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{{Short description|Australian basketball player (born 1991)}}
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| name = Liz Cambage
| name = Liz Cambage
| image= Cambage-20180523.jpg
| image = Cambage 2019.jpg
| caption = Cambage with the Las Vegas Aces in 2019
| league = [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]
| number = 18
| team = Dallas Wings
| team = Sichuan Yuanda
| number = 8
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| league = [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association]]
| height_m = 2.07
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|08|18|df=yes}}
| weight_kg = 98
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| nationality = Australian
| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|18}}
| height_ft = 6
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| height_in = 8
| high_school = [[Padua College, Melbourne|Padua College]]
| draft_league = WNBA
| weight_lbs = 222
| high_school = [[Padua College, Melbourne|Padua College]] <br> ([[Mornington, Victoria]])
| draft_year = 2011
| draft_round = 1
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_pick = 2
| draft_year = 2011
| draft_round = 1
| draft_team = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| career_start = 2007
| draft_pick = 2
| draft_team = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| career_end =
| years1 = 2007
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
| team1 = [[Dandenong Rangers]]
| years1 = 2007
| years2 = 2007–2008
| team1 = [[Dandenong Rangers]]
| team2 = [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
| years2 = 2007–2008
| years3 = 2009–2012
| team2 = [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
| team3 = [[Bulleen Boomers]]
| years3 = 2009–2012
| years4 = 2011
| team4 = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| team3 = [[Bulleen Boomers]]
| years4 = 2011
| years5 = 2012–2013
| team4 = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| team5 = [[Zhejiang Golden Bulls|Zhejiang Chouzhou]]
| years5 = 2012–2013
| years6 = 2013
| team5 = [[Zhejiang Golden Bulls|Zhejiang Chouzhou]]
| team6 = Tulsa Shock
| years6 = {{WNBA Year|2013}}
| years7 = 2013–2014
| team6 = Tulsa Shock
| team7 = [[Beijing Great Wall]]
| years7 = 2013–2014
| years8 = 2015–2016
| team8 = [[Shanghai Swordfish]]
| team7 = [[Beijing Great Wall]]
| years8 = 2015–2016
| years9 = 2017–2018
| team9 = [[Melbourne Boomers]]
| team8 = [[Shanghai Swordfish]]
| years9 = 2017–2018
| years10 = 2018–present
| team10 = [[Dallas Wings]]
| team9 = [[Melbourne Boomers]]
| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2018}}
| years11 = 2018–present
| team11 = [[Shanxi Flame]]
| team10 = [[Dallas Wings]]
| years11 = 2018–2019
| team11 = [[Shanxi Flame]]
| years12 = {{WNBA Year|2019}},<br/>{{WNBA Year|2021}}
| team12 = [[Las Vegas Aces]]
| years13 = 2020
| team13 = [[Southside Flyers]]
| years14 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}
| team14 = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| years15 = 2023
| team15 = [[Maccabi Bnot Ashdod]]
| years16 = 2024–present
| team16 = Sichuan Yuanda
| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[WNBA Peak Performers|WNBA Peak Performer]] (2018)
* [[WNBA Peak Performers|WNBA Peak Performer]] ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
* 4× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2011 WNBA All-Star Game|2011]], [[2018 WNBA All-Star Game|2018]], [[2019 WNBA All-Star Game|2019]], [[2021 WNBA All-Star Game|2021]])
* [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] (2018)
* [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
*[[List of Women's National Basketball Association season scoring leaders|WNBA scoring leader]] (2018)
* [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2019}})
* [[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]] All-Star Five (2018)
*[[List of Women's National Basketball Association season scoring leaders|WNBA scoring leader]] ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
* [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]] (2011)
* [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2011 WNBA All-Star Game|2011]], [[2018 WNBA All-Star Game|2018]])
* [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
* 2x [[List of WNBL champions|WNBL Champion]] ([[2011 WNBL Finals|2011]], [[2020 WNBL Finals|2020]])
* WNBL champion (2011)
* [[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL]] MVP (2011)
* [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award|WNBL MVP]] ([[2010–11 WNBL season|2011]])
* 4x [[All-WNBL Team|All-WNBL First Team]] ([[2009–10 WNBL season|2010]], [[2010–11 WNBL season|2011]], [[2017–18 WNBL season|2018]], [[2020 WNBL season|2020]])
* 3× WNBL All-Star Five (2010, 2011, 2018)
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
}}
}}
'''Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage''' (born 18 August 1991) is an Australian professional [[basketball]] player who plays for the [[Dallas Wings]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) and the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian Opals]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Liz Cambage|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/liz-cambage|work=london2012.olympics.com.au|publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]]|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> Cambage currently holds the WNBA single-game scoring record with her 53 point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cambage scores WNBA-record 53 points for Wings over Liberty|url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/boxscore?gameId=401018913|publisher=[[ESPN]]|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref>


