{"id":61746,"date":"2025-08-11T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/61746\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:31:08","slug":"wnbas-aja-wilson-makes-history-with-30-point-20-rebound-double-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/61746\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA&#8217;s A&#8217;ja Wilson Makes History with 30-Point, 20-Rebound Double-Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nA&#8217;ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces made WNBA history on Aug. 10 in a game against the Connecticut Sun The Aces star became the first player in the league to record a 30-point, 20-rebound double-double Wilson&#8217;s record-breaking feat helped the team nab a 94-86 win over the Sun<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/aja-wilson-leads-team-usa-basketball-8th-straight-olympic-gold-over-france-8693676\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a> just solidified her name in the history books.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Las Vegas Aces\u00a0star made WNBA history this weekend when she became the first player in the league to record a 30-point, 20-rebound double-double.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Wilson, who turned 28 three days prior, ended the game with 32 points and 20 rebounds to go with five assists and two steals as the Aces finished with a 94-86 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday, Aug. 10.\n<\/p>\n<p> A&#8217;ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces handles the ball the ball during the game against the Connecticut Sun on Aug. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bottari\/NBAE via Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It was the three-time WNBA MVP&#8217;s 14th double-double of the season and her sixth career game with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds. She tied\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/918\/tina-charles\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Charles<\/a>\u00a0for the most in WNBA history, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/45942096\/aja-wilson-first-wnba-30-point-20-rebound-game\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Now, Wilson \u2014 who is currently in her eighth season with the WNBA \u2014 also has 30 career games with at least 30 points, tied for third all-time with Breanna Stewart.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It\u2019s huge,&#8221; she said, per ESPN. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t even know, as many greats as we have in this league, it&#8217;s kind of a shocker that it&#8217;s just now happening. It&#8217;s a blessing. I love what I do.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> A&#8217;ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces shoots the ball during the game against the Connecticut Sun on Aug. 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bottari\/NBAE via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I love it so much, so anytime that I can come out and just play basketball the way that I love it, and the team, and we&#8217;re all getting involved \u2014 I&#8217;m happy with that,&#8221; the star center continued.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It\u2019s pretty cool to have my name in the record books when it comes to that. I\u2019m pretty sure there\u2019s going to be a lot following up,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So yeah, it\u2019s pretty cool to kind of be the first one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Wilson becoming the first player in the league to register a 30-20 double-double came as no surprise to Aces coach Becky Hammon.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s just A&#8217;ja being A&#8217;ja,&#8221; she said, per ESPN, of her star player&#8217;s history-making accomplishment.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;She probably could have had one of these in the past,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I never let her really go to the offensive glass this year, where we&#8217;ve been emphasizing that more.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Aces, who have now won four straight games with a 18-14 record, move to sixth in the WNBA standings.\n<\/p>\n<p> A&#8217;ja Wilson attends the 2024 Time100 Gala in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Wilson&#8217;s recent achievement was just her latest history-making moment. Earlier this season, she\u00a0became the fastest player\u00a0in WNBA history to reach 5,000 career points.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Aces take on the defending champion New York Liberty in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW A&#8217;ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces made WNBA history on Aug. 10 in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-61746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61746","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=61746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}