Profile Dutch Auction for Bueckers On Friday, August 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Panini launches one of its most anticipated WNBA cards of 2025: a Paige Bueckers Panini WNBA Instant Access 1/1 autograph, inscribed “1st All-Star Game.

The Dallas Wings star, 23, traveled to Los Angeles for her team's Aug. 20 road game against the Sparks, where one of her favorite actors, Criminal Minds star Shemar Moore, cheered her on as she dropped 44 points — the league's most-ever from a rookie. The previous record-holder was Candace Parker with 34 points.

Chet Holmgren was among a sea of supporters who witnessed Paige Bueckers' record-breaking game against the LA Sparks.

Roughly a month after Bueckers said her dream courtside celebrity guests are Grey's Anatomy 's Ellen Pompeo and Criminal Minds ' Shemar Moore, Moore decided to pull up for the Wings' game vs. the Sparks in L.A.—and he picked a great night to do it.

Bueckers’ 44 points are the most points in a game by a rookie in WNBA history and the most points in a game by any player this season.

The WNBA fined Sophie Cunningham again after the Indiana Fever star criticized referees on her podcast for giving Dallas Wings' Paige Bueckers too many whistles.