A’ja Wilson was inspired, and the Las Vegas Aces needed to have a player like that against the New York Liberty in the third game of the semifinals of the WNBA, as the team from Sin City forced another game by winning 95-81.
Wilson had a big night on the court as she scored 19 points and also captured 14 rebounds. When the game was seemingly out of hand, the coaching staff from Las Vegas tried to give her a breather but she refused to come out of the game.
A’ja Wilson spills true feelings about white players in front of Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers
“You can’t sit down in a game like this, this is an elimination game. I cannot sit down, that’s looking like giving up,” A’ja Wilson said in a postgame interview. “That’s looking like quitting to me, so I knew I had to come and be who I needed to be for my time out of the game and make sure we understood what we needed to do her at home.”
She got helped from some friends
Even after an inspired performance from A’ja Wilson with her 20th career double-double, she was not alone in the game. Jackie Young had a pretty good game herself after scoring 24 points and that was not all. Kelsey Plum’s experience was also a factor in this one.
She scored 20 points and also Tiffany Hayes and Chelsea Gray helped the cause after scoring 11 and 10 points respectively to extend the team’s winning streak at home in the playoffs to a WNBA record 12 games.
After New York got the victory in the first two games of the series, they still have to seal the deal to advance to the finals and they will have to try and do it once more in Las Vegas as Game 4 will be played on Sunday.
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