{"id":13090,"date":"2025-06-29T05:38:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aja-wilson-makes-history-reaches-5000-points-fastest-in-the-wnba\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:38:38","slug":"aja-wilson-makes-history-reaches-5000-points-fastest-in-the-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/aja-wilson-makes-history-reaches-5000-points-fastest-in-the-wnba\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;ja Wilson Makes History: Reaches 5,000 Points Fastest in the WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"A&#8217;ja Wilson, the WNBA superstar and three-time MVP, has made history by becoming the fastest player to reach 5,000 points in league history. This impressive achievement came during the Las Vegas Aces&#8217; victory over the Connecticut Sun with a score of 85-59.Wilson reached this mark in her 238th game, surpassing great figures like Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi. She is the twenty-eighth player in WNBA history to achieve this feat.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A historical milestone<\/h2>\nThe culminating moment arrived in the second quarter, when Wilson scored a basket that allowed him to surpass 5,000 points. The fans at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas celebrated enthusiastically, displaying signs with the number &#8220;5,000&#8221;.Wilson finished the game with 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks, demonstrating once again his versatility and dominance on the court. The Aces, after this victory, have two consecutive wins.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A special moment<\/h2>\nAfter the match, Wilson attended the press conference with the sneakers she used during the game, on which she had written &#8220;5K&#8221; and the date of the achievement. These sneakers, adorned with the character Tiana from the movie &#8220;The Princess and the Frog&#8221;, will become a special memento for the player.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>That movie teaches me many lessons. And sometimes, when I need a push, I always watch &#8216;The Princess and the Frog&#8217;. It&#8217;s very good. I suggest everyone watch it.<\/p><cite>A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/cite><\/blockquote>Wilson, since her arrival at the Aces in 2018, has been a fundamental part of the team, winning the Rookie of the Year award and the MVP awards in 2020, 2022, and 2024.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>One of the reasons I was selected was to score in many different ways. Being the fastest to reach 5,000 points is a blessing.<\/p><cite>A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/cite><\/blockquote>Wilson, recalling her first game in the WNBA, highlighted the importance of this achievement and its impact on the team&#8217;s history. Under her leadership, the Aces have won two WNBA titles in 2022 and 2023.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We&#8217;re talking about points, but she&#8217;s equally good on defense. She&#8217;s a really special player. She wants to be great, and I can coach her hard. And she only cares about winning. She never confuses her priorities.<\/p><cite>Becky Hammon, Aces coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&#8217;ja Wilson, the WNBA superstar and three-time MVP, has made history by becoming the fastest player to reach 5,000 points in league history. This impressive achievement came during the Las Vegas Aces&#8217; victory over the Connecticut Sun with a score of 85-59.Wilson reached this mark in her 238th game, surpassing great figures like Breanna Stewart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[4971,4972,3740,1086,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-13090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-000-points","9":"tag-4972","10":"tag-aja-wilson","11":"tag-las-vegas-aces","12":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}