Enjoy the debut of the “WNBA Six Pack,” a twice-weekly check in that highlights some of the goings ons—on the court, off the court and in between—for half the league’s teams. This week, we’ll begin with the top six teams in the standings before taking a peek at the six lower-ranked squads later this week.
Las Vegas Aces (21-2)
On Saturday, A’ja Wilson authored a MVP-caliber tour de force, scoring a season-high 35 points on 82.4 percent shooting while also grabbing 14 rebounds. The performance powered Vegas to a record-matching fifth-straight win by 15 or more points, with Wilson and company defeating the Minnesota Lynx 98-81.
Yet another Aces’ record might be considered unmoving, merely further evidence of their accepted inevitability. Their dominance deserves more celebration! The Aces not only are on pace to complete the greatest season in WNBA history, but, arguably, the greatest season in all of basketball history.
Yes, Vegas is superteam, stacked with stars willing to sacrifice in search of another championship. But, how many times in the history of this sport have über-talented teams expected to cruise to victories and titles instead disintegrated into disappointment? What’s supposed to “ be fun” oftentimes ends up as failure.
In short,…
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