Paige Bueckers scored 17 of her 27 points in the final 1:12 of regulation and overtime as the Dallas Wings defeated the host Seattle Storm 112-110 on Monday.
Azzi Fudd added 26 points for Dallas (11-6), Aziaha James scored 18, and Li Yueru had 10. Jessica Shepard totaled 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Dominique Malonga scored a career-high 37 points and matched her career best with 12 rebounds for Seattle (3-15), which lost its franchise-record 11th game in a row. Natisha Hiedeman added 21 points and 11 assists, Awa Fam and Zia Cooke each scored 18, and Flau’jae Johnson added 11 points and nine assists.
Fudd made a bank shot from the left side of the key with 13.2 seconds left in overtime to put Dallas up 111-110. James made 1 of 2 free throws with 1.6 seconds to go for the game’s final point.
Hiedeman misfired on a 33-footer at the buzzer that would have snapped Seattle’s skid.
A Hiedeman jumper from the free-throw line put Seattle up 94-88 with 1:24 left in regulation. Bueckers, who had scored just two points since the first quarter, made back-to-back treys, the second with 38.5 seconds to go, to tie it at 94.
Malonga sank a layup with 20.2 seconds left before Bueckers hit a turnaround jumper from free-throw line with 5.6 seconds left to force overtime.
The Wings converted 53.9% of their shots from the field (48 of 89), including 9 of 24 (37.5%) from 3-point range. Seattle shot 50.6% (39 of 77) and was 13 of 29 (44.8%) from long distance.
Yueru made a 3-pointer from the right corner at the buzzer to give the Wings a 67-66 lead after a third quarter in which the teams exchanged runs.
Malonga made a 3-pointer with 7.9 seconds left in the first half to give the Storm a 42-40 lead. The Wings led by as many as 13 points midway through the quarter before Seattle went on a 14-0 run.
Bueckers scored eight points in the first quarter as the Wings took a 26-19 lead.
–Field Level Media
