The capricious and pious fortune with Dallas wanted to designate not one, but up to two successors of Luka Doncic in a city that had been discarded by the heartless Nico Harrison: Paige Bueckers y Cooper Flagg.
Number 1 of the WNBA and NBA draft respectively, Bueckers previously reached the disenchanted city of Texas after the Dallas Wings They will select it in April and the base already dazzled to leave Doncic in oblivion: the American beat the record record of a rookie In a single game with 44 points in the same city towards which the Mavericks packed the former of the Real MadridLos Angeles, House of the Lakers and of the Sparks. As if destiny I wanted all these parallel stories to intersect.
However, there was an antiheroin that chafó to Bueckers the outcome of fairy tale which page torn: Kelsey Plum He released a bomb at the last moment to make Sparks win on the horn (81-80) and dare partly the milestone of Luka Donc's successor.
To overshadow that not only of the spectacular not only of the 44 points but of the almost definition of perfection of the annotation breakdown: Paige Bueckers, of 23 yearssigned a 17/21 in field shots, a 4/4 in triples and a 6/6 in free throws adding 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Such statistics made him the first player in the history of the WNBA that scores 40 points with more than 80% in field shots. The 44 Bueckers points also mean the best scoring performance of a player this season in the best league in the world. A more merit milestone if the phenomenon is taken into account Caitlin Clarkalthough the star of the Indiana Fever has been out of injury for a month.
The previous annotation plusmarca by a rookie in a WNBA match was in possession of a legend as Candace Parker. The one that was tricampeone and double MVP and myth precisely from Las Angeles Sparks put 40 points in a 2008 match between the Angelino team and the Houston Comets that ended with victory for the Sparks (82-74).
However, and as a reminder the painful last-minute defeat, the talent of Bueckers contrasts with the bad march of the Wings, with the worst record of the West with 9-27.
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“I have always been proud that the team wins, so obviously that is the main objective,” recalled the 23 -year base, learning in some way to lose after being champion last year of the NCAA with the UConn Huskies.
“What I am most proud of this team is the way we fight, this team means a lot for me, simply how we do. We love each other, it could be easy for us because 9-27 being miserable and hate coming to work, but we support ourselves. We are learning and growing together, what we are building here only makes me happy,” Bueckers said warning in some way the bright future that comes.
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After all, the first year of Luka Doncic In Dallas he was also miserable with the team of Texas ending penultimate from the West, despite which the former Real Madrid won an award to the Rookie of the year he points out Paige Bueckers. The base recalled that, although Cooper Flagg Para all noise, '77' has a successor and a successor.
