Aces guard Jackie Young texted her Vegas teammates at halftime of the All-Star Game: 'Stop double-teaming me.'

• Four Aces players — A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, Dearica Hamby, and Jackie Young — were 2022 WNBA All-Stars.
• The former three played on captain Wilson's team, while Young played on the opposing side.
• The Team Wilson trio played hard defense against Young, who sent a halftime text begging them to stop.

CHICAGO — WNBA superstar A'ja Wilson is usually invested in seeing Las Vegas Aces teammate Jackie Young thrive on the court.

But on Sunday, during the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game, all Wilson wanted was "to really get on her nerves."

Wilson served as one of the team captains for the contest, which was hosted at Chicago's Wintrust Arena. And while the 2020 WNBA MVP was able to snag two of her fellow All-Star Aces teammates — Dearica Hamby and Kelsey Plum — during the live draft on July 2, she wasn't able to select Young fast enough; Breanna Stewart drafted her to the other side with her first pick of the day.

So — like many other teammates divided for the weekend — Wilson, Hamby, and Plum resolved to make Young their enemy during their trip to Chicago.

"She's not our teammate this weekend," Wilson said during a Saturday press conference. "So we don't know who you speak of, this Jackie."

When it came time for Team Wilson to hit the court, the trio followed through on their promise. Every time Young wound up with the ball in her hands, her Las Vegas teammates swarmed:

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"I was like, go get her, come on KP," Wilson said during a post-game press conference. "We literally knew we wanted to get the ball out of Jackie's hands."

"We talked about it," Plum confirmed.

By the second quarter, other members of Team Wilson got in on the action. WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles, who was competing in the final All-Star Game of her illustrious career, joined Wilson and Plum to triple-team Young and eventually came away with the steal.

Fowles — the league's all-time rebounding leader — threw down a dunk on the ensuing breakaway.

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"I didn't know that Syl was going to go and trap her," Wilson said with a laugh.

"Syl started doing it, too!" Plum added with a laugh.

By halftime, Wilson, Hamby, and Plum had pressured Young so thoroughly that she reached out to Wilson from the locker room. She also sent out a tweet with a similar message.

"She actually texted me during halftime and said, 'Yo, stop double-teaming me,'" Wilson recalled during a post-game press conference. "And I said, 'I got you.'"

Though the trio did coordinate far fewer traps in the second half, all three still played noticeably tougher defense on Young than against any other member of Team Stewart. Young — who has averaged an impressive 17.3 points per game this season — was held to just two points on the afternoon.

"She's very upset with me," Wilson said of Young with a smile. "I don't know why she's not upset with [Plum], but that's okay. I'll see her on the flight to New York."