Paige Bueckers with a long-range triple. She’s responsible for six of Dallas’ first nine points. Wings lead the Sparks, 9-0.

Paige Bueckers with a TOUGH basket over Kelsey Plum. 😳🔥 Bueckers has eight of Dallas’ first 11 points.

OKC’s Chet Holmgren in attendance in LA to watch the Sparks take on Paige Bueckers and the Wings.

A look at Crypto.com Arena’s updated Tissot shot clock ahead of the Lakers’ season-opener in October. All NBA, WNBA and G-League teams will swap out the old rectangular one with this circular clock, starting in 2025-26.

Paige Bueckers up to 43 points, a new career-high. Wings lead Sparks with 2:34 left. It marks the most points she’s scored in any WNBA and NCAA game.

Following a buzzer-beater ending to Sparks vs Wings, here’s Kelsey Plum on allowing Paige Bueckers to score 44 points: “We gotta play some f—-ing defense.”

Wings’ HC Chris Koclanes postgame on today’s Paige Bueckers Rookie of the Year comments:. “I don’t think I need to answer for that one after that [44-point] performance.”

Current scene outside Crypto.com Arena almost an hour after Paige Bueckers’ 44-point game in Dallas’ loss to LA. A swarm of fans waiting for Bueckers and the Wings’ team bus outside the arena.

Paige Bueckers and Chet Holmgren with a reverse jersey swap following the Wings rookie’s historic 44-point night in LA. (Via Dallas Wings)

The NBA's 24-second shot clock — created by Danny Biasone and first adopted in 1954 — will have a new look in October. The Lakers’ home arena recently made the change to the all-new circular, LED-infused shot clock: si.com/wnba/sparks/ne…