Dallas Wings: Best Pre-Olympic Break Photos
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- Listed at 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds, Courtney Paris uses her size to shoot an efficient 56.7 percent from the field, and averages exactly 8.5 points and rebounds per game.
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- Dallas is a deep team, with five players averaging 10-plus points per game, and rookie Aerial Powers is not far behind at 9.8.
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- Skylar Diggins has scored over 20 points four times since returning from injury this season. A season high 29-point game right before the break should give her confidence heading into the stretch run.
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- Diggins started the season on the bench while recovering from a torn ACL and didn’t get inserted into the starting lineup until mid-June. She has shown flashes of what made her a 2014 WNBA First Team selection and the Wings will need her for their Playoff push.
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- Aerial Powers has been a key rotational player for the Wings, averaging almost 10 points a game in her rookie year, good for fourth amongst all rookies.
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- The Wings have been streaky this year but at 9-16 they are just a half game out of the Playoffs with nine games remaining.
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- In her third year as a pro, Odyssey Sims leads the team in both points per game (14.6) and assists per game (4.0).
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- Dallas has great size and depth in their frontcourt, with three players averaging more than 6.5 rebounds per game. Glory Johnson leads the team with almost 10 rebounds a game, Courtney Paris grabs 8.5 per game and Karima Christmas is at 6.6.
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- The Wings have had great success against the Mercury with three wins against them this season. The most exciting came in a triple-overtime thriller on June 18th which was the highest scoring game of the season at 117-111. Diggins led the team in scoring with 27 points while Sims, Pierson and Christmas all chipped in 18 a piece.
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- Although the Wings have lost three games to the defending champion Lynx this year, they had a close 98-97 loss on July 17th which shows they can compete with the best in the league.
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