Doubleheader Drama: Which WNBA Stars Will Dominate Tonight’s Must-See Showdown?

Aces vs. Sun, 7:00 ET

I’ve gone 2-1 overall for WNBA plays and my first loss of the season was on A’ja Wilson. I laid out the groundwork for why I thought she would struggle to score over her point total in game one. I was wrong. I’m kind of thinking that I was wrong for two reasons – the team doesn’t have Kelsey Plum any more so Wilson might be getting more touches? Maybe. The other factor is that she was playing against the former Champions, and one of the Aces rivals. The third thing is that Naphesa Collier dropped over 30 the night before and is the biggest challenger to Wilson winning yet another MVP award. All of that combined were things that I am attributing to why I was wrong about her. I’m not going to put a play on her, but I am going to put a play on a different Aces guard – Jackie Young. Young is very talented and should get even more opportunity to shine this season now that Plum is in LA. Young played 33 minutes on Saturday and was able to take 19 shots, showing that she had the green light. She didn’t shoot particularly well, and about 60% of her shots were from deep. She only reached 16 points on 19 shot attempts. This shouldn’t be as difficult of a game for the Aces and Young may not play that much, but their team total is still listed at 90 points. I think they get Young involved here and I like her to go over 15.5 points. 

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