ARLINGTON, TX — The Dallas Wings suffered a 106-80 loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday. It was a tough sport for Dallas, nevertheless, there have been some constructive takeaways. The Wings restricted A’ja Wilson to solely 14 factors scored. She did report 10 rebounds and 7 assists, however the Wings took steps ahead of their protection towards Wilson.
“Improved from the final time we performed,” head coach Chris Koclanes stated of the Wings’ protection towards the Aces star. “Her flooring undoubtedly regarded much more crowded. Now it was the arc right this moment… Final sport, A’ja goes for 40 and we do an excellent job on everyone else after which tonight we sort of preserve her considerably in examine… I do know she had seven assists as properly.
“However then, everybody goes off. Gotta be capable of do each. That is what defending is all about. Proper now, we’re very one-dimensional. We want to have the ability to do multiple factor defensively.”
Utterly containing Wilson is nearly unimaginable. She nonetheless performed properly general. Nonetheless, it was a decent efficiency towards the three-time MVP.
“I believe we did fairly properly, we might have been higher… crowding her a bit of bit extra,” Teaira McCowan stated of how the Wings defended Wilson.
Ultimately, the Wings clearly would have most popular to have earned the win. Though the Wings saved Wilson “considerably in examine,” Koclanes believes the general protection wants to enhance.
“It is protection, in the beginning… Offensively we present spurts and we’d like consistency extra on either side of the ground however we have to know that we will give ourselves an opportunity each night time on the defensive finish,” Koclanes stated. “And proper now, that simply hasn’t been the case… It is protection, in the beginning.”
The Wings will attempt to rebound on Monday night time at house towards the New York Liberty.