Make it 12.
Reigning MVP A’ja Wilson scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jackie Young had her second triple-double this season and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 91-85 on Wednesday night to take over the second seed in the WNBA.
It was the Aces' 12th straight win, tying the franchise record for consecutive victories.
The Aces (26-14) moved one game in front of Atlanta (24-14) and six games behind league-leading Minnesota, which visits Las Vegas on Sept. 4 for a rematch of the Lynx's 53-point demolition - the last time Wilson and company lost.
Wilson notched her 35th career game with at least 30 points, the second most in WNBA history. Wilson has scored 30 or more points 11 times this year, marking the second consecutive season she's done so, one shy of the single-season record shared by Maya Moore (2014) and teammate Jewell Loyd (2023).
Young, meanwhile, had 10 points, a career-high tying 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Here are three takeaways from the game.
THE STREAK
With the win, the Aces upped their winning streak to 12, matching the franchise record set in 2012, when coach Becky Hammon played for the San Antonio Silver Stars, who rattled off a dozen during a 16-5 start to the season. During their win streak, the Stars were winning by a 13.6-point margin, using their defense to thwart opponents.
During its current run, Las Vegas is winning by nearly 10 points per game after being outscored by 2.5 points per game over its first 28 games.
"This team is etching out their presence," Hammon said. "They're making their presence felt."
SPECIAL AGENT 0
Young's second triple-double is a sidebar to what the seventh-year guard has done this season, scoring in double digits 33 times in 39 games. Young has scored 20+ points 12 times this season.
Her 16.5 points per game and 53.8% shooting from 2-point range is a career second-best behind 2023, when she enjoyed arguably the best campaign of her career.
"She takes very good care of the ball, she is super solid in her decision making all the time," Hammon said. "You can just trust her with the ball in big-time moments. She's gonna make the right decisions, she's gonna get to the right spots, she's gonna get the ball to the right people at the right time.
"When she's good, man, we're really tough to beat."
TIME TO REST
After playing eight games in 16 days, the Aces will receive some much-deserved time off to recuperate before gearing up for their game against the league-leading Lynx.
The Aces have enjoyed a predominantly home schedule during their 12-game slate in August, with only five games away from Las Vegas. However, they've also played almost every game every other day since August 2. They've played in one back-to-back situation and have enjoyed two days between games just twice in the past 24 days.
"We're gonna rest," Hammon said. "We're giving them two days. ... I was very concerned with our legs coming into this game, and just our energy level. It was really a gut check."