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DHJ Quick Take: Wings Rally In Fourth Quarter To Beat Sparks For Fourth Straight Win The Dallas Wings outscored the Los Angeles Sparks 27-18 in the fourth quarter to win 104-96 on Friday, improving to 7-3 and 2-0 in Commissioner’s Cup play behind a franchise-record-tying 14 assists from Paige Bueckers...

DHJ Quick Take: Kelsey Plum Active, Wings Down Two Bigs at the Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks get leading scorer Kelsey Plum back, while the Dallas Wings will be without two frontcourt players for Friday's Commissioner's Cup matchup. Wings Out: Awak Kuier (right wrist), Li Yueru (left ankle) and development...

DHJ Quick Take: Arike Ogunbowale Keeps the Wings' Focus Day by Day Even with the Dallas Wings off to their best start since 2016, Arike Ogunbowale is preaching a day-by-day approach ahead of Friday's Commissioner's Cup game at the Los Angeles Sparks. The Mindset: Ogunbowale frames the season as a...

DHJ Quick Take: Odyssey Sims Says the Streaking Wings Should Stick to the Formula Veteran guard Odyssey Sims says the Dallas Wings (6-3) don't need to change anything as their three-game winning streak heads to the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday. The Message: Sims says the Wings are at their...

DHJ Quick Take: Azzi Fudd Could Face Mentor Kelsey Plum in Wings-Sparks Matchup Rookie guard Azzi Fudd could match up Friday with Kelsey Plum, a longtime mentor whose skills camp she twice attended, as the Dallas Wings visit the Los Angeles Sparks. Plum is expected back from an ankle injury...

DHJ Quick Take: Paige Bueckers Returns to Los Angeles for Wings-Sparks Rematch Paige Bueckers heads back to Crypto.com Arena, where she set the WNBA single-game rookie scoring record last August, leading the Dallas Wings into a Friday rematch with the Los Angeles Sparks. She enters as Dallas' scoring focal point...

DHJ Quick Take: Wings Bring the WNBA's Best Offense to a Reeling Sparks Defense The Dallas Wings (6-3) carry a three-game winning streak and the WNBA's most efficient offense into Friday's Commissioner's Cup game at the Los Angeles Sparks (4-5), who rank last in the league in defensive rating. Strength...

DHJ Quick Take: Wings Carry Win Streak Into Sparks Test in Los Angeles The Dallas Wings practiced in Los Angeles on Thursday ahead of Friday's Commissioner's Cup game at the Los Angeles Sparks, with the focus on slowing one of the league's most efficient offenses. Dallas enters on a three-game...

DHJ Quick Take: The Professional Standard The Global Game: Li Yueru noting that Fernandez’s "European influence" makes her more comfortable is a win for Dallas' frontcourt fluidity. Her focus on extending her range and building two-man game chemistry with Azzi Fudd suggests the Wings will utilize more high-post facilitation than...

Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers didn’t dance around the state of WNBA labor negotiations when she spoke to reporters ahead of the Unrivaled semifinals Monday. “At this point, it’s not really a negotiation anymore,” Bueckers said. “Like, both sides aren’t moving. So I feel like we need to continue to...