Aces coach Becky Hammon took her team to task after Tuesday's 93-90 loss to the Wings, saying, ripping its defensive effort and saying, 'At some point, people have to take accountability.'
Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.got 42 points from star A'ja Wilson on Tuesday, the most any WNBA player has scored in a game this season, but it wasn't enough as the Aces lost 93-90 to the"We didn't defend, we fouled and we didn't rebound. And we shot the 3 terrible again," Aces coach Becky Hammon said.
Wilson missed a career-high 20 shots against the Sky, but was back to her usual efficiency against the Wings, going 16-of-22 from the field; the rest of the Aces shot 15-of-40. Her 42 points are the most ever by a WNBA player in a regulation loss. Tuesday's game marked the third 40-point game of Wilson's career. Only three other players in WNBA history have three or more 40-point games:
"It can get a lot better, clearly, but it's the attention to detail," Hammon said."There are ways we can shave off points just by being disciplined, being alert. We couldn't defend our lunch in the second half.
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