What will Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings (10-6) do next? Dallas squares off with the Seattle Storm (3-14) on Monday at Climate Pledge Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m.
The Storm are riding an ugly 10-game losing streak coming into Monday’s game, while the Wings scored a last-second win in one of the most entertaining games of the WNBA season thus far on Saturday, a 93-92 comeback win over the Chicago Sky at College Park Center. Bueckers scored nine of her 19 points in the fourth quarter,
including a ruthless four-point play over Natasha Cloud with Dallas down five and 30 seconds to play. Li Yueru set a huge ball screen for Bueckers to free her up on that play, then forced a crucial turnover seconds later to give Dallas the final crack at its first lead of the game with 13 seconds left. She drew the foul and sank the two free throws to complete the comeback.
You couldn’t have written a more compelling drama.
Rewind to last game
Saturday’s win over the Sky is one of those games that stays with you a little longer if you had the chance to see it happen live. It had something for everyone. The operatic narrative. The larger-than-life moments at the end. The Bueckers roller coaster ride. Li’s captivating ascended extra storyline. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
One must remember, and you can bet your bottom dollar this is all head coach Jose Fernandez has been preaching since the ensuing film session took place, that it took long stretches 0f really uninspired and disconnected play to force the Wings into a situation where a 17-point comeback against a four-win team was even necessary.
Dallas won’t be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat every time they dig a hole for themselves. This league is far too competitive for that.
This is a well-coached team. Well-coached teams respond. So, look for the Wings to fire on all cylinders to start Monday’s game at the Storm.
A familiar face rejoins the fold
The Wings signed Haley Jones to a developmental contract on Sunday, the team announced. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Jones played 24 games with the Wings last year before being selected by the Portland Fire in the expansion draft in the run-up to the 2026 season. She started 16 of her 24 games with Dallas last season, as the Wings endured injury after injury down the stretch in 2025. Jones was originally signed to a hardship contract midway through the year before earning her keep, her rotation spot, and eventually, a starting role. She signed her rest-of-year deal on July 9, 2025.
Jones averaged 8.1 points and 3.5 rebounds in just under 23 minutes per game for the Wings last season, but had a tougher time catching on with the Fire this year. She played in just five games for Portland (5.2 points in 11.8 minutes per game) and was waived by Portland on May 21, the same day Sug Sutton was waived by the same team.
Do the Wings know something the Fire don’t about rounding out a complete roster? Maybe. After all, we’re old enough to remember Jones’ 18-point, seven-assist night against the Golden State Valkyries last September, as well as her 15-point night against the eventual WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces earlier in the season.
Sutton has fit right in since her arrival in Dallas, so why not Jones?
Last time out
The Wings have faced the Storm once already this year, taking a 79-56 win on June 1 at home in the friendly confines of College Park Center. As the final score would suggest, the Wings’ defense suffocated Seattle, holding the Storm scoreless for the first four minutes of each half in the blowout win.
The starters sat most of the fourth quarter in that win, and Aziaha James led the team with 15 of her 18 points in the second half. Rookie Flau’jae Johnson led the Storm with 16 points and 10 boards in just the 10th game of her WNBA career in the loss.
How to watch
The Wings and the Storm will tip off on Monday at 9 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on KFAA Channel 29 and on sister stations throughout the Wings’ regional viewership area.
