Yesterday, Alyssa Thomas became the 8th player in WNBA history to record 3 steals and 3 blocks in a #WNBAFinals game.
Thomas is the first player to do so since Candace Parker in 2017: hubs.li/Q01m6dfj0
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Hakeem Olajuwon is the only player to ever have 200+ blocks and 200+ steals in a single season, doing so in 1988-89.
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A'ja Wilson is just the 3rd player in WNBA history to have multiple playoff games with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.
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For the 7th time this postseason, the have at least four players in double figures.
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This is A'ja Wilson's 11th career playoff game with at least 20 points, the 6th most by a player in their first 5 seasons.
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Las Vegas led 21-9 in the first quarter. After that, the have gone on a 35-14 run.
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Three players—A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young—are responsible for 32 of the 34 first half points.
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A'ja Wilson's 12 first quarter points are the most she's scored in the opening frame of a playoff game this season.
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The two most recent MVPs—Jonquel Jones and A'ja Wilson—are facing off in the #WNBAFinals.
Both players are on a mission to win the first championship in the history of their respective franchises.
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DeWanna Bonner, Alyssa Thomas and Courtney Williams all tallied 12+ points, 5+ assists and 5+ rebounds for Connecticut yesterday.
It's the 5th time in WNBA history—and the first time in WNBA playoff history—that a team has had 3 players reach those marks: stathead.com/tiny/SKDEv
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Basketball Reference has added almost 300 jersey numbers to WNBA player pages, making this dataset virtually complete for all of WNBA history.
Check out our WNBA player index and click on any player to see which jersey numbers they wore in their career: basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/
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A'ja Wilson is the 5th player in WNBA history—and the first since Lauren Jackson in 2007—to be named MVP and DPOY in the same season.
Wilson is also the 7th player to win multiple MVPs. 🏆
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𝗠'𝗩𝗣! 𝗠'𝗩𝗣! 𝗠'𝗩𝗣!
A'ja Wilson has been named the 2022 #WNBA @Kia 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫!
Congratulations, @_ajawilson22!
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Chelsea Gray led the over Seattle with 31 points and 10 assists in the closeout Game 4.
It was just the fifth 30 point/10 assist game in WNBA history—and the first of them to happen in the playoffs: stathead.com/tiny/dTE5D
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@cgray209 is the first player in @WNBA Playoff history with 30+ points and 10+ assists.
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Despite falling to Las Vegas, Breanna Stewart had a historic night for the last night.
Stewart had 42 points, tying the record for the most ever in a WNBA playoff game. She also posted a game score of 37.0, the highest ever in a playoff game. #TakeCover
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Trivia Tuesday: Among players who have scored 20,000 points, who has the lowest career PPG?
See the answer: hubs.li/Q01lHCqV0
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Happy Birthday to John Wall, who turns 32 today!
Players to average 19 PPG, 9 APG, and play at least 500 NBA games:
Isiah Thomas
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Magic Johnson
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The Utah Jazz received seven 1st round picks (4 for Gobert, 3 for Mitchell) and three pick swaps (1 for Gobert, 2 for Mitchell) in trades this offseason.
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Let’s not forge that is the real hero for adding WNBA to the game finder.
Women’s sports + data = 📈
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It has been reported that RJ Barrett and the Knicks are working on a 4-year contract extension.
Barrett last year averaged 20.0 PPG. In their franchise's history, he is the only New York Knick to average 20 PPG at age 21 or younger.
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Trivia Tuesday: Who took the most shots from 30+ feet last season?
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Today in 2017, the Celtics traded Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Zizic, a 2018 1st Rd pick (Colin Sexton), and a 2020 2nd round pick (Skylar Mays) to the Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving.
Irving played in 127 regular season games for Boston, averaging 24.1/4.4/6.1.
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Despite falling to Connecticut, Candace Parker had a historic performance in Game 1, with 19 points, 18 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 4 steals.
Parker is the 3rd player in WNBA history to record at least 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks in a playoff game: stathead.com/tiny/vURRo
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Looking at the positives, CP3 had an All-Time GREAT performance.
Now we move to Wednesday.
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We've added WNBA stats to the Team Season Finder, giving you the ability to use this amazing tool to search team stats from a single season, multiple seasons, or the entire history of the WNBA.
Learn more about the latest update:
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How many of these players from our front page can you name?
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Happy Birthday to James Harden, born 33 years ago today!
Known as The Beard, El Chapo, and Jimbo Slice, he is the all-time leader in 50-point triple-doubles with 5.
Westbrook, Chamberlain, Baylor, Abdul-Jabbar, and Guerin are the only other players to have at least 1.
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On Wednesday, DeWanna Bonner became just the 9th player in WNBA history to record 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in a playoff game at age 35 or older: hubs.li/Q01k_G1q0
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Last night's Game 3 victory by the was just the 5th time in WNBA playoff history that a team won while shooting less then 70% from the free-throw line and less than 37.5% from the field: stathead.com/tiny/9bru3
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Do you know which WNBA team has the most wins since 2015?
Find out with the newly upgraded Team Season Finder tool on Stathead Basketball:
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With the latest update to Stathead Basketball's Team Season Finder, you can look up team stats from one season, multiple seasons, or the entire history of the WNBA!
See all of the new improvements and updates to the Team Season Finder:
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Happy Birthday to Reggie Miller, who turns 57 years old today!
The Hall of Famer, known as Uncle Reg, was a 5x All-Star and 3x All-NBA selectee.
Of the 49 players who have scored 20,000 career points, Miller ranks 4th in TS% (.614).
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The progressed to the semi-finals by defeating the New York Liberty yesterday.
Chicago spread the point scoring around—they became just the second team in WNBA history to have 6 players score at least a dozen points in a playoff game: tinysr.com/3wr6z4L
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Udonis Haslem will have his No. 40 retired by the Miami Heat. His franchise ranks:
1st in Total Rebounds (5,780)
2nd in Games (872)
2nd in Minutes Played (21,648)
4th in Win Shares (50.9)
7th in Points (6,559)
10th in Blocks (250)
10th in Steals (423)
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Trivia Tuesday: Who has the most seasons with at least 100 steals?
See the answer: tinysr.com/3Ak4MQc
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