LAS VEGAS — There was just one manner Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon may describe reigning WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson changing into the first participant in league historical past to register a 30-20 double-double.
“It’s simply A’ja being A’ja,” she mentioned.
She shook her head in awe.
“She in all probability may have had certainly one of these prior to now,” Hammon added. “I by no means let her actually go to the offensive glass this yr, the place we’ve been emphasizing that extra.”
Wilson completed with 32 factors on 13-of-25 taking pictures to go together with her second-career 20-rebound night time, main the Aces to a 94-86 victory over the Connecticut Solar on Sunday night time. It was her 14th double-double of the season.
“It’s big,” mentioned Wilson, who registered her thirtieth profession 30-point recreation and sixth this season. “I didn’t even know, as many greats as we’ve got on this league, it’s sort of a shocker that it’s simply now occurring. It’s a blessing. I really like what I do. I really like what I do. I adore it a lot, so anytime that I can come out and simply play basketball the best way that I adore it, and the group, and we’re all getting concerned — I’m pleased with that.”
Teammate Jackie Younger mentioned Wilson by no means ceases to amaze.
“Each night time she exhibits up, and I believe that’s why she’s so nice at what she does,” Younger mentioned. “She’s a brilliant arduous employee, so it’s cool to see her arduous work repay. On the identical time, they’re bringing double groups to her, triple groups to her, and she or he’s having to navigate that and play out of it. She’s nonetheless capable of put up insane numbers each night time.”
Wilson, who this season grew to become the quickest and second-youngest participant to attain 5,000 profession factors, ranks first for 30-point video games since coming into the league in 2018.
“It’s fairly cool to have my identify within the document books in the case of that,” mentioned Wilson, who turned 29 on Friday. “I’m fairly certain there’s going to be loads following up. So yeah, it’s fairly cool to sort of be the primary one.”
