LOS ANGELES – Coming into the 2025 WNBA season, one player in particular on the Los Angeles Sparks roster who was looked at as having a potential breakout year was Rickea Jackson.
For the fifth year in a row, the Sparks missed the playoffs, continuing the franchise’s postseason drought. Despite missing the playoffs, Los Angeles made progress.
The WNBA has hit record popularity among fans, coinciding with the ushering in of young, rising stars such as Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers, players whose popularity surged while they were still in college.
Even before the season officially tipped off, head coach Lynne Roberts established that the Sparks’ goal this year was to make the playoffs and end their franchise-long four-year postseason drought.
LOS ANGELES – The last time the Dallas Wings visited Crypto.com Arena, Paige Bueckers eviscerated the Los Angeles Sparks’ defense tying a WNBA rookie record in points with 44.
LOS ANGELES – With the 2025 WNBA regular season entering its final week, the Los Angeles Sparks’ chances at making the playoffs are hanging on by a thread.
From the start of the season, Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts made it clear that reaching the playoffs was the goal for this year. With 10 games left, that achievement is still possible, but things are very tight in the standings.
The Los Angeles Sparks head coach didn’t hold back after her player, Sophie Cunningham, was struck by an adult toy thrown from the stands during a game.
Following a personal 5-on-5 practice session at the Sparks' practice facility on Saturday, head coach Lynne Roberts provided a massive — and positive — injury update ahead of Cameron Brink's eventual return to game action.
Following a loss to Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky on June 29, Sparks' first-year head coach Lynne Roberts was brutally honest. At the time, the defeat marked Los Angeles' fifth straight home loss — a streak that's continued into mid-July.
Despite the Sparks being at the bottom of the WNBA last year, coach Lynne Roberts is aiming for a postseason appearance this season. The 2020s haven’t been kind to the Los Angeles Sparks.