Diana Taurasi isn’t having her best season ever, obviously. She’s coming to the end of an absolutely fantastic career.
But she’s still one of the greatest basketball players to touch a basketball court ever. She proves that time and again, year after year. She did it again on Thursday night when she made a bit of WNBA — and, really, professional basketball — history.
Taurasi dropped 30 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists against the LA Sparks on Thursday. That was her first 30-point game since she’d turned 40 years old on June 11 last month.
And with that, she became the first WNBA player to ever score 30 points in a single game over the age of 40. Not only that, but she’s also just the third player between the NBA and WNBA to accomplish that feat, too. Only Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Jordan have done it before, per ESPN Stats and Info.
Diana Taurasi joins Michael Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki as the only players in WNBA/NBA history to record a 30-point game at age 40 or older 👏 pic.twitter.com/UEL9Y8dREp
— ESPN (@espn) July 29, 2022
She was cooking. Taurasi hit 5 3-pointers on her way to making a bit of history.
HISTORIC NIGHT FOR DT (@DianaTaurasi)! 👏
Not only scored 30 points and shot 5️⃣ threes in the Mercury win but also became the FIRST 40 or older WNBA player to score 30 points in a game! pic.twitter.com/oPsFWT1TGp
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 29, 2022
Shoutout to DT, man. She’s really one of the greatest.
