WNBA legend and former UConn star Diana Taurasi believes fellow former UConn star Paige Bueckers will be the best player in the WNBA at some point. 'She's going

But they are still behind the two teams that duked it out in last year's WNBA Finals, according to oddsmakers. The defending WNBA champion New York Liberty are the favorites to repeat and the Minnesota Lynx are poised to challenge them again with the second-best odds,

The Wings starters shot just 13 for 47 (27.6%). Dallas overall shot 30 for 82 (36.6%). Siegrist gave Dallas its last lead at 26-24 with 4:31 left before halftime. Griner tied it 13 seconds later with a layup, Gray made two foul shots and that started a 13-4 Atlanta run to close the half with a 37-30 lead.

Among Taurasi's litany of compliments was a supremely confident statement about Bueckers developing into the best player in the WNBA.

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The Storm are riding a three-game winning streak after a thumping of the Aces over the holiday weekend in which they posted otherworldly 60.0/50.0/83.3 shooting splits in the blowout, while the undefeated Lynx look every bit as good as the 2024 team that fell a few possessions short of a WNBA championship.

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Taurasi, 42, is enjoying her retirement after 20 years in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury, where she became the league’s all-time scoring leader and won three WNBA championships. The former UConn star also won a record six Olympic gold medals, including last year’s Team USA win over France in the gold medal game in France.

Paige Bueckers has overcome a rough start to her WNBA career by becoming the first player since Sue Bird to achieve a rare feat.