LAS VEGAS -- With 30 seconds left in Sunday's sold-out game on Las Vegas Boulevard, Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull drove the lane and was met by Aces star A'ja Wilson, whose left-handed block all but put an exclamation point on the game.
The Aces erased a six-point halftime deficit, outscoring the Fever 53-39 over the final two quarters, and secured an 89-91 win that snapped an uncharacteristic three-game losing skid.
And even more reminiscent than the Aces we've come to know, with five players scoring in double figures, was Vegas' No. 22 reminding everyone - including Indiana's No. 22 - how the reigning MVP can take over a game.
Wilson scored 18 of her 24 points over the final 20 minutes to lead the Aces' furious comeback, while Caitlin Clark saw her shooting woes continue.
During Indiana's mini two-game skid, Clark has shot 10 of 34 (.294) from the field, including 1 of 17 (.058) from 3-point range.
There is no doubt that Minnesota's Napheesa Collier has been the best player in the WNBA this season and deserves to be the frontrunner for MVP. And it makes sense that the oddsmakers have Clark listed second.
But there's also no denying Wilson is still the world's undisputed queen of basketball.
And it's going to take a lot more than one quarter of a sub-.500 season by the Aces to knock her off her perch.
"A'ja is one of the best players in the world," Indiana coach Stephanie White said. "You're not going to stop her."
To Aliyah Boston's credit, she did. In the first half.
Then Wilson took over, hitting 6 of 8 from the floor, including five in the paint.
"That's my world," Wilson said. "The paint is my world, so I have to take care of that."
Wilson and New York's Breanna Stewart are tied for second with 21.1 points per game, behind Collier. Wilson also ranks second with 9.8 rebounds per contest, behind Chicago's Angel Reese.
But Wilson is the only player in the WNBA who ranks in the top five in scoring offense, rebounds, blocks and steals per game.
And she's just getting started.
Historically, Wilson's numbers progressively get better each month of a season, going from 19.9 points per game in May, 20.7 in June, 20.9 in July, 21.6 in August, and finally, 22.6 in September.
"She's a tremendous player," Clark said. "She just plays with an energy and a tenacity about her that really affects her team. And that's probably, as a competitor, what I appreciate the most. Is when she's on the floor it's completely different. She affects the games in so many ways, offensively and defensively. And I think that's just what's incredible about the way she plays, is the energy."
With two very winnable back-to-back home games on deck this week, it's that type of paint-dominating, shot-blocking, game-seizing energy the Aces can expect from the best player in the world.
Cause again, the reigning MVP is just warming up.