SPORTS: A’ja’s WNBA history, Alysha Clark’s gaff & Coronado HS’s Jaden Hardy in NBA Finals
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson made history with her 36 pts, 14 rebs, and 6 steals in the Aces win over of the Dallas Wings. A’ja is the first player in WNBA history to have 35 plus points, 10 plus rebounds, and 5 plus steals in a WNBA game. Las Vegas Aces forward Alysha Clark is showing she can laugh at herself after a blooper from Wednesday’s game went viral.
In the second quarter and Las Vegas up 41-29 against Dallas, Clark was called to inbound the ball to teammate Kelsey Plum from the sideline of the Wings’ end of the court. Instead, Clark delivered the ball to Arike Ogunbowale, a guard for the Wings, causing Plum to hold up her hands in disbelief. Ogunbowale missed a three-point shot, but Clark fouled Dallas forward Monique Billings while battling for the rebound. After the game, Clark made it clear she didn’t know what happened either.
“Y’allLOLI’m not sure what I thought,” Clark posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, with lots of “cry laughing” emojis. “just knooooow my teammates aren’t letting me live it down.” On Instagram, Ogunbowale admitted she was surprised herself, writing, “boy idk how I missed that but I was too confused to lock in.” It was no harm for the Aces, even if it led to the foul: Las Vegas defeated Dallas 95-81 as Clark finished with a plus-minus of +7 for the game.
When the Dallas Mavericks battle the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals they’ll do it with three players with strong Las Vegas ties. Guard Jaden Hardy from Coronado High School, former Runnin’ Rebel Derrick Jones Jr., and Findlay Prep star PJ Washington all spent significant time here in Vegas. Jaden Hardy joined Sports Director Bryan Salmond in the studio for a ‘Salmond Sit Down’ days after attending the NBA Draft in New York. Watch the full interview.
