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Back to Back Wins Spark New Energy for The LA Sparks
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Sparks Fans, we got TWO wins before the long road trip! The LA Sparks move to 4-7 on the season and won't be playing another home game for a MONTH.
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Introduction to 'The Spark' Podcast
00:00:01
Speaker
Sparks fans, what's going on? It's DJ Triesi Tries, and welcome back to a brand new episode of The Spark, my personal fan commentary podcast for the LA Sparks.
Victory and Controversial Officiating Analysis
00:00:13
Speaker
Y'all, times are good. How y'all doing? how was How was watching the game last night against the Aces? Wasn't it wonderful? It was wonderful since May 30th. The Sparks have lost three games and won two games. So we lost three back to back and got two back to back wins. That's right. Back to back last night. Defend defeated the defending champions, the Las Vegas aces, um, huge upset 96 to 92.
00:00:44
Speaker
There were some things happening there. A lot of people were upset about the officiating, but you know what? It went on. It really wasn't going our way. I was at the game. It seemed like Asia Wilson was getting a lot of calls that the Erica Hamby wasn't getting. Um, but people will seem to be really mad about the officiating. I think it's been. The same across the board, but then again, that's just
Asia Wilson's Milestone and Game Drama
00:01:02
Speaker
me. And I'm sure I have a biased opinion on that, just like the Aces fans have a biased opinion on how many files and all of that ah their team got. Becky Hammond actually filed out of the game, got ejected from the game because she had two technical files, left the game with 20 seconds left. It was controversy.
00:01:22
Speaker
Asia Wilson scored her 4,000th point. It was an honor for me to be there and witness that. She is balling, y'all. And this this is this podcast is always talking about the Sparks. But can we take one minute and just talk about how crazy it is for Asia Wilson to be playing at the level she's playing at? She's one of the greatest women's basketball players of all time. Come on, bringing the backs and back championship. Not saying I'm rooting for a three Pete. Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not this year. It doesn't look like the sparks are going to be in the running as we were rebuilding the team and, and ah the management of team and the front office keeps talking about
Sparks' Comeback and Fighting Spirit
00:01:58
Speaker
that. This is a young building squad with some vets, some rookies, but they're building together. So.
00:02:05
Speaker
We just haven't seen a player like Asia Wilson in a long time. it's just It was just amazing to watch. ah She played an incredibly great game. ah It got really close. The Sparks were up by 10 at one point. they start at let's start The Aces started at 14-0.
Rakia Jackson's Performance and Future Games
00:02:20
Speaker
I was sitting there like, aw, this about to be a blowout, but no, the Sparks fought back, and that seems to be our theme so far on what we wanna be known for is always fighting back, having that grit, making sure that um we are actually competing at that higher level level and meeting their physicality with more physicality, so I am over the moon. I actually predicted that Rakia Jackson was gonna be player of the game in the L.A. Sparks Weekly Show with Michael Matthew.
00:02:49
Speaker
and infaity tv And I was just going off my gut feeling because Vegas is a winning team and I feel like Rekia is a winner through and through. not Not that the other people aren't, but she is hyper fixated on winning. She wants to win. She constantly talks about it. So playing against the champs, I think she will want to show up. you know You want to compete at that level, this is the time for you to pop out. And she was just doing everything on both sides of the court, man. Sparks fans, we are having a good time. Beat the Las Vegas Aces, 96 and 92. Also, finally knocked off the Dallas
Challenging Road Trip and Player Focus
00:03:24
Speaker
Wings. That first one we should have won, too. That was a close game. But we ah beat the Dallas Wings on June 7th, 81 to 72.
00:03:31
Speaker
We lost to the Lynx, the Phoenix Mercury, and the Chicago Sky. So since May 30th, we are two and three. We play the Seattle Storm up next tomorrow, which is Tuesday, June 11th at 7 p.m. Ooh, I don't know how that's gonna go. It's been a lot of drama. Nneka got thrown to the floor, bought Nafisa Collier on one game. Skyler Dickens got elbowed by Collier Copper. She was bleeding in one game. We don't want that smoke. We want a regular game. We don't need all the extra ah fanfare. I will say the Seattle Storm have really picked up speed. They were stumbling at the beginning of the season just trying to figure it figure it all out um and and lost some a couple games, a few games back to back. But now Skylar Dickens, I think is getting more set on being there. Same thing with NECA. um Also NECA was injured.
00:04:24
Speaker
um earlier in the season. So that is gonna be a very interesting matchup. Tuesday, June 11th, we playing the Seattle Storm. We on a long road trip, so all these games are gonna be away. Friday the 14th, we are in Minnesota, playing Minnesota again. How happy am I that we're going to play Minnesota? Yay. It's hard to play in Minnesota today. Fans are insane. Same thing with the Seattle Storm, man. They both got heavy fan bases. So I'm excited to see how those two go um and just how the team show up, how the rookies play, how the vets play. Is Ziya Cook gonna get any play time?
00:05:00
Speaker
It just, it hurts my soul to see
Player Scoring Potential and Upcoming Challenges
00:05:03
Speaker
Ziya cook on the bench. And I'm not sure what the coaches are saying or, you know, what, what, where this is a reflection of, you know, where she's at in her game, but they keep talking about waiting on your number to be called and being ready. Ray Burrell in the last game against the aces, she was ready. She hit two back to back threes that were so timely. We needed those. She only played most of her minutes in the fourth quarter. when we were down. So, you know, that's a tough spot to be in. You ain't played all night and then you just getting jumped into the game like that. But she she answered the call. I'm patiently waiting for Ziya's moment. I know Ziya's been working all summer. I watched her playing AU. She been working on her game. um I'm waiting for her to get more play time and seeing how she fits into the into those rotations. But Aerie McDonald has been showing out, showing out, doing her thing. um Same with Leisha and Kia just holding it down and being,
00:05:55
Speaker
Keeping us afloat. Anybody can drop 10 to 15 points at any moment on this Sparks team, and that's what I love about it. So then we go Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Connecticut Sun, New York Liberty, New York Liberty, and then the Mercury. The Sparks won't be back home playing a game until July 2nd. So today is June 10th. They already left for their road trip. They play tomorrow in Minnesota, and they won't be back for a month. Imagine that. Talk about how grueling these road trips are and they saying they want charters and all that. If you was playing a game every other day and flying all across the world, it's as hard, that's rough.
Road Trip Reflection and Fan Engagement
00:06:34
Speaker
So wishing the Sparks a great road trip, excited to see the results of the second road trip. I'll definitely check back in with y'all weekly like I normally do to just debrief and kind of talk about all this. But I'm thinking we gonna split the road trip half and half and then come back and beat the Mystics.
00:06:53
Speaker
Um, it's, it's tough to play New York and New York. Same with, you know, Phoenix and Phoenix. So we'll see how those go, but we just need a whole lot of offensive pressure. We need to keep the energy up. We need to defensively and offensively rebound and keep pushing the ball. We got good energy. We are the X factor. People don't know. We just passed Dallas. in the Western Conference standards. I'm not sure for how long that'll be ah there, but we did we did it with this new team running you know new schemes that has had limited practice. So I'm so very proud of the LA Sparks, and I know y'all are. So make sure y'all leave some comments below. Talk about what players you're excited about. What things have you liked in Sparks basketball down below in the comments?
00:07:40
Speaker
And I appreciate y'all for being here so much. I'm having such a good time um with Sparks basketball. I'll drop some more content here from the press conference later on this week. And um I will see y'all soon. Go Sparks.