win ... We've got to be tougher — sustained runs, handle adversity, handle performance issues, or bad calls. In this league, the tougher team wins, and I don't just mean physically," she continued.