Stevens, Plum lead balanced attack as Sparks eclipse Sun for rare home win

Four Sparks players combined for 80 of the team's 92 points.

Azura Stevens grabs one of her 11 rebounds on Sunday afternoon. (Photo credit: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images)

LOS ANGELES -- It’s becoming the norm for the LA Sparks to look up at the large jumbotron that hangs over the court at Crypto.com Arena and see Azurá Stevens with a double-double.

It’s becoming a more usual affair to see Stevens with multiple made 3s.

The eight-year vet poured in 21 points and 11 rebounds, while knocking down five 3-pointers, to aid the Sparks in a 92-88 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday afternoon, pushing the Sparks to a 7-14 record.

Stevens, who had notched 11 double-doubles in her career before this season, picked up her seventh in 2025, and in the process became the 16th player in WNBA history to notch at least 21 points, 11 rebounds, and five made 3s in a game, and the first to do so since Breanna Stewart in 2023. Even more impressive, Stevens became the only player in league history to record at least five made 3s and seven offensive rebounds in a game.

“[Azurá Stevens] doesn’t get the respect she deserves on the national scale,” Sparks coach Lynne Roberts said following the team’s first home win since May 25th.

“What she’s consistently done, it’s not just, ‘Oh, she had a great game.’ She’s had a great season. I was just teasing her. She could have had a 30-piece if she’d knocked in some of those layups. But we’ll take another double-double from her—5-for-8 from three. She’s just steady. Just steady. And our team needs that.”

For Stevens, the absent national notoriety for her performance this season isn’t something she truly cares about, even if the center is just one of three players in league history to boast an Effective Field Goal Percentage of 58% or better while averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds, and attempting two 3-pointers per game.

“I don’t play for [recognition],” Stevens said. “I play for the team. I play for the Sparks. I play for my family, myself, just to go out and put on a good show and be consistent. That’s been one of my goals coming into this year, is to be consistent. Respectfully, I don’t care what the media thinks. I’m just trying to do my job and play hard for these guys and for other people in my life.”