Aliyah Boston has taken to the WNBA like a duck to water.
The No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, Boston is averaging 15.8 points a game through the Fever’s first four games this season and has the Fever playing much more competitively.
On Sunday, she played a key role in the team’s first win in nearly a calendar year, snapping a WNBA record 20-game losing streak.
successor to Tamika Catchings
In Tuesday’s hard-fought 81-78 road loss to Connecticut, Boston scored a career-high 20 points, and in all sorts of fashion. A 3-pointer.
An off-balance rebound-and-putback in one motion. A series of post moves that had defenders chasing shadows.
Boston finished 8-of-12 from the field and added four rebounds and four steals.
Kelsey Mitchell added 19 points and NaLyssa Smith produced 14 points and 15 rebounds.
On the Grace Berger Watch:
The former IU star played six minutes, shot 1-of-3 from the floor and finished with two points and an assist.
