Career night, career milestone
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That Leslie became the first WNBA player to score 5,000 points wasn't surprising. How she did it? That's another matter. On June 25, 2006, Leslie scored a career-high 41 points to surpass the milestone. She was 16-for-23 from the field in setting a team scoring record. "If she's not the greatest player to ever play, I don't know who is," said then-Sparks coach Joe Bryant.
