{"id":157230,"date":"2025-08-30T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=157230"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:29:02","slug":"fans-react-paige-bueckers-gutsy-display-wings-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/30\/fans-react-paige-bueckers-gutsy-display-wings-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans React to Paige Bueckers\u2019 Gutsy Display Despite Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans reacted to Paige Bueckers\u2019<\/a> impressive display on Friday night in the Dallas Wings\u2019 defeat to the Atlanta Dream. Team doctors cleared the star rookie at the last minute after she missed the Wings\u2019 previous game with an illness and appeared on the injury report as questionable. An injury crisis has plagued the Wings<\/a> this season, leaving them with only eight players available against Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Fans React to Paige Bueckers\u2019 Gutsy Display Despite Illness<\/h2>\n

Bueckers Impresses vs. Atlanta Dream<\/h3>\n

Despite those challenges, Bueckers stepped onto the court and produced a standout double-double performance, scoring 16 points and providing 10 assists. Her presence gave the depleted team a boost, even though the final score, 100-78, showed how much the Wings are struggling to cope with their lengthy injury list.<\/p>\n

Bueckers missed practice earlier in the week, and coaches considered her doubtful to play, but team doctors cleared her late, giving the Wings a glimmer of hope. The Wings had already lost key contributors to long-term injuries and overseas commitments, leaving the roster stretched thin as they signed Christyn Williams<\/a> and Amy Okonkwo<\/a> on hardship contracts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf @paigebueckers1 plays that physical every possession she\u2019ll be the WNBA\u2019s all time leading scorer,\u201d a fan posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A fan insisted<\/a> that Bueckers is the best in the league just behind A’ja Wilson<\/a>: \u201cShe really the best in the league behind Aja but yall not ready for that convo yet.\u201d Another fan<\/a> appeared to support that motion, insisting, \u201cPaige is going to be a problem for the league for a long time \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfff\u201d<\/p>\n

Other fans believe the 23-year-old would be a big difference maker to Wings once other players are fully healthy. \u201cOnce she gets help Dallas gonna be tough,\u201d a fan posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another fan also commented on her scoring drive, writing<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m not gunna lie this is prolly the first time a women scoring drive looks like a male \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 looks like Kyrie lowkey \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aug 29, 2025; College Park, Georgia, USA; Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) shoots against the Atlanta Dream in the fourth quarter at Gateway Center Arena at College Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bueckers Praises Teammates For \u201cPlaying To Advantage\u201d<\/h3>\n

While fans continue to praise Bueckers for her gutsy performance, the rookie has also praised her teammates for making her game easier. She spoke about how their energy and effort allowed her to find them in good positions, even as fatigue set in during the later stages. Her comments reflected the same humility and team-first approach that has drawn praise from coaches and fans alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam just being heavy in the paint, heavy, like, congesting on my ball-screens, so being able to play out of an advantage and my teammates being aggressive once I get the ball out of my hands and playing to those advantages,\u201d Bueckers said<\/a> postgame. \u201cThey did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Bueckers has shown her resilience. Earlier in the season, she returned from a concussion and illness to score a career-high 35 points<\/a> in another game where the team was shorthanded. Her ability to produce at a high level, regardless of personal setbacks or roster instability, has quickly made her one of the most reliable players on the Wings\u2019 roster. Bueckers\u2019 attention now shifts to Dallas\u2019 next game, scheduled for Monday night in Minnesota against the Lynx.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fans reacted to Paige Bueckers\u2019 impressive display on Friday night in the Dallas Wings\u2019 defeat to the Atlanta Dream. Team doctors cleared the star rookie at the last minute after she missed the Wings\u2019 previous game with an illness and appeared on the injury report as questionable. An injury crisis has plagued the Wings this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":157261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,3,49709],"tags":[1631,4153],"class_list":["post-157230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-news","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson","tag-paige-bueckers"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157230"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157264,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157230\/revisions\/157264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}