A’ja Wilson‘s right eye looked a bit swollen, but she was still all smiles after her Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 92-70 to move into the WNBA semifinals for the fifth season in a row.
Wilson set a playoff franchise record with 38 points in the game and added 16 rebounds.
“I got popped in the eye underneath the basket,” Wilson said. “I got popped real bad. But it’s good. I can see out of it.”
Wilson and the Aces also have some time to rest and recover, as they don’t play again until hosting Game 1 of the semifinals next Sunday (5 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN App). The defending champions never trailed in their 2-0 sweep of Chicago, the first time a WNBA team has done so in a playoff series.
Las Vegas will play the winner of the Dallas Wings versus Atlanta Dream series in the next round. Dallas leads the series 1-0 with Game 2 on Tuesday.
Wilson, considered one of the top candidates for both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, was 15-of-23 (65.2%) from the field while holding the Sky to 3-of-11 shooting (27.3%) when she was the primary…
