Sydney Taylor (right) and A’ja Wilson (left) were key players in Chicago’s 84-83 home victory over Las Vegas. Photo by Jacob Nunez/Sportspage Magazine

Move over A’ja Wilson, there’s a new kid in town.

Remember the name. Chicago’s Sydney Taylor is going to be the next big thing in the WNBA. The undrafted rookie cooly drilled the game-winning 3-pointer with less than one second to play to complete an unlikely comeback and lift the Sky to a heartstopping 84-83 victory over visiting Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon at Wintrust Arena.

Just a few months ago, having been overlooked by every team in the league and reduced to playing overseas in a small village in Poland, Taylor left the court triumphantly with a Wintrust Arena crowd chanting her name.

“Oh, man I have so much running through my head right now,” Taylor said. “It’s been a really long journey. And for me to step up and hit probably one of the biggest shots of my career in my life, I’m just grateful for that.”

Only a couple of games back Taylor found herself in the same situation and a potential game-winning shot against New York did not fall.

“That New York game has been on repeat for me since it happened,” Taylor said. “So, I was really due for one. I needed one really bad for me. I’m glad my teammates had the confidence in me to take a shot like that against that team. There’s some Olympians, some of the best players in the world on that team. So that’s a big win for us.”

The Sky (11-18) extended their home win streak to four games. They have won six of their last seven at home and have three more home games left on this 5-game homestand beginning Monday against Phoenix. Los Angeles and Indiana round out the stretch.

Taylor said she had just one thing in mind when teammate Natasha Cloud passed her the ball with the final seconds ticking off the scoreboard clock. She wasn’t squared up. There was no time for that. She only had time to catch and shoot.

“I just let it fly,” Taylor said. “I didn’t even know how close I was or how far I was, I just shot it.”

Natasha Cloud puts up a jumper in Chicago’s upset win over the Aces. Photo by Jacob Nunez/Sportspage Magazine

Taylor notched her fifth 25-plus-point game this season. In league history, all other undrafted rookies combined for five.

She’s come a long way in a short amount of time from undrafted to becoming the team’s go-to player.

“It feels good, especially when they want me to iso one of the best players in the world in Jackie Young,” said Taylor of her game-winner.

But that’s the role in which this rookie sensation has improved to.

“There’s not many rookies in history with the confidence or has the confidence (from) their coach to shoot 27 times in a game,” said Chicago Head Coach Tyler Marsh. “She knows she has the green light from me. When our offense sputters, she has that ability to ignite us. She was great. She’s built for that moment. This is just one of many to come for her. I can’t say enough about the confidence she plays with. And we appreciate that because the aggression is there, the toughness, it’s everything we want this team to be about. We see her being part of the future for the Sky longterm.”

But things looked pretty bleak for the Sky after a rough three quarters. Wilson led the Aces to a 10-point lead, scoring 13 of her game-high 36 points (11 rebounds) in a third quarter. And, despite a Taylor-led comeback, the four-time league MVP scored on a driving layup to put the Aces in front, 83-81, with 3.2 seconds to play.

A’ja Wilson shoots over Kamilla Cardoso for two of her game-high 36 points. Photo by Jacob Nunez/Sportspage Magazine

That’s when Taylor took an inbounds pass from Natasha Cloud, turned and calmly delivered the 24-foot game-winner.

The Sky completed the 29-point fourth-quarter comeback by shooting 64.7% (11 of 17) from the field and 100% (3 of 3) from deep, while holding Las Vegas to 41.2% (7 of 17) and 0.0% (0 of 4) respectively. It also snapped an 0-6 streak for Chicago in one possession/overtime games.

“We’ve been in so many of these late game situations where we’ve been in the games, we understand that at some point it’s going to tip into our favor and we have to have the belief at the end of the game that we can finish this,” said Cloud, Who finished with 11 points and had a game-best +13 in her 29:32 of playing time. “I think coming back from All-Star Break, starting to play really good basketball, we feel that for ourselves.”

DiJonai Carrington also scored in double figures for Chicago with 10 points.

Jackie Young and NaLyssa Smith scored 18 and 17 points respectively for Las Vegas (20-9) in its first of a five-game road trip.