A’ja Wilson’s dominant efficiency for Staff USA on Monday made one factor crystal clear: she’s the face of ladies’s basketball.
The WNBA’s finest participant was dominant in a 102-76 win over Japan, Staff USA’s first recreation within the group stage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Wilson had 24 factors, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks on 10-of-16 taking pictures, selecting up the place she left off on the WNBA midseason break.
Via the Aces’ first 24 video games, Wilson is averaging 27.2 factors and 12 rebounds per recreation. She’s constructed an ironclad case to win league MVP later this yr and confirmed a world viewers why she’s the game’s most dominant participant on Monday.
Her mid-range shot was falling in opposition to Japan and Wilson acquired a number of simple seems to be on passes within the paint. Within the third quarter, she transformed a three-point alternative after she confirmed off her handles on an assault towards the basket
