A'ja Wilson is no stranger to October basketball. Ahead of the 2025 WNBA Finals and her fourth career appearance, the Las Vegas Aces star took time to reflect on her first-ever trip to the Finals and how much her mentality has grown in the years since. During pregame media availability, according to USAToday's Meghan L. Hall, Wilson revealed how she's learned to approach the series after experiencing various levels of success on the big stage.
“We had, obviously, a different roster. Liz [Cambage] wasn't playing, [Kelsey Plum] got hurt. So it was really kind of like, alright, we're really happy to be here,” Wilson said about her first Finals squad taking on the Seattle Storm in 2020. “But then we got into the moment of it, and I was like, ‘Woah, this is what it feels like to be here.