Wilson breaks own record with 17th 20-10 game
LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson scored 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds — her WNBA-record 17th game this season with 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds — to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Los Angeles Sparks 87-71 on Sunday.
Wilson broke her own single-season record for 20-10 games of 16, set in 2023. The 6-foot-4 center has scored at least 20 points and grabbed 10 or more rebounds in eight consecutive games, also a WNBA record. The two-time WNBA MVP is averaging 29.3 points, 14.4 rebounds and 3.6 blocks while shooting 53% (85-of-161) from the field and 93.3% (56-of-60) from the free throw line during that span.
Wilson is the first player in WNBA history with multiple games of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals, and became the fourth player in league history to record eight double-doubles in a row, joining Candace Parker (twice), Sylvia Fowles (twice) and Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese (WNBA-record 15 straight in 2024).
Kelsey Plum hit four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points, Tiffany Hayes scored 11 and Jackie Young had 10 for Las Vegas (17-9).
“I think today we took a lot of things personal because their wins — two of them (were against) us,” Wilson said, referring to the Aces’ previous close losses at Los Angeles on June 9 and July 5. “There were nail-biters, OTs … but that wasn’t us. It shouldn’t have ever been that way. So I think we were all just very hungry in that sense.”
Rickea Jackson led Los Angeles (6-21) with 15 points. Dearica Hamby added 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 steals, and Kia Nurse scored 12 points — 10 in the first half.
Nurse hit a 3-pointer for the Sparks that tied the score midway through the second quarter, but Wilson hit a short jumper and Plum scored in the lane before Hayes made a 3-pointer to make it 38-31 less than 2 minutes later and Las Vegas led the rest of the way.
Wilson hit a short step-back jumper that gave the Aces their biggest lead of the game at 51-39 with 7:20 left in the third quarter. Jackson and Hamby each scored 4 points in a 10-1 run that made it a 3-point game midway through the period, but Los Angeles got no closer.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and LA Clippers coach Ty Lue watched courtside.
ESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
