{"id":1990482,"date":"2023-08-04T01:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T05:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diana-taurasi-makes-wnba-history-as-first-player-to-reach-10000-points\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T05:43:24","slug":"diana-taurasi-makes-wnba-history-as-first-player-to-reach-10000-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diana-taurasi-makes-wnba-history-as-first-player-to-reach-10000-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Taurasi achieves WNBA milestone with 10,000 points."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdiana-taurasi-makes-wnba-history-as-first-player-to-reach-10000-points%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>WNBA Superstar Diana Taurasi Makes History with 10,000 Points<\/h2>\n<p>WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi made an indelible mark on the league&#8217;s history on Thursday night, becoming the first player to reach 10,000 points. The 41-year-old point guard\u200b led her Phoenix Mercury to a resounding victory over the\u200d Atlanta Dream, scoring an impressive 42 points\u2064 in a 91-71 rout.<\/p>\n<p>Taurasi&#8217;s achievement is even more \u2064remarkable considering \u2063she is \u2062the WNBA&#8217;s all-time\u200d leading scorer, with over 2,500 points more than second-place \u200cTina Thompson.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The crowd erupted as Taurasi sunk\u200c her 3-point jump shot, reaching this historic milestone.\u2064 Her teammates immediately surrounded her, showering her with congratulations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regarded by many as the\u200c greatest women&#8217;s basketball player of all time, Taurasi is known for her\u200c slick handles, facilitating prowess, and exceptional scoring ability. She currently ranks fifth on the WNBA&#8217;s all-time assist list and shows \u2064no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>While Taurasi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-analysis-of-election-night-data-from-all-states-shows-millions-of-votes-either-switched-from-president-trump-to-biden-or-were-lost-using-dominion-and-other-systems\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of Election Night Data from All States Shows MILLIONS OF VOTES Either Switched from President Trump to Biden or Were Lost -- Using Dominion and Other Systems\">diana<\/a>-taurasi-makes-wnba-history-as-first-player-to-reach-10000-points\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Diana Taurasi achieves WNBA milestone with 10,000 points.&#8221;>record-breaking feat\u2062 counts<\/a> only regular season scoring, she also \u2063holds the title of the league&#8217;s all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-not-present-at-brooklyn-media-days-as-questions-around-vaccination-status-linger\/\" title=\"Kyrie Irving Not Present At Brooklyn Media Days As Questions Around Vaccination Status Linger\">-time leading scorer<\/a> in \u2063the playoffs. With \u200cthree WNBA championships and two Finals MVPs under her belt, Taurasi has solidified her status as a true legend of \u200dthe game. Remarkably, she has spent her entire\u2064 WNBA career with the Mercury.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of \u200dthe WNBA and basketball fans worldwide, I want to \u200cextend\u2062 my heartfelt\u200c congratulations to Diana on reaching the incredible \u2062milestone of 10,000 points as she continues to author new chapters in an illustrious WNBA career,\u201d said WNBA Commissioner\u200c Cathy Engelbert.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the Mercury&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lakers-expected-to-fire-head-coach-frank-vogel\/\" title=\"The Lakers Expected to Fire Head Coach Frank Vogel\">disappointing season<\/a> so far, with a record of 7-19, Taurasi&#8217;s remarkable achievement\u200c brings a glimmer of\u200d joy \u200cto\u200d the team\u200d and their fans. Her teammate, Brittney \u200cGriner, has also faced her \u200cown challenges, having been detained \u200cand held for 10\u2062 months in Russia on drug charges before being released in December.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA has experienced a \u200dsurge in ratings in recent years, with combined viewership across national networks up 67% compared to last \u200dyear. The league&#8217;s official \u2063release in July stated that this season is on track to be\u2064 the most-watched\u200c regular season in over 20\u2062 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from\u2064 The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diana Taurasi, a WNBA superstar, made history by becoming the first player to score 10,000 points. The 41-year-old point guard led her team, the Phoenix Mercury, to a 91-71 victory over the Atlanta Dream with an impressive 42 points. Taurasi holds the record as the WNBA&#8217;s top scorer of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1990483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}