The Sun had never been anywhere near the historically worst WNBA regular-season records… that dubious honor had long belonged to the Dallas Wings back in their Tulsa Shock days. But this year, the Sun have somehow managed to slide even lower than them. They are sitting at 5-25, with one particular culprit towering over their collapse: A’ja Wilson’s Las Vegas Aces.
They’ve lost four straight to Vegas, and the latest came with a side of WNBA history. Wilson just became the first player ever to post a 30-point, 20-rebound game. She finished the night with 32 points and a career-high-tying 20 boards, as she powered the Aces to a 94-86 win at Michelob Ultra Arena. On top of that, she did it on 13-of-25 shooting and with the kind of dominance that made it feel like she was the only one on the court who knew the script.
Moreover, A’ja Wilson wasn’t shy about how she approached it either. Postgame, she channeled her inner prizefighter and took a jab at both the officiating and Connecticut’s physical play: “Yeah, the biggest thing was be physical back. That’s pretty much the thing of the way this W’s going right now. It’s just like, who’s going to be the bully? And the bully sometimes wins. So for us, we had to make sure that we weren’t going to just get punched all night.”
The swagger is justified. After all, this masterpiece came just 48 hours after she dropped 29 points on her 29th birthday in a 90-86 win over the Seattle Storm. Right now, A’ja Wilson is doing epic stuff while making it look easy.
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