{"id":22279,"date":"2025-07-25T05:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22279\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:03:12","slug":"aces-aja-wilson-makes-wnba-history-thursday-vs-indiana-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22279\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces’ A’ja Wilson Makes WNBA History Thursday vs Indiana Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some believe Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson to be the best player in the WNBA today, and her professional accolades seem to back that up.<\/p>\n

A seven-time All-Star, a four-time All-WNBA first-team selection, a three-time league MVP, two-time WNBA champion, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, and WNBA Finals MVP, Wilson has a resume that’s second-to-none.<\/p>\n

And despite the Aces falling to .500 with an 80-70 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, Wilson still played like the best player on the court.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old center scored a team-high 20 points along with six rebounds, three steals, two assists, and a block \u2014 and she wrote her name in the WNBA record books as well.<\/p>\n

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\nA’ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces reacts to a score during the second half of a game against the Dallas Wings at College Park Center on July 16, 2025 in Arlington, Texas.
\nA’ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces reacts to a score during the second half of a game against the Dallas Wings at College Park Center on July 16, 2025 in Arlington, Texas.
\nStacy Revere\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Wilson tied recently retired Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi for the most 20-point games through her first eight seasons (150), according to espnW.<\/p>\n

Taurasi, 43, retired after the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

She was an 11-time All-Star, 10-time All-WNBA first-team selection, five-time league scoring champion, three-time WNBA champion, and two-time WNBA Finals MVP.<\/p>\n

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It was Wilson’s 13th 20-point game this season, and her 10th since the beginning of June. Her next 20-point game will give her sole possession of the record.<\/p>\n

Wilson is tied with Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum for the third-most 20-point games this season behind Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (16) and Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (14).<\/p>\n

Wilson’s feat is just the latest in a long list of records and notable accomplishments in her career.<\/p>\n

This year, she became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 5,000 career points, and she became just the second player ever to be a unanimous MVP selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some believe Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson to be the best player in the WNBA today, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[461,49,48,1483,82,630],"class_list":["post-22279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-las-vegas","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}