Hiya, eighth straight win!
The Las Vegas Aces are on a roll, securing their eighth straight win with a 74-72 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night time. And so as to add to the thrill of the action-packed shut recreation, Aces star A’ja Wilson added one other historic night time to her legendary WNBA profession.
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The Las Vegas Aces Win Eighth Straight Recreation To Offered Out Crowd
It was an action-packed recreation in The Home on Tuesday night time when the Aces confronted the Dream.
The Aces overcame a fourth-quarter deficit securing their eighth straight win. Wilson led the group with 32 factors, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 4 assists. Jackie Younger had 16 factors and Chelsea Grey added eight.
This win places Vegas within the No. 3 spot within the Western Convention standings and tied for the No. 4 spot within the total league standings.
This was the group’s forty fourth straight sold-out recreation.
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A’ja Wilson Makes Historical past Once more!
It was one other historic night time for Wilson. She entered the sport on Tuesday night time with 1,999 made subject targets. Her first made bucket turned the quickest and youngest in league historical past to internet 2,000 made subject targets.
Wilson, 29 years and 11 days previous, hit that mark in 259 video games, beating the earlier quickest, Tina Charles, who did it in 270 video games and Lauren Jackson, the youngest at 29 years, 102 days previous.
This milestone put Wilson because the twenty fourth participant in WNBA historical past to attain 5,500 factors. She ended the sport towards the Dream with 5,516 factors, being the youngest and quickest to hit that mark. Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi hit the mark in 266 video games, and Jackson, who was 29 years and 67 days previous when she hit 5,500 factors.
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Wilson additionally turned the fifteenth participant in WNBA historical past with no less than 5,500 factors and 12 rebounds, once more, because the youngest and quickest.
And if that is not sufficient, Wilson’s double-double was the 116th of her profession, which breaks a tie with Nneka Ogwumike to maneuver into the No. 5 spot amongst league leaders.
When requested throughout the postgame press convention how Wilson thinks of all of the superb milestones as they’re being introduced, she stated, “I do not let milestones go by as a result of I do not take this recreation without any consideration in any respect. I am truly very grateful to indicate up for work each single day and get the job accomplished so I do take a variety of satisfaction in that. However typically, within the warmth of the second of the sport, I am unable to actually pay an excessive amount of consideration to it.”
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She stated that whereas she’s sitting together with her dad and mom “later tonight” she is going to replicate on the sport and “give all of the grace to God.”
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A’ja Wilson Is The Western Convention Participant Of The Week
On Tuesday, the WNBA introduced that Wilson is the Western Convention Participant of the Week for video games performed from August 11 to 17. That is her twenty sixth Participant of the Week honor and fourth time incomes the award this season. Different Participant of the Week awards have been on June 1, July 1, and August 12.
The Aces ahead is just one weekly award away from tying Candace Parker (27) for second-most in league historical past. Tina Charles is No. 1 with 32 weekly honors.
She led her group to a 3-0 file throughout the week of August 11 to 17, bringing the profitable streak to 7! Wilson averaged 27 factors, 13.3 rebounds, and a pair of.3 blocks, and shot 47.8% from the sphere and 90% from the free-throw line.
As of August 18, Wilson ranks second within the league in each scoring (22.6 ppg) and rebounding (9.9 rpg), whereas main in blocks (2.1 bpg) and putting sixth in steals (1.6 spg).
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A’One Sneakers Win A SELF 2025 Sneaker Award
Wilson’s A’Ones are a winner, and whereas followers already knew that, they lately gained a sneaker award from SELF Journal’s 2025 Sneaker Awards.
A’One was named the Finest For Basketball within the annual sneaker awards.
SELF additionally requested StockX concerning the ladies’s sneaker market they usually revealed that “the tide is popping: extra signature sneakers for WNBA gamers.” In a participant highlight, they named the A’Ones “Finest Launch-Day Efficiency.”
They defined, “The A’One Pink A’ura had a greater launch day efficiency than every other WNBA’s sneaker in StockX historical past. It noticed greater than 500 trades the day it dropped, Might 6, 2025. As of in the present day, StockX has seen greater than 5,000 gross sales which places A’ja ready to problem Sabrina [Ionescu] because the top-selling WNBA participant on StockX.”
Subsequent For The Aces
On Thursday, Aug. 21, the Aces will face the Phoenix Mercury at house after which hit the highway for the following three video games – Washington Mystics on Saturday, Aug. 23, Chicago Sky on Monday, Aug. 25, and Atlanta Dream on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Then they’re again in Vegas to face the Chicago Sky back-to-back on Sunday, Sept. 7 and Tuesday, Sept. 9, each video games at T-Cellular Area. Their final common season recreation is towards the Los Angeles Sparks in LA on Thursday, Sept. 11.
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