Overview
- Plum banked in the winning floater at the buzzer to seal an 81-80 result at Crypto.com Arena.
- Bueckers shot 17-for-21 from the field, 4-for-4 from three and 6-for-6 at the line, scoring Dallas’ final 13 points.
- Her 44 points tied Cynthia Cooper’s rookie single-game record and extended her double-digit scoring streak to 29, the third-longest by a rookie.
- She became the first WNBA player to score 40 or more points on at least 80 percent shooting in a game.
- Los Angeles moved to 17-18 to stay in the playoff chase as Dallas fell to 9-27, with the loss eliminating both the Wings and the Chicago Sky; Dallas’ thin roster worsened with Li Yueru out for the season and JJ Quinerly leaving the game with a leg issue.