The Dallas Wings fell to the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday afternoon, 106-87. It was yet one more defensive failure this season for the Wings, however the offense was nonetheless rolling.
Within the loss, Paige Bueckers turned the quickest participant in WNBA historical past to 500+ factors and 150+ assists, persevering with her spectacular rookie season. He had 18 factors, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists on this recreation.
Paige Bueckers is the quickest participant in WNBA historical past to achieve 500+ PTS & 150+ AST. pic.twitter.com/C49AIyYhhR
— Actual Sports activities (@realapp_) August 17, 2025
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Bueckers has scored in double-digits each recreation of her profession so far, with this being the twenty sixth in a row. That is the fourth-longest streak in NBA historical past, and he or she’s solely six video games again of tying Candace Parker for third. That is the kind of path she’s been on to start out her profession.
With this efficiency, she additionally has the fifth most 15+-point video games as a rookie in WNBA historical past. She’s having one of many biggest rookie seasons of all time, and ought to be the Rookie of the Yr undoubtedly. Recently, there’s been a push for Washington Mystics rookie Sonia Citron, however there is not a lot of a case to be made exterior of numbers once they play one another.
Bueckers can also be shortly climbing the franchise leaderboards of the Wings. Her 4 assists transfer her right into a tie for seventh-most in a season in franchise historical past, and he or she’s solely 49 behind Skylar Diggins for the report. With 9 video games remaining within the season and at her present common of 5.4 APG, that will put her simply on the sting of tying or breaking the report by the tip of the season.
Dallas Wings head coach Chris Koclanes was upset together with his staff’s defensive efficiency on Sunday, as they allowed 106 factors. 18 made three-pointers, and A’ja Wilson scored 34 factors. That merely is not ok, but it surely’s been a theme for the Wings all season lengthy.
After the sport, Koclanes sounded off on his staff’s defensive effort.
“All of it stems from, first, one-on-one protection,” Koclanes began. “Can you retain folks in entrance and be capable of guard by yourself? As a result of for those who do, then the assistance can be capable of get out and you may guard the arc… A’ja Wilson is so good one-on-one and attracts assist and there is kicks. We gotta be higher one-on-one. After which it is on the level of assault, now what’s the ball-screen protection?
“I assumed we had some slippage in coverages that allowed for house for them to hit. After which we simply must be extra disruptive in no matter protection we’re in to have the ability to get deflections and be capable of do two issues. Proper now, we’re simply very one-dimensional defensively.”
Chris Koclanes says the Wings’ protection is simply too “one-dimensional” proper now.
“All of it stems from, first, one-on-one protection. Can you retain folks in entrance and be capable of guard by yourself? As a result of for those who do, then the assistance can be capable of get out and you may guard the arc… A’ja…
— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) August 17, 2025
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