{"id":675396,"date":"2026-05-17T11:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/675396\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:33:18","slug":"wnba-2026-aja-wilson-scripts-wnba-history-with-stunning-45-point-night-against-connecticut-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/675396\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA 2026: A&#8217;ja Wilson Scripts WNBA History With Stunning 45-Point Night Against Connecticut Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t8<\/p>\n<p>The Las Vegas Aces dominated the Connecticut Sun 98-69 on Wednesday at Mohegan Sun Arena, owning the paint with a massive 58-34 edge and then stretched things out to 36 at one point. But the biggest talking point of the night was A\u2019ja Wilson, who once again delivered a performance that felt impossible to ignore. The four-time WNBA MVP exploded for 45 points in the Aces\u2019 101-94 win over the Sun on Friday, putting together one of the most efficient scoring nights of her career.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson went 15-of-18 from the floor, knocked down both of her three-pointers, and stayed perfect from the free-throw line by hitting all 13 attempts. That performance also gave her the fifth 40-point game of her career, the most in WNBA history, moving her past Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi. Her personal best still sits at 53 points, a total she dropped against Atlanta on August 22, 2023.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a special night for A\u2019ja Wilson \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>\n                                You Might Be Interested In<\/p>\n<p>45 PTS (26 in 2nd half)<br \/>15-18 fgm<br \/>2 BLK<\/p>\n<p>This was her 5th career 40+ point game, which is the most in WNBA history!<\/p>\n<p>She passed Angel McCoughtry in Q2 to move up to 20th on the WNBA\u2019s all\u2011time scoring list \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5fuOjAhB4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/A5fuOjAhB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2055673694010384703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A\u2019ja Wilson Shares The Secret Behind Her Efficient Scoring Night<\/p>\n<p>A\u2019ja Wilson wasn\u2019t just piling up points, she was doing it exactly the way she wanted. \u201cFinding shots in our system and letting the flow of the game take over,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cThat\u2019s big to me. I want to be efficient. It\u2019s beautiful to rack up all these points, but to be efficient, that\u2019s what is key.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aces coach Becky Hammon could only admire what she was seeing unfold. \u201cShe was unbelievable,\u201d Hammon said. \u201cReally happy with the free throws. The 3s, she just continued to sprinkle those in. She got a lot of early touches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut did make things interesting late in the third quarter after trimming a 13-point deficit down to 72-70, but Wilson immediately shut the door. Coming out of a timeout, she drilled a three-pointer before converting a three-point play on the next stretch, sparking a decisive 16-4 run for Las Vegas. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t really designed to be like that,\u201d Wilson said of her 3. \u201cI was trying to take what the defense was giving me. (Raegan) Beers was playing a little bit off, so why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could This Have Been A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s Final Game at Mohegan Sun Arena?<\/p>\n<p>Mohegan Sun Arena has played a big part in A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s career, and with the Connecticut Sun set to move to Houston next season, this may have been her final game there. \u201cThis building has been special to me for a while,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cGot my first WNBA point in this building and championship in this building. It\u2019s fun coming here. \u2026 Going to miss this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Gray said Wilson\u2019s brilliance still surprises everyone around her, even after years of watching it closely. \u201cYou can\u2019t get bored with watching greatness,\u201d the Aces\u2019 star point guard said. \u201cI\u2019m around it all the time, but I\u2019m surprised every day. I never want to get to the spot where I\u2019m comfortable, like, yeah, that\u2019s unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8 The Las Vegas Aces dominated the Connecticut Sun 98-69 on Wednesday at Mohegan Sun Arena, owning the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,248332,248331,8133,4657,49,48,3458,35220,3460,248333,31164,82,630,124631],"class_list":["post-675396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson","tag-aja-wilson-a-dominant-basketball-player-who-plays-for-the-las-vegas-aces","tag-aja-wilson-basketball","tag-becky-hammon","tag-breanna-stewart","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-connecticut-sun","tag-diana-taurasi","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-las-vegas-aces-vs-connecticut-sun","tag-mohegan-sun-arena","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675396","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=675396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}