TORONTO (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell walked right into a postgame celebration with out realizing she was the visitor of honor.
Mitchell scored 33 factors to set a WNBA season scoring file Friday evening in a 103-85 victory over the Toronto Tempo.
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With a 3-pointer within the third quarter, Mitchell eclipsed the 1,021 factors A’ja Wilson scored for Las Vegas in 2024. Mitchell has scored 1,034 factors this season.
When confetti rained down as she entered the Fever locker room, Mitchell’s first thought was that coach Stephanie White had handed one other milestone.
“Then, out of nowhere, everyone began coming my manner, and I used to be like “Oh,” and I put two collectively that it was for me,” Mitchell mentioned.
Mitchell additionally scored a minimum of 20 factors for the twenty fifth consecutive sport, extending her WNBA file. She shot 12 for 17 and went 7 for 11 from 3-point vary.
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“I do not assume individuals understand what she’s carried out this 12 months and the way insane it has been,” teammate Caitlin Clark Clark mentioned about Mitchell. “It is in all probability not talked about sufficient, particularly for my part.”
Mitchell got here in averaging 25 factors. Solely Wilson (26.1) is averaging extra this season.
“She’s taking part in at one other degree and it has been actually unbelievable to witness,” White mentioned about Mitchell’s historic season. “I hope that we do not take it without any consideration that what we’re witnessing is a few unprecedented stuff.”
In her first sport since serving to the U.S. win gold on the ladies’s FIBA World Cup, Clark scored 28 factors and matched a season excessive with 14 assists.
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It was the tenth time this season that Clark has scored 25 or extra factors and had 10 or extra assists. That is extra instances than another WNBA participant has ever carried out it over their complete profession.
Indiana improved to 27-14 with three video games remaining within the common season, the identical file as Atlanta. Las Vegas, Atlanta and Indiana all are vying to safe home-court benefit within the opening spherical.
“Our purpose is to realize homecourt benefit as a result of that’s actually vital, particularly in that three-game collection,” Clark mentioned.
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