After all the waiting and all the controversy behind Becky Hammon’s hire as the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces, it was finally time to perform. The WNBA season opened on Friday and Hammon had her first game as a head coach.
Perform is exactly what she did. The Aces looked extremely impressive.
So impressive, in fact, that they made a little history along the way to their first win of the season for Hammon. They blew the Phoenix Mercury out 106-88. The 106 points the Aces put up were actually the most ever in a WNBA head coaching debut, per Across the Timeline.
Becky Hammon's Aces team put up 106 points in her regular season debut as WNBA head coach.
That's a new record for a WNBA coach in their first game.
1. Becky Hammon: 106
– Las Vegas, 5/7/22
2. Jennifer Gillom: 102
– Minnesota, 6/6/09
3. Corey Gaines: 94
– Phoenix, 5/17/08— Across the Timeline (@WBBTimeline) May 7, 2022
Aces players were obviously thrilled to get Hammon her first win. They had to celebrate it the right way. So what did they do? Doused her with water bottles when she entered the locker room after the big win.
CONGRATS COACH! 😜☔️@BeckyHammon // #ALLIN ♦️♠️ pic.twitter.com/qIrOAEjfDy
— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) May 7, 2022
What an awesome moment for Hammon and the Aces. This was an incredibly impressive win against a team that went to the WNBA Finals last season. Obviously, they’re without Brittney Griner right now who we need to get home ASAP, but they’re still a pretty formidable squad.
For the Aces to dominate them like that with A’ja Wilson only taking 8 shots? Nah, man. The WNBA better watch out for these Aces this year.
Becky Hammon might have something special on her hands.
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