Connecticut's Alyssa Thomas has crashed the MVP race between A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart
A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart head into the playoffs this week as the top contenders to become the WNBA’s most valuable player. That’s no surprise. They are the two superstars on the league’s two “super teams” — the Las Vegas Aces (34-6) and the New York Liberty (32-8). But there is a third contender for MVP as well. Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas has played her way into the conversation, recording a league-record six triple-doubles in leading the Sun (27-13) to the No. 3 seed. Thomas is the first player in league history to record at least 600