Aces star A’ja Wilson sets record with 13th 30-point game

Las vegas ekka On Sunday won his 14th game in a row-the fourth longest victory in the history of WNBA-and the center A’aza Wilson Set a league record with your 13th game of 30 or more digits.

After the winning of 80-66 of the aces Chicago skyLas Vegas coach Becky Hamon said that she sometimes wonders that she had run out of adjectives to describe Wilson. Then he opted for a descriptive comparison for Wilson, which could become the first four MVP of the league this year. Wilson, Minnesota Nefeesa colir And Phoenix Elisa Thomas The top contenders for the award are.

Hamon said that some players are more like Gajels because they are quick, agile and agile. Others are more like lions because they are physically dominated the enemies.

Hamon said, “He is the only person in the gym, in the world, he is both a lion and gazel.” “She can dance around you, or she can eat you. The way she can affect a game, she has just one discrepancy … she does on both ends.”

Wilson had 31 points, 11 rebounds, 4 stolen and 3 blocks on Sundays. It was his 10th game with both 30-plus points and 10-plus rebounds, breaking his own single-season record for such games, set in this last season.

The WNBA season has expanded up to 44 games this season; On Sunday, Wilson had a 38th game as she missed four due to injury to 28–14 aces.

Wilson’s current teammate Jewel LloydEast with Seattle, and retired Minnesota star Maya Moore, who was included in the Nismith Hall of Fame on Saturday, held a record for a 30-point game in a season with the first 12 each. Moore did this in 2014, when she appeared in 34 matches for links, an average of 23.9 ppg and league MVP. Lloyd did in 2023, when she appeared in 38 matches for the storm and did an average of 24.7 ppg.

Through Sunday’s game, Wilson is an average of a league-Best 23.8 PPG and 10.1 rebound, which ranks second in Chicago in WNBA Angel ReeseRees did not play on Sunday because he Was suspended by team The first was dealing with the issues for the first half and in the second half.

Wilson now has 85 blocks and 61 stolen, in a row, the second season he has reached 60 in both data. Only other WNBA players who had 60/60 seasons in those categories, former MVPS Lisa Leslie (for Los Angeles in 2005) and retired and and Yolanda grifith (For Sacramento in 2000).

Aces is tied to the line of victory Connecticut sunWho won 14 in a row in 2021. With two matches in the regular session, Aces could tie 2014 Phoenix mercury For the second longest line at 16.

Las Vegas again hosts Chicago on Tuesday and ends at Los Angeles on Thursday. The number 2 in the aces playoffs is running for seeds; They are tied to second place with Atlanta. Dream finish with two games against Connecticut: at home on Monday and on the road on Wednesday.