The Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 79-56 on Monday night, and Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd were at the center of it. Dallas opened its WNBA Commissioners' Cup run with a wire-to-wire statement and moved to 6-3, its fifth win in six games.
Bueckers flirted with a triple-double, scoring 10 points while grabbing nine rebounds and handing out seven assists. It was the best all-around line in the game, and her nine rebounds blew past her previous season high of six while she finished one assist shy of her current high of eight.
Fudd did not carry the scoring load the headline matchup suggested, but she still gave Dallas a useful night in 24 minutes. She finished with nine points, an assist, a steal and a block, a line that added length and activity even if the points stayed in single digits. That fit a rookie season that has already swung between four single-digit nights and four double-digit ones.
The win mattered beyond the box score because it came with Dallas building real early-season momentum and starting the Cup stage on the right foot. The Wings now turn to Friday, when they play the Los Angeles Sparks and get a chance to show whether this surge can hold once the spotlight moves again.
