{"id":172660,"date":"2025-09-21T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172660\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:03:10","slug":"aces-hc-becky-hammon-issues-strong-warning-to-fever-about-aja-wilson-after-game-1-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172660\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces HC Becky Hammon issues strong warning to Fever about A’ja Wilson after Game 1 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WNBA<\/a> once again proved just how unpredictable this sport can be \u2014 and this time, it was the Indiana Fever who pulled off the upset in Game 1 of the semifinals. They delivered a tough blow on the road to A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s Las Vegas Aces, though head coach Becky Hammon<\/a> remains confident that Game 2 will tell a very different story.<\/p>\n

What exactly is coach Hammon referring to with that statement? Specifically, to the performance of A\u2019ja Wilson \u2014 the recently crowned league MVP<\/a> \u2014 who didn\u2019t have her best game against the Fever.<\/p>\n

Following the 89\u201373 loss on their home court, Aces<\/a> head coach Becky Hammon spoke to the media and issued a warning to opponents \u2014 her star player doesn\u2019t usually have two bad games in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she just missed, honestly. She had a lot of great looks\u2026 I\u2019ll tell you this, she doesn\u2019t normally play two stinkers in a row,\u201d Hammon said via Tony East.<\/p>\n

\"A'Ja<\/p>\n

Kelsey Mitchell #0 of the Indiana Fever drives against A\u2019ja Wilson.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s performance<\/p>\n

While the Indiana Fever stole the show in their Game 1 upset, the performance of Aces MVP A\u2019ja Wilson left many wanting more. Wilson finished with a solid stat line of 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 1 assist in 34 minutes of play, but the numbers don\u2019t tell the full story. <\/p>\n

\"Caitlin<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark reacts with two-word message following Fever\u2019s impressive win over Aces<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The reigning MVP was uncharacteristically quiet, struggling to assert her dominance and take over the game as fans have grown accustomed to seeing. With the Aces\u2019 offense stalling at critical moments, many expected Wilson to elevate her play and carry her team to victory. Instead, she was outshined by the Fever\u2019s Kelsey Mitchell, who delivered a career night. <\/p>\n

The Aces will need their star player to be more aggressive and impactful on both ends of the court if they hope to even the series and keep their championship hopes alive.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for the Aces?Michelob ULTRA Arena Las Vegas, September 23@ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, September 26@ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, September 28 (If necessary)Michelob ULTRA Arena Las Vegas, September 30 (If necessary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA once again proved just how unpredictable this sport can be \u2014 and this time, it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[52746,2839,4677,99,434],"class_list":["post-172660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-becky-hammon","tag-indiana-fever","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}