'''Elizabeth Folake Cambage''' ({{IPAc-en|k|æ|m|ˈ|b|eɪ|ʒ}} {{Respell|kam|BAYZH}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1xY-0xZzow|title=10 Things LA Sparks' Liz Cambage Can't Live Without &#124; GQ Sports|work=YouTube|date=June 28, 2022|accessdate=18 April 2024}}</ref> born 18 August 1991<ref>GRO Register of Births 1991 15 151 SOUTHWARK - Elizabeth Folake Cambage, mmn=Cambage</ref>) is an Australian professional [[basketball]] player for the Sichuan Yuanda of the [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association]]. Cambage currently shares the WNBA single-game scoring record with [[A'ja Wilson]], with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cambage scores WNBA-record 53 points for Wings over Liberty |url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/boxscore?gameId=401018913 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38242136/las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson-scores-53-points-tie-wnba-single-game-record | title='Generational talent' Wilson's 53 ties WNBA record | date=23 August 2023 }}</ref>
==Personal==
Cambage was born on 18 August 1991<ref name=wmblstuff>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |title=Bulleen Boomers: Elizabeth Cambage |publisher=WNBL.com.au |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="londonprepares"/> in [[London]] to a [[Nigeria]]n father and [[Australian people|Australian]] mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and she moved to [[Australia]] with her mother. First settling in [[Coffs Harbour]] in [[New South Wales]], the family moved to [[Melbourne]] when Cambage was 10 years of age and later the [[Mornington Peninsula]].<ref name=Vine>{{Cite news|title=Liz Cambage the next Lauren Jackson|url=http://www.thevine.com.au/sport/news/liz-cambage-the-next-lauren-jackson20110311.aspx|accessdate=11 April 2011|newspaper=The Vine|date=11 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=abc10play>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2982018.htm |title=Behind the News – 17/08/2010: Next Big Thing |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>


She played for the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australia national team]], the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the [[Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|2018 Commonwealth Games]], silver in the [[2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2018 World Cup]], and bronze in the [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Olympics]].
Cambage is {{convert|203|cm|ftin}} tall.<ref name=londonprepares>{{Cite web|url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=London 2012 – 2012 Australian Opals squad named |publisher=London2012.olympics.com.au |date=16 February 2012 |accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=march2012>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/cambages-tall-order-20120323-1vpq4.html |title=Cambage's tall order |publisher=Canberratimes.com.au|date=24 March 2012 |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=canberratimes203>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/opals-graf-think-big-20120502-1xzjk.html |title=Opals, Graf think big |publisher=Canberratimes.com.au |date=|accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> She was teased about her height in school. At the age of ten she was 6&nbsp;ft tall, reaching 6'5" by the time she was 14. She started playing basketball at her mother's suggestion when she was 10 as a way to make friends.<ref name="abc10play"/>

==Early life==
Cambage was born on 18 August 1991<ref name=wmblstuff>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |title=Bulleen Boomers: Elizabeth Cambage |publisher=WNBL.com.au |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213028/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="londonprepares"/> in [[London]] to a [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] father and [[Australian people|Australian]] mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and she moved to [[Australia]] with her mother. First settling in [[Eden, New South Wales|Eden]] in [[New South Wales]], the family moved to [[Melbourne]] when Cambage was 10 years of age and later the [[Mornington Peninsula]].<ref name=Vine>{{Cite news |title=Liz Cambage the next Lauren Jackson |url=http://www.thevine.com.au/sport/news/liz-cambage-the-next-lauren-jackson20110311.aspx |access-date=11 April 2011 |newspaper=The Vine |date=11 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322110022/http://www.thevine.com.au/sport/news/liz-cambage-the-next-lauren-jackson20110311.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=abc10play>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2982018.htm |title=Behind the News – 17/08/2010: Next Big Thing |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>

Cambage is {{convert|2.03|m|ftin}} tall.<ref name=londonprepares>{{Cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=London 2012 – 2012 Australian Opals squad named |work=Official Site of the [[2012 Australian Olympic Team]] |publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214515/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |archive-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=march2012>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/cambages-tall-order-20120323-1vpq4.html |title=Cambage's tall order |work=The Canberra Times |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=canberratimes203>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/opals-graf-think-big-20120502-1xzjk.html |title=Opals, Graf think big |work=The Canberra Times |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> She was teased about her height in school. At the age of 10, she was {{Height|m=1.83}} tall, reaching {{Height|m=1.96}} by the time she was 14. She started playing basketball at her mother's suggestion when she was 10 as a way to make friends.<ref name="abc10play"/>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Cambage plays at the [[Center (basketball)|center]] position in basketball.<ref name="londonprepares"/><ref name=iinetfinals2>{{cite journal |journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series |edition=2010/2011<!--|publisher=WNBL-->|year=2011 |publisher=Basketball Australia |editor-first=Diane |editor-last=Smith-Gander |pages=4–5 |title=Bulleen Boomