"PHOENIX -- THE MORNING after A'ja Wilson hit the game-winning shot in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals -- the basket that gave her Las Vegas Aces a 3-0 series lead and became the defining image of Wilson's already storied basketball career -- Aces coach Becky Hammon texted her superstar a graphic comparing an elk and a deer. Hammon had used the comparison for Wilson weeks earlier, but Wilson, like most people, wasn't aware of the difference between the two."
"Hammon is prone to using analogies for Wilson -- "You run out of adjectives," she told ESPN. "That's why I start using animals and mountaintops and everything else to describe her." "I've been a gazelle, I've been a lion, I've been an elk all this year," Wilson told ESPN. "If you could put that all into an animal, I think you get A'ja.""
A'ja Wilson hit a game-winning shot in Game 3 that gave the Las Vegas Aces a 3-0 series lead and became an iconic moment. Becky Hammon sent Wilson a graphic comparing an elk and a deer to illustrate Wilson's dominance and frequently uses animal and mountaintop analogies to describe her. Wilson said she had been a gazelle, a lion and an elk this year and that combining those qualities yields A'ja. Wilson scored 31 points in Game 4 to complete the first four-game sweep in Finals history and secured a rare collection of season awards.
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