Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers set the WNBA single-game rookie scoring record with 44 points Wednesday night in Los Angeles. It wasn't quite enough for the victory, however, as Sparks guard Kelsey Plum hit a shot just before the buzzer to give Los Angeles an 81-80 win.
But the loss didn't diminish Bueckers' amazing night. She was 17-of-21 from the field, making her the first player in WNBA history to shoot at least 80% from the field while scoring 40 or more points.
While Bueckers shot 81% from the field, the rest of the Wings combined to shoot 31% (12-of-39). She accounted for 55% of her team's points, the fifth-highest percentage of any player in WNBA history and the highest since 2004, when Houston Comets forward Tina Thompson had 35 of her team's 62 points (56%).
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