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A’ja Wilson scored 32 points and tied a career-high pinch 20 rebounds to go nan first subordinate successful WNBA history pinch 30-plus points and astatine slightest 20 rebounds successful a crippled arsenic nan Las Vegas Aces hit nan Connecticut Sun 94-86 connected Sunday night.
A three-time convention Most Valuable Player including past season, Wilson posted her 3rd double-double successful nan past 4 games and 3rd consecutive outing pinch astatine slightest 27 points. With 36 seconds remaining successful nan game, she grabbed her 20th committee to lucifer nan individual grounds she established successful July 2024 astatine Seattle. Her Las Vegas teammates led nan location crowd successful applause for nan milestone.
“It’s conscionable A’ja being A’ja,” said Aces coach Becky Hammon. “She astir apt could person had 1 of these successful nan past. I ne'er fto her really spell to nan violative solid this year, wherever we’ve been emphasizing that more.”
Las Vegas gave up 31 first-quarter points, past different 14 little than 5 minutes done nan 2nd play to autumn down 45-33. But they regrouped, holding Connecticut (5-25) without a constituent for nan adjacent 5:45 during a 12-0 tally to tie nan people moreover by halftime. The protect tenacity carried complete into nan 2nd half. Las Vegas surrendered arsenic galore points successful nan 2nd and 3rd quarters mixed arsenic they allowed successful nan opening period, successful nan process flipping nan early, double-digit constituent shortage into a double-digit constituent lead by nan precocious third.
“It’s huge,” Wilson said. “I didn’t moreover know, arsenic galore greats arsenic we person successful this league, it’s benignant of a shocker that it’s conscionable now happening. It’s a blessing. I emotion what I do. I emotion what I do. I emotion it truthful much, truthful anytime that I tin travel retired and conscionable play hoops nan measurement that I emotion it, and nan team, and we’re each getting progressive – I’m happy pinch that.”
Wilson’s heroics bolstered nan Aces connected a time erstwhile 3 of nan 5 starters grounded to people much than 7 points. Jackie Young was nan objection pinch 21 points connected 9-of-14 shooting from nan floor. Young besides dished six assists to lucifer Chelsea Gray’s game-high total. Jewell Loyd and Dana Evans helped prime up immoderate of nan violative slack pinch 12 and 10 points disconnected nan bench.
The nonaccomplishment dropped Connecticut to 0-3 connected their existent roadworthy swing, which concludes connected Monday successful San Francisco against Golden State.
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