Portland Fire

DHJ Quick Take: Wings Hold Off Fire Rally, Win 101-97 The Dallas Wings survived a fourth-quarter push from the Portland Fire on Wednesday, winning 101-97 at Moda Center to move to 18-9 heading into the All-Star break. What carried Dallas offensively? Arike Ogunbowale scored all 24 of her points in...

DHJ Quick Take: Bueckers Back, Fernández And Sutton Talk Keys To A Win Paige Bueckers is back with no restrictions Wednesday, and both coach José Fernández and guard Sug Sutton pointed to the same priority in beating Portland: taking away the three-point line. What did Fernández say about Bueckers? No...

DHJ Quick Take: Paige Bueckers Active, Alanna Smith Out For Wings-Fire Paige Bueckers is active for Wednesday's game at the Portland Fire, while Alanna Smith is out, the Dallas Wings announced in their final injury report. What's the news? Bueckers will play. Smith is out for a fourth straight game....

DHJ Quick Take: Sug Sutton On Facing Portland, Keys To A Wings Win Sug Sutton faces her original team for the first time since Portland waived her in May, and she broke down the keys to a Wings win in a shootaround interview with Dallas Hoops Journal. What's the backstory?...

DHJ Quick Take: Paige Bueckers, Alanna Smith Injury Update Before Wings-Fire Paige Bueckers went through the Dallas Wings' full shootaround Wednesday ahead of their game at the Portland Fire. Alanna Smith was on hand but worked with the training staff rather than joining the on-court team work. What happened at...

DHJ Quick Take: Paige Bueckers, Alanna Smith Questionable For Portland Fire Game Paige Bueckers and Alanna Smith are questionable for Wednesday’s game at Portland, an upgrade after both sat out Monday’s overtime loss to New York. Why the upgrade? Bueckers and Smith didn’t play at all Monday, so a questionable...

DHJ Quick Take: Portland Fire's 3-Point Barrage Sinks Short-Handed Dallas Wings 84-83 The Portland Fire knocked down 14 3-pointers and survived a late Dallas push, edging the Wings 84-83 on Saturday at Moda Center with Paige Bueckers (right ankle) out. What happened? A foul with 1.7 seconds left proved decisive...

DHJ Quick Take: Aziaha James Starts for Wings With Paige Bueckers Out Aziaha James moves into the Dallas Wings’ starting lineup at the Portland Fire on Saturday with Paige Bueckers (right ankle) out. What’s the move? James starts in place of the injured Bueckers, joining Azzi Fudd, Arike Ogunbowale, Maddy...

DHJ Quick Take: How the Wings Plan to Adapt Without Paige Bueckers at Portland With Paige Bueckers out, the Dallas Wings are emphasizing ball security against Portland’s pressure and a collective approach to playmaking, with Aziaha James moving into the starting lineup. What’s the plan? Jose Fernandez and his players...

DHJ Quick Take: Paige Bueckers Out vs. Portland, Considered Day-to-Day Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (right ankle) was downgraded to out for Saturday’s game at the Portland Fire, with coach Jose Fernandez calling her day-to-day. Odyssey Sims (left ankle) also remains out. What’s the latest? Bueckers was downgraded from questionable...