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A'ja Wilson · Odds and probabilities couldn’t have been more against A’ja Wilson as she hustled the floor in transition, in preparation of surviving a 1-on-3 disadvantage against the WNBA’s No. 1 fastbreak juggernaut. If 2024’s calendar year has proven anything, though, it’s that even against seemingly-insurmountable obstacles, the league’s three-time Most Valuable Player often discovers a way. Tasked with surviving the unlikely after her teammate’s imaginative pass goes uncaught, Wilson keeps stride-for-stride with a bucket-minded Courtney Vandersloot, followed by a pair Liberty reinforcements closely behind. Swiveling her frame at the last possible moment, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year adjusts to a feed back to Breanna Stewart, sizing up an emphatic, possession-saving block-and-rebound sequence. Wilson, with a proven habit of erasing transition opportunities throughout the series, found rewards through the history books, becoming WNBA history’s fifth-ever player to record multiple five-block postseason tallies. No. 22’s generational season would come to a close in the Las Vegas Aces’ Game Four loss to the New York Liberty on October 6, 2024. Wilson, though, played her everything-and-everywhere role to a tee, providing 19 points (on 7-of-13 shooting), 10 rebounds, one steal, and five rejections. · State of Mint