As the last five seconds of the first half of Unrivaled’s final regular-season game between Rose BC and Vinyl counted down, Chelsea Gray danced around Dearica Hamby.
Gray jab-stepped to the top of the key, pulled back out and scooted to her right, narrowly avoiding Hamby. With a hand in her face, Gray rose up for a midrange jump shot.
As she fell to the ground, the ball fell through the hoop. Gray got up, looked at the crowd and licked her lips before calmly walking back to the Rose bench.
This rose is called Point Gawd for a reason 🪄✨
10 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists at half🌹 pic.twitter.com/Mnu78ntRL1
— Unrivaled Basketball (@Unrivaledwbb) March 11, 2025
Heading into Unrivaled’s debut season, questions surrounded Gray: Would her defense be exposed? Would the foot injury that forced her out of the 2023 WNBA Finals and held her out the first 12 games of the 2024 season be an issue? And, as Gray put it, did she still have it?
To “quiet the noise,” she took it upon herself to prove that she does still have it. And performances like the one she had against Vinyl — Gray finished with eight 3-pointers and 33 points — demonstrated she hasn’t lost a beat.
