{"id":325626,"date":"2026-06-06T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325626\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:27:14","slug":"paige-bueckers-absurd-assist-total-overcomes-odyssey-sims-nasty-injury-for-dallas-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325626\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers’ absurd assist total overcomes Odyssey Sims’ nasty injury for Dallas Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paige Bueckers’ absurd assist total overcomes Odyssey Sims’ nasty injury for Dallas Wings<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paige Bueckers<\/a> had no choice but to run the show all Friday night long for the Dallas Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After an excruciating early injury to the Wings’ other main point guard Odyssey Sims<\/a>, Bueckers took matters into her own hands.<\/p>\n

As far as Paige was concerned, it was a good thing statistically. She finished with a career-high 14 assists to go with 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting.<\/p>\n

Bueckers’ distribution helped Dallas have the entire starting five finish in double figures, including 30 points for Arike Ogunbowale<\/a> in a 104-96 win over the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bueckers workload was even greater than normal, though, because Sims got hurt.<\/p>\n

The long-time lefty guard went down during the first half and clearly was in immense pain.<\/p>\n

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It’s heartbreaking to watch the seasons as the Wings try to help Sims stand up:<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Bueckers will have to try to do quite a bit. She’ll have the ball in her hands more often than when Sims was on the floor.<\/p>\n

Bueckers was already trending toward clear and obvious team leader status.<\/p>\n

Now, that will be accelerated. For the Wings to steady the ship after what looked like a nasty injury to Sims, Bueckers will have to take the full reins of the offense.<\/p>\n

She appears to be capable. It’ll be fun to see how Paige does with this newfound responsibility.<\/p>\n

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