{"id":745553,"date":"2026-07-06T01:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745553\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:05:12","slug":"aces-all-star-aja-wilson-ankle-will-not-play-vs-fever-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745553\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces All-Star A\u2019ja Wilson (ankle) will not play vs. Fever &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four-time WNBA MVP A\u2019ja Wilson was declared out for the Las Vegas Aces\u2019 game against the visiting Indiana Fever on Sunday due to a right ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Aces center missed her third consecutive game. The nationally televised matchup is without Wilson and fellow All-Star Caitlin Clark, who is on the Fever bench for the second straight game, recovering from a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson suffered the injury one week ago in a 107-99 win over the Chicago Sky. She wore a boot on her right foot during a rematch of those same two teams on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s tough,\u201d Aces coach Becky Hammon said Friday regarding Wilson. \u201cI want to protect her as much as possible. She really wants to play, and we\u2019re not going to rush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson entered Sunday leading the WNBA in scoring with 25.7 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783299912_351_be4452b65ace878d206f2029709048c825036e3517e6a89f4eedc3d4c530e2ba.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four-time WNBA MVP A\u2019ja Wilson was declared out for the Las Vegas Aces\u2019 game against the visiting Indiana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-745553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745553","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=745553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}