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Can A’ja Wilson Finally Receive Her Flowers?

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A’ja Wilson just finished what is arguably one of the best WNBA seasons of all time. From being the second ever unanimous MVP, to being the first player to have a 1000-point season; to winning an Olympic gold medal and the MVP of that tournament, this doesn't begin to cover all she's accomplished in 2024. Throughout all of this, Wilson’s family and faith has been a guiding light for her and she is constantly driven to ensure she sits atop of the Mount Rushmore of greats the WNBA has ever seen. While her legacy is being cemented, on and off the court, Wilson faces a new challenge as her two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces find themselves down 0-2 to the New York Liberty in the semifinals. With the third game Friday night in Vegas, the quest to three-peat faces its biggest test yet. So today, we chat with Andscape’s women's basketball reporter Sean Hurd who shares conversations he’s had with A’ja this year, her remarkable season and breaks down this huge matchup between the Aces and Liberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sean Heard you were in Brooklawn, Vietnam at the Barclays Center on Tuesday night for game two of the

0:05.6

W NBA playoff series between the Aces and the Liberty. What it looked like in there? That building is fascinating to me.

0:12.4

Playing Barclays Center was like in there that building is fascinating to me. Playing Barclay's center was loud for game two of the semifinals.

0:18.0

The environment was great.

0:22.0

Ellie was wiling as she always is.

0:25.0

You can sense the urgency from both teams to have, you know,

0:28.0

a win for either side would swing the series and, you know,

0:31.0

the game delivered on all ends. New York runs away.

0:34.0

Young can at the three.

0:36.0

Game two belongs to the New York Liberty.

0:40.0

We got to talk about Ellie for a second.

0:42.0

I mean this is the best thing going we have in mascot tree across sports. How much of a delight is it to see Ellie getting it done. Colin Kappernik was on the sideline, Alicia Keys was on the sideline, Robin Roberts is on the

0:55.4

sideline, the most popular animal person thing in that arena was Ellie, the elephant, could not go more than two steps without everyone bum rushing

1:06.2

That's fair getting back to basketball though if the aces are gonna get back into this thing Sean

1:10.6

They're going to need to lean on the woman who is rapidly becoming

1:14.3

one of the most decorated players in the history of the W. Asia Wilson, but they're down to

1:19.3

O. What do you think a comeback in this series in specific would mean for her legacy, Asia's that is?

1:25.2

I mean, it's so interesting and fascinating because the the aces come into the

1:29.4

playoffs looking to make history as being just the second team to 3P in WMA history since the

1:37.0

comments, you know, over 20 years ago, they now find themselves trying to make a different kind of history where teams are 18 and

1:45.7

oh in the post season when leading 2-0 in a Best of 5 series. The Aces are on the wrong

1:50.9

side of that and so if Asia can somehow meet the aces

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