Awak Kuier turned the paint into a no-fly zone on Prime, and by the time it was over she'd rewritten the Dallas Wings record book. The forward piled up block after block against Indiana, and Twitter was tracking every single one in real time.
Kuier swats a shot from Caitlin Clark, her 3rd block of the night.
It didn't stop there. Kuier kept climbing — 4 blocks, then 5, all before halftime, a number no Wings player had ever reached in a single half. The updates came fast enough that it started to feel less like a stat line and more like a highlight reel on a loop.
By the second half she'd matched her career high and kept going, finishing with 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and a career-best 7 blocks, according to Dallas Sports Journal. That total broke the franchise record of 5, previously held by Teaira McCowan — a mark Kuier herself had already matched earlier in her career before shattering it outright.
Kuier's defensive highlights from the game, capped off by the NBA account confirming the franchise record and her spot as just the 3rd WNBA player this season with a 7-block game.
The Wings held on for a 91-85 win over the Fever at American Airlines Center on August 20, snapping Indiana's 5-game winning streak, per CBS Texas. Arike Ogunbowale led the way offensively with 32 points and crossed 5,000 career points in the process, but it was Kuier's defense that dictated the game's tempo — Wings coach José Fernández credited her athleticism for helping hold Indiana to just 28 points in the paint, a marked improvement over their previous two matchups.
For a Wings team still fighting for playoff positioning, a night like this from a 22-year-old forward is the kind of development that matters more than the box score suggests. Kuier's block numbers have been trending up all year, and now she's got the franchise record — plus a share of the league lead in single-game blocks this season — to show for it.