Led by 13 points at halftime against the Chicago Sky, the Las Vegas players reversed the trend behind three “double-doubles”. Jackie Young compiled 24 points and 10 rebounds, Chelsea Gray had 19 points and 10 assists while A’ja Wilson, who had just scored 53 points, settled for 18 points and 10 rebounds…
In any case, enough to allow the Aces of Becky Hammon to win their 30th victory in 34 outings!
The Nevada franchise thus becomes the first team in WNBA history to reach 30 wins in a regular season, the Phoenix Mercury having stopped at 29 (for 5 losses) in 2014.
However, it should be noted that the number of games has increased since 2019. Previously, WNBA teams played 34 games per season, which made the 30-win mark almost impossible to reach. Increased to 36 and now 40 matches, this bar becomes logically more accessible.
Number of games up or not, the defending champions are still heading for the best regular season in history since their record (30-4) offers them a success rate of 88.2%, better than that of the Phoenix Mercury of 2014 (85.3%). There are still six games to play to validate this performance, before the playoffs.
Behind, only the New York Liberty of Marine Johannès holds (a little) the rhythm of A’ja Wilson and company.
With their victory in overtime (95-90) against Connecticut, the players of the “Big Apple” thus point to 26 wins for 7 losses. And with 7 more games to play, they can also reach the total of 30 successes. For the other franchises, this option has gone as they have all lost more than 10 games this season.
