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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · Aug 16

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

Today's win was Chelsea Gray's 40th WNBA Playoffs win, tied for 5th-most all-time with Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Seimone Augustus, and Maya Moore.

Ahead of them are:

Rebekkah Brunson: 57
Lindsay Whalen: 54
DeWanna Bonner: 51
Diana Taurasi: 41

u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-UsAlW

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

Jackie Young is the 5th player to finish a WNBA Finals game with 30+ points on 60% or better shooting from the field, joining:

Sheryl Swoopes (2000)
Nykesha Sales (2004)
Seimone Augustus (2011)
Breanna Stewart (2020)

u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-epIIJ

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

Chelsea Gray is the first player in WNBA Finals history with 10+ points, 10+ assists, 5+ rebounds, 3+ steals, and 3+ blocks in a game.

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Candace Parker (2017 Semifinals vs. Phoenix) is the only other player to do so in the WNBA Playoffs.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

With her 5th assist today, Alyssa Thomas passed Courtney Vandersloot to become the all-time leader in assists in WNBA Playoffs history.

Alyssa Thomas: 391
Courtney Vandersloot: 390
Chelsea Gray: 379
Sue Bird: 364
Lindsay Whalen: 341

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

This A'ja Wilson's 3rd WNBA Finals game with 25+ points and 10+ rebounds, breaking her tie with Breanna Stewart for most all-time.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

30 points for Jackie Young is an Aces franchise record for a WNBA Finals game.

The previous high was 29, by Kelsey Plum in Game 3 of the 2023 WNBA Finals.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

A'ja Wilson is the first player to have 20+ points and 10+ rebounds in consecutive games in a WNBA Finals series since...

2022 A'ja Wilson (vs. Connecticut).

No one else has done it.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

With 7 assists so far today, Chelsea Gray is now 2nd all-time in assists in WNBA Finals history.

1. Lindsay Whalen: 129 (31 games)
2. Chelsea Gray: 106 (18.5 games)
3. Courtney Vandersloot: 100 (16 games)

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 2d

A couple of insets from the March 17, 1996, Rapid City Journal.

Newspaper clipping with information on the Class AA all-tournament team, including the selection of a "Nate Tibbetts"

Newspaper clipping on CSU's opening round win in the NCAA Tournament, including Becky Hammon's 11 points.

Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 3d

WNBA stat watch (Playoffs edition):

- Alyssa Thomas is 4 assists behind Courtney Vandersloot (390 - 1st) and 9 rebounds behind Lisa Leslie (471 - 7th)
- A'ja Wilson's next block breaks her tie w/ Candace Parker (117 - 2nd)
- In Finals history, Chelsea Gray is 1 assist behind Vandersloot (100 - 2nd)

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

Those 2 blocks tied her with Parker at 2nd-most all-time in WNBA Playoffs history (117 each), behind only Leslie (132). 😉

Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

The Aces won tonight with 41 points off the bench, most points off the bench for a team in a WNBA Finals game since the Mystics had 52 in Game 2 of the 2019 Finals.

It's good for 6th-most all-time in a WNBA Finals game.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

A'ja Wilson is just the 3rd player in WNBA Finals history with 20+ PTS, 10+ REB, 5+ AST, and 2+ BLK in a game, joining:

Lisa Leslie: 2001 Game 2
Elena Delle Donne: 2019 Game 1

u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-ldTCc

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

Kierstan Bell is just the 3rd player to start a WNBA Finals game and play less than 6 minutes.

Elaine Powell (2x in 2007)
Elena Delle Donne (2019 Game 2)
Kierstan Bell (2025 Game 1)

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

With Kahleah Copper also making 5 threes tonight, it's just the 2nd WNBA Finals game to see multiple players make 5+.

The first came when Angel McCoughtry and Breanna Stewart each made 5 in Game 1 of the 2020 Finals.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

Dana Evans is just the 2nd player in WNBA Finals history with 5 made threes off the bench in a game, joining Riquna Williams (2022).

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

With her 5th assist of the night, Chelsea Gray passed Sue Bird for 3rd-most assists in WNBA Playoffs history.

1. Courtney Vandersloot: 390
2. Alyssa Thomas: 384
3. Chelsea Gray: 365
4. Sue Bird: 360

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 4d

With 4 rebounds so far, A'ja Wilson has surpassed 500 in her WNBA postseason career.

She is just the 4th player in league history with 1,000+ points and 500+ rebounds in the WNBA Playoffs, joining:

Tamika Catchings
Candace Parker
DeWanna Bonner

A'ja got there in 52 games, fastest all-time.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 5d

WNBA stat watch (Playoffs edition):

- Alyssa Thomas is 13 assists behind Courtney Vandersloot (390 - 1st)
- A'ja Wilson is 2 blocks behind Candace Parker (117 - 2nd) and 20 points behind Maya More (1,077 - 5th)
- Chelsea Gray is 4 assists behind Sue Bird (364 - 3rd)

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Dan Falkenheim @thefalkon.bsky.social · 5d

This year, Alyssa Thomas became the only player in WNBA history to average at least 15 points and 9 assists per game in a single season.

(Data via @acrossthetimeline.com)

Scatter plot showing WNBA individual seasons by assists per game (x-axis) and points per game (y-axis). Alyssa Thomas is the only player in league history to average 15+ points and 9+ assists per game.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 6d

Through the Semifinals, the 2025 WNBA Playoffs are averaging 12,148 per game in reported attendance (20 games).

For a single WNBA postseason pre-Finals, that trails only the 1997 Playoffs (14,131 per game over 2 games).

1997: 14,131 per game (2 games)
2025: 12,148 (20)
2000: 11,721 (14)

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 7d

Tonight's Aces/Fever game is the first in WNBA Playoffs history to see three players each put up 25+ PTS and 5+ AST.

Jackie Young: 32 PTS / 10 AST
A'ja Wilson: 35 PTS / 5 AST
Odyssey Sims: 27 PTS / 6 AST

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 7d

The Aces grabbed just 34.43% of available rebounds tonight, tied for 7th lowest percentage in WNBA Playoffs history.

It's the lowest percentage in WNBA Playoffs history for a winning team.

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 7d

A'ja is the first player in any WNBA game (regular season or postseason) to put up 35+ PTS, 5+ REB, 5+ AST, 4+ STL, and 4+ BLK

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 7d

A'ja Wilson is the 2nd player in WNBA history with 30+ PTS, 5+ REB, 4+ AST, 4+ STL, and 4+ BLK in a game, joining Sylvia Fowles (2021 vs. Las Vegas in OT).

u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-POQkF

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