Las Vegas Aces at Atlanta Dream
· Women's National Basketball AssociationA’ja Wilson notches 7th 30-point game of the season to lead the Aces past the Dream 84-70
Wilson has scored 30-plus points seven times this season, a career-high. She also tied Phoenix's Brittney Griner for the most WNBA games with 25-plus points and 10-plus rebounds in a single season with 10.
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus led Atlanta (7-15) with 17 points off the bench. Maya Caldwell added 13 points and Tina Charles had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Wilson started the game making 6 of 9 shots, while the rest of her teammates were 6 of 22. Wilson had a nice sequence at the end of the second quarter when she made a driving layup, stole it at the other end, and then made two free throws with 1:52 left to extend Las Vegas’ lead to 42-30.
Wilson secured her fourth straight double-double by scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the first half. She also finished with five blocks to move into 12th on the WNBA's career list.
Kelsey Plum had 15 points and seven assists for Las Vegas (15-7). Young reached 2,500 career points.
Regular Season Series
LV wins series 2-1
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 84 - 70 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 84 - 70 | |
4th 21.1 | Cheyenne Parker-Tyus makes driving layup (Allisha Gray assists) | 84 - 70 | |
4th 31.0 | A'ja Wilson makes 8-foot two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists) | 84 - 68 | |
4th 39.0 | Destanni Henderson personal foul | 82 - 68 |
Statistics
LV | ATL | |
---|---|---|
29-70 | FG | 29-77 |
41.4 | Field Goal % | 37.7 |
12-29 | 3PT | 2-19 |
41.4 | Three Point % | 10.5 |
14-17 | FT | 10-15 |
82.4 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
36 | Rebounds | 47 |
3 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 35 |
22 | Assists | 16 |
8 | Steals | 4 |
7 | Blocks | 4 |
9 | Turnovers | 14 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
13 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 20 |
22 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
16 | Points in Paint | 42 |
14 | Fouls | 14 |
17 | Largest Lead | 3 |
Game Information
Location: College Park, GA
Attendance: 3,344 · Capacity:
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 8 | L1 | 0.8 | 32 |
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | W1 | 0.7 | 28 |
Indiana | 12 | 20 | L1 | 0.5 | 20 |
Atlanta | 17 | 25 | W3 | 0.375 | 15 |
Washington | 18 | 26 | W1 | 0.35 | 14 |
Chicago | 19 | 27 | L5 | 0.325 | 13 |
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