Unanimous A’Ja Wilson, WNBA MVP and the Las Vegas Aces — with Unanimous WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever – each heading into the crucial second game of the first round of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs.
Here’s when the Aces and Fever will play Game 2 of their respective opening series.
When will Caitlin Clark play?
Caitlin Clark and the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever will face the third-seeded Connecticut Sun in a pivot game 2 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut
This match will start at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24 and will be broadcast on ESPN.
In her first taste of the intensity of the WNBA playoffs, Caitlin Clark also had to deal with the pain of the first playoff loss of her young career, as The fever has been blown away published by the Sun, 93-69.
Clark managed to achieve a stat line of 11 points while shooting 4 of 17, with four rebounds and eight assists.
Clark and the Fever must bounce back quickly or this best-of-three series will be over after two games.
A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces look to defeat the Seattle Storm
League MVP A’Ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces lead 1-0 in the WNBA playoffs first-round series after overcome the storm78-67, Sunday.
The second Aces-Storm game will start at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after the Fever-Sun game and will also be broadcast on ESPN.
Wilson scored 21 points, had eight rebounds and seven assists against Skylar Diggins-Smith and the Storm.
Caitlin Clark named WNBA Rookie of the Year
On Sunday, the WNBA announced that Caitlin Clark had won the unanimous vote. Rookie of the year honors, beating out Chicago Sky rookies Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese.
“Clark started all 40 regular season games for the Fever and had a breakthrough freshman year, highlighted by numerous WNBA records,” the statement read. Indiana Fever Announcement. “Clark finished the regular season leading all rookies in points scored (19.2 points per game), field goals made (242), 3-pointers made (122), assists (8.4 assists per game), steals (1.3 steals per game) and minutes (35.4 minutes per game).
“In addition to the rookie class, Clark led the league in assists (337) and 3-pointers made. Clark had the most points (769), assists and 3-pointers made by a rookie in WNBA history.”
A’ja Wilson wins third WNBA MVP award
A’ja Wilson will have to make room on the mantelpiece for her third Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player Wilson also won WNBA MVP in 2020 and 2022.
“A’ja Wilson is the fourth player in WNBA history to win three MVP awards, joining Sheryl Swoopes (2000, 2002 and 2005), Lisa Leslie (2001, 2004 and 2006) and Lauren Jackson (2003, 2007 and 2010),” the WNBA said in a statement. “Wilson received 67 first-place votes (670 points) from a national panel of sportswriters and commentators, making her the first unanimous Kia WNBA MVP since Cynthia Cooper of the Houston Comets in the league’s inaugural season in 1997.”
Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist covering breaking news in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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