Overview
- Emma Meesseman scored a season-high 24 points and Jonquel Jones added a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double as the Liberty overcame missing Breanna Stewart, Nyara Sabally and Isabelle Harrison to beat the Sparks 105-97.
- A’ja Wilson produced the WNBA’s first 30-point, 20-rebound game in league history to power a four-game winning streak for the Las Vegas Aces ahead of their rematch with New York.
- Rookie Cameron Brink’s ankle tweak in the first half limited her second-half minutes and Dearica Hamby passed Diana Taurasi for 26th on the all-time rebounding list during the Sparks’ loss.
- Caitlin Clark, sidelined since mid-July with a groin injury, confronted official Amy Bonner after the Fever’s 81-80 defeat to Dallas, intensifying league-wide scrutiny of officiating.
- A skirmish between the Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun led to the ejection of Rebecca Allen, Bria Hartley and Ariel Atkins and has prompted a WNBA review that may lead to further discipline.