A’ja Wilson Scored 5,000 Points & Then Signed a Baby
A’ja Wilson Hit 5,000 Points Like It Was a Free Throw. The Sun Just Happened to Be in the Way.
Let’s be clear: A’ja Wilson didn’t just score her 5,000th point on Thursday night when she lead her Las Vegas Aces to a 85-59 victory over the Connecticut Sun.
Wilson ascended.
Wilson floated straight into the history books with a driving left-hand layup with about four minutes left in the opening quarter to top the 5,000-point plateau in just 238 games. It’s the kind of shot that looks routine for Wilson but would get most people benched in a pickup game if they tried. With that one flick, A’ja became the fastest player in league history to hit 5K. Not Taurasi. Not Stewie. A’ja.
Diana Taurasi, yeah that Diana Taurasi, the all-time leading scorer, Diana Taurasi, she needed 243 games. Breanna Stewart? 242. A’ja didn’t just edge them out. She set fire to the stopwatch and kept running.
238 games, that’s lightning fast with a signature shoe deal. It’s not just that A’ja Wilson scored her 5,000th point on Tuesday. It’s she was able to surpass legends of the game so quickly doing it.
It’s like Kobayashi on 4th of July in Coney Island at a hot dog eating contest fast.
This is more than elite. This is historic, warp-speed dominance. It’s the basketball version of beating Mario Kart’s Rainbow Road using that shortcut on the first try while blindfolded.
And she’s not just stacking buckets. Wilson’s once again and an all around game almost recording a 5×5 finishing with 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, and a plus-33. Pulling off this type of stat line against Connecticut is yet another example of Wilson’s masterclass in “What does it take to reach GOAT status.”
Every time Wilson touches the ball, you can feel the defense shift their energy, and the fans hold their breath in the arena. And on nights like this? She doesn’t just control the game—she defines it.
Wilson said she remembered her first WNBA bucket — a “weird, funky ball” she grabbed and tossed up during her debut also against Connecticut. Full circle like a fairy tale. From that scrappy layup to this milestone moment, all roads led back to the Sun.
“To think about that at Conn… to winning one at Conn… to now here. It’s been truly, truly special.”
You can’t write this better unless you’re Disney — and even they would’ve asked her for the script.
PRINCESS Tiana’s GOT NEXT
You want to talk culture? Let’s talk about the shoes.
A’ja broke the record in a custom Princess Tiana-inspired PE of her signature Nike A’Ones. A lime green-and-lime crown jewel pulled straight from the Bayou. Because of course the league’s best player chose to honor the first Black Disney princess — the one who grinded, dreamed, and cooked her way to royalty.
“Sometimes when I need a pick-me-up, I always watch Princess and the Frog,” A’ja said. “I wanted a PE to give a nod to her and that movie.”
She even wrote on the shoes for the first time in her career. This wasn’t just about points. This was personal.
Milestones don’t get more poetic than this — a record night, a signature shoe, and a reminder that little Black girls watching have someone to believe in. Someone with a crown and a jumper.
“GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB. KEEP IT PUSHING.”
That was Becky Hammon’s reaction to A’ja’s record. Short.
Sweet & to the script.
“She gets all these individual accolades,” Hammon said. “But I can tell you she would trade them in a second for winning.”
That’s the scary part — A’ja isn’t doing this for flowers. She wants banners.
Wilson is built different. She signed a baby after the game. She made history in shoes inspired by her favorite cartoon. She scored 5,000 points faster than anyone in the league’s 28-year history and then sat down like she just wrapped a shootaround.
“Hopefully I’ve done enough to give her [that baby] an opportunity to be the next A’ja Wilson,” she said.
That’s the bar now. Not just great — generational.
This Wasn’t a Game. It Was a burial
The Las Vegas Aces rolled the Connecticut Sun in a game that felt over before halftime and legally questionable by the fourth.
The Sun trotted out a starting lineup of Tina Charles, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Bria Hartley, Jacy Sheldon, and Saniya Rivers—but it didn’t matter. By the time the second unit checked in, Connecticut had already been outscored, out-hustled, and outclassed.
The numbers? Brutal. Connecticut had one of their worst shooting nights on the year. The Sun shot a meager 32.4% from the field, 15.4% from three, and committed 12 turnovers with only 15 assists. Yikes
Sure the bright spots tonight were Tina Charles scoring 18, Nelson-Ododa adding in 12, and Rivers chipping in 10. However, that was the offense. The end.
The bench? A haunted house.
Aneesah Morrow and Kariata Diaby combined to go 0-for-12. Rayah Marshall never even got in the game. We’re talking tumbleweeds.
Meanwhile, Vegas was cooking. Jackie Young once again and an efficient game scoring 20 on 7-of-12 shooting.
Chelsea Gray played floor general with a 15 point, 7 rebound, 6 assist line, and Jewell Loyd added 13 and some gorgeous kickout threes. They even won the rebounding battle 45–30 and held the Sun to just two made threes all game.
Ouch.
The Aces defense smothered everything. Joyner Holmes, Kierstan Bell, and Dana Evans kept the energy high off the bench. It was a full-team stomping—highlighted by the fact that six different Aces recorded at least one block or steal.
That’s the culture that Becky Hammon has been preaching about.
This wasn’t a basketball game for the Aces nor the Sun. This instead was a live burial on national TV.
THIS IS WHAT A LEGEND LOOKS LIKE
Although a momentous occasion, A’ja Wilson’s milestone night was far from a celebration. Instead this was a stark reminder. A reminder that we are watching a player rewrite the definition of WNBA dominance in real-time.
She’s not chasing ghosts. She’s becoming the standard.
The Aces? They’re back to .500 and playing like they remembered who they are.
The rest of the league might want to do the same.
