How do you know you’re a nightmare to guard? Easy, when the ball’s in your hands and the whole thing feels like the Spider-Man meme. Just, instead of multiple Spideys pointing at each other, it’s defenders pointing at you, arms wide, muttering, “No, not this time.” That was the entire vibe against the Valkyries. Considering Paige Bueckers had just dropped 40-plus against the Aces, they weren’t about to let her do it again.

Only this time, they clamped down so hard that she couldn’t even sniff double digits. Yep, the Valkyries not only snapped their three-game skid but also snapped something bigger: Paige’s run of 30 straight games in double figures. Thirty, that’s rare air, the kind that sits right below Candace Parker and A’ja Wilson. But that’s what happens when you hang 44 on someone

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