Wings' Ogunbowale scores record 45 to force Game 3 vs. Valkyries - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arike Ogunbowale stood near Paige Bueckers and waited for the star guard to make a move on her dribble with the Dallas Wings trailing by three as the final seconds of regulation — and their season — ticked away.

Bueckers waved toward her backcourt mate, but she wasn't telling Ogunbowale to get out of the way. She was telling her to get open.

After all, Bueckers knew whom the hot hand was — and it wasn't her.

Ogunbowale took a pass from Bueckers on the left baseline, dribbled toward the corner and hit an off-balance corner 3-pointer, sending the game to overtime and her on the way to a WNBA playoff-record 45 points as the Wings won a thriller 108-100 on Wednesday night, forcing a Game 3 in their first-round series.

Wings star Arike Ogunbowale delivered a record-breaking performance with the season on the line, scoring the most points in a game in WNBA playoff history.

The deciding game will be Friday night in San Francisco, where the Valkyries won the series opener by 24 points.

Golden State is trying to advance in the playoffs for the first time in the franchise's second season. The Wings are trying to reach the semifinals for the second time in six postseason appearances since moving to the Dallas area in 2016.

Ogunbowale opened the extra period of Game 2 by banking in a 3, then hit another one to put Dallas ahead for good at 103-100 with 1:46 remaining. A four-time All-Star, she easily topped her previous playoff best of 24 points after scoring 10 points on just seven shots in the series opener.

«We felt like we got pushed around out there when we played in San Francisco, and especially me, personally, I don't feel like I was aggressive,» Ogunbowale said. «I didn't know what I would score. I was