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Aces' A'ja Wilson breaks single-season scoring mark vs. Fever
A'ja Wilson broke the WNBA single-season scoring record to add a milestone to an MVP season, and her double-double led four players in double figures as the Las Vegas Aces stopped the Indiana Fever 86-75 on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Wilson, a two-time MVP, entered the game 10 points shy of the prev...
Aces' A'ja Wilson breaks single-season scoring mark in win over Fever
A'ja Wilson broke the WNBA single-season scoring record to add a milestone to an MVP season and her double-double led four players in double figures as the visiting Las Vegas Aces stopped the host Indiana Fever 86-75 on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Wilson, a two-time MVP, entered the game 10 poi...
Chasing top seed, Liberty look to avoid letdown vs. Wings
The New York Liberty have a four-game winning streak and can inch closer to clinching the top seed in the WNBA playoffs when they visit the Dallas Wings on Thursday.,This is the second of a two-games-in-three-nights stint between the teams in Arlington, Texas.,The Liberty (30-6) won the first game 1...
Skylar Diggins-Smith, Storm take aim at Spark-less L.A.
Nobody was expecting Skylar Diggins-Smith to become the Seattle Storm's single-season assist leader in her first year with the franchise.,But that's reality after Diggins-Smith supplanted the legendary Sue Bird on Saturday. She will look to add to her total when the Storm visit the Los Angeles Spark...
Marina Mabrey scores 26 off bench as Sun ease past Sparks
Marina Mabrey came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points Tuesday night as the visiting Connecticut Sun scored a two-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Sparks with an 86-66 victory.,Mabrey canned 9 of 13 shots, including 6 of 8 from the 3-point arc, as Connecticut upped its record to 26-10 a...
Breanna Stewart scores 27 as Liberty roll past Wings
Breanna Stewart poured in 27 points, 19 of them in the first half, as the visiting New York Liberty rolled to a 105-91 win over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday in the first of two games between the teams in three nights in Arlington, Texas., ,The Liberty (30-6), who own the best record in the WNBA, won ...
Lynx stay hot by knocking off Dream, 76-64
Kayla McBride scored a team-high 15 points while Napheesa Collier and Bridget Carleton chipped in 14 apiece, leading the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 76-64 win over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night. ,Courtney Williams added 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Lynx (27-9), who won t...
Sky meet road warrior Mystics with final playoff spot up for grabs
The Chicago Sky are doing their best to remain in playoff position without star rookie Angel Reese to help. Meanwhile, some solid road play still has the Washington Mystics in the postseason hunt.,The Sky will aim for a season-high third straight win while keeping the Mystics from a fifth consecutiv...
Aces, Fever both tout resilience ahead of clash
The Las Vegas Aces and the Indiana Fever have both secured playoff berths, but they still have positioning to work on as they meet Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Both teams showed resilience in fighting back from large deficits in their last games.,The fourth-place Aces (22-13) rallied from 20 points do...
Lakers' Christian Wood (knee) out 8 weeks after setback
Los Angeles Lakers forward/center Christian Wood will be re-evaluated in eight weeks following a second surgery on his troublesome left knee Monday.,Wood, 28, underwent an initial procedure in March and missed the last two months of the 2023-24 regular season.,He averaged 6.9 points, 5.1 rebounds an...
Alyssa Thomas, Sun eye two-game sweep of last-place Sparks
Alyssa Thomas racked up another triple-double on Sunday in Los Angeles.,"Honestly, I didn't know and I didn't care," she said after the Connecticut Sun beat the Sparks 79-67. "It was more about the win. We didn't play our best basketball today and it took all the way until the fourth quarter for us ...
Closing in on clinching top spot, Liberty battle Wings
The New York Liberty can move closer to clinching the WNBA's top spot when they square off against the Dallas Wings on Tuesday in the first of two games between the teams over a three-night stretch in Arlington, Texas.,The Liberty (29-6), who enjoy a three-game lead over the Minnesota Lynx with five...
Dream continue playoff push vs. surging Lynx
As the regular season winds down, Tuesday's meeting between the visiting Minnesota Lynx and Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga., features teams in vastly different situations.,Minnesota (26-9) has already clinched a playoff berth, the club's second straight and 13th in the last 14 seasons. The only g...
Longtime Rockets coach, GM Carroll Dawson dies
Carroll Dawson, who spent nearly three decades with the Houston Rockets' organization as an assistant coach and general manager, has died at the age of 86, the team announced Monday. ,No other details of his death were given. ,"The Rockets family mourns the loss of beloved former coach and general m...
Sun silence Sparks down stretch, earn 79-67 win
Alyssa Thomas recorded a triple-double and the Connecticut Sun held the host Los Angeles Sparks to one point in the final 6:43 to come away with a 79-67 victory on Sunday night. ,Thomas had 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Brionna Jones had a team-high 21 points for Connecticut before fouling ...
Without Angel Reese, Sky handle Wings with ease
The day after losing All-Star rookie Angel Reese for the rest of the season with a wrist injury, the Chicago Sky defeated the Dallas Wings 92-77 on Sunday in a dominating home performance., ,Chennedy Carter led Chicago (13-22) with 28 points and six assists. Starting in place of Reese, Isabelle Harr...
Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston help Fever hold off Dream in OT
Caitlin Clark recorded her franchise-record 14th double-double of the year with 26 points and 12 assists to lead the Indiana Fever to a dramatic 104-100 comeback win in overtime on Sunday over the visiting Atlanta Dream.,Aliyah Boston scored off an inside move with 1:03 left in overtime to give Indi...
Liberty hold off A'ja Wilson-less Aces in tight finish
Jonquel Jones made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left to seal the New York Liberty's 75-71 win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.,Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Jones added 15 points and eight rebounds as the Liberty (29-6) moved closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in ...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx outlast Mystics
Napheesa Collier paired 19 points with 12 rebounds Sunday as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 78-71.,Courtney Williams scored 12 points, while Bridget Carleton, Kayla McBride and Natisha Hiedeman added 10 apiece as Minnesota (26-9) won for the 10th time in its last 11 games.,T...
Aces C A'ja Wilson (foot) ruled out vs. Liberty
Las Vegas star center A'ja Wilson was ruled out of Sunday's game against the host New York Liberty, marking the first game that she will miss in the last three seasons.,Wilson, who was not listed on the initial injury report, was seen sporting a walking boot on her right foot. The two-time WNBA MVP ...