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Dallas Wings Rising Star, Paige Bueckers, achieved one of the best performances of a WNBA recruit in history, but it was a veteran of Los Angeles Sparks who spoiled the show.
Bueckers, the former Uconn Huskies off competition which was the overall choice n ° 1 of the WNBA 2025 draft, scored 44 points in the defeat of 81-80 wings against the Sparks. It was the most points in a single match of a recruit in the history of the WNBA and the most points of all the players this season.
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The Dallas wings goalkeeper, Paige Bueckers, dribble against the striker of the Sparks Rickea Jackson in Crypto.com Arena. (Images Kirby Lee / Imagn)
She had 17 out of 21 on the field and made all her four attempts of 3 points. She added four rebounds and three assists.
Cynthia Cooper, then on the then, scored 44 points in the inaugural season of the League in 1997. All the players were considered in their “first year” at the time. The legend of Sparks Candace Parker scored 40 points in 2008 and was the holder of the real recruit record.
“I have always proud and I was proud to win, which is obviously the main objective,” she said. “Honestly, I think I’m just the most proud of this team, like the way we fight. This team means so much for me.”
The Dallas wings guardian, Paige Bueckers, rushes for the ball against the attacking sparks Azura Stevens in Crypto.com Arena. (Images Kirby Lee / Imagn)
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Bueckers is 60 points less than the Arike Ogunbowale record for most points in a single season by a recruit. She scored 630 points in 2019.
The wings would have liked to obtain the victory. Bueckers scored the last 13 points of the Wings. But it was the star of Sparks, Kelsey Plum, who obtained the last word.
Plum had the ball in his hands in the last seconds and was strongly kept by several players of the wings. She bypassed a defender and took the ball in the painting and put a float.
The ball came out of the panel and in the net as the buzzer sounded.
The Sparks goalkeeper, Kelsey Plum, shoots on the ball against the center of Dallas Wings, Luisa Geiselsoder and the Grace Berger at Crypto.com Arena. (Images Kirby Lee / Imagn)
Plum collected 20 points in the victory. Rickea Jackson led the sparks with 25 points, including six 3 points.
