{"id":160,"date":"2017-08-18T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/?p=160"},"modified":"2017-08-18T10:30:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:30:14","slug":"phoenix-mercury-guard-diana-taurasi-has-become-the-wnbas-all-time-points-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/phoenix-mercury-guard-diana-taurasi-has-become-the-wnbas-all-time-points-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has become the WNBA\u2019s all-time points leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Courtney-Vandersloot.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"496\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">This season, Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has become the WNBA\u2019s all-time points leader and Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird is closing in on the same distinction for assists.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">This year could also feature several single-season records. Here is a look at the players who are chasing history with less than three weeks left in the regular season:<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Total Assists:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Atlanta Dream guard Layshia Clarendon leads the WNBA in assists with 203. A first-time All-Star selection this season, Clarendon needs to average 6.8 assists in the Dream\u2019s final five games to break Ticha Penicheiro\u2019s single-season WNBA record of 236 with the Sacramento Monarchs in 2000.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Assist Average:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot is the WNBA leader in assist average at 7.9 per game, thanks in part to a current streak of five consecutive 10-assist performances. She needs to average just under 8.6 assists in the Sky\u2019s remaining seven games to topple Penicheiro\u2019s record of 8.0 assists with Sacramento in 2002.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Rebounding:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones has a chance to break WNBA records for rebounding average and total rebounds, both held by Tina Charles with Connecticut in 2010. Jones tops the WNBA with 11.74 rebounds per game; Charles\u2019 record is 11.71. With a league-high 317 rebounds, Jones is on pace to finish with 399; Charles\u2019 record is 398.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Field Goal Percentage:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Storm forward Crystal Langhorne and Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles are both challenging Tamika Raymond\u2019s record of 66.8 percent with Minnesota in 2003. Langhorne is shooting a WNBA-best 67.3 percent from the field, followed by Fowles at 66.1 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This season, Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has become the WNBA\u2019s all-time points leader and Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird is closing in on the same distinction for assists. This year could also feature several single-season records. 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