Her star was born less than 10 miles from the Target Center in St. Louis Park and Hopkins High School. She knows how the ball bounces on this floor and she is intimately familiar with how the cheers and boos echo off the walls here.

Entering 2025, many analysts pegged the Dallas Wings roster as a dark-horse playoff team, led by the backcourt pairing of No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers and four-time WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale.

Wings rookie Paige Bueckers had 12 points and 10 assists in her return Wednesday night to Minnesota, where she starred as a high school player. The Lynx won, 85-81.