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A’ja Wilson scored 34 points with eight rebounds and three blocks in the Aces’ win over the Wings, fueling her push for the 2025 WNBA MVP.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/wnba/wings as Paige Bueckers makes WNBA history against reigning MVP A'ja Wilson. The Dallas Wings fell to the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday afternoon, 106-87. It was yet another defensive failure this season for the Wings, but the offense was still rolling.
As the Aces have recently surged up the standings—now up to the fifth seed, only 1.5 games behind the Mercury—so has Wilson's MVP case. Her averages—22.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.1 blocks—are bonkers, and she's doing so in a little over 30 minutes per game.
There are some massive movements in this week's WNBA Most Valuable Player ladder race with one month left in the season.
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Despite a 106-87 loss to the Aces, Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers solidified her historic rookie campaign by becoming the fastest player in WNBA history to reach over 500 points
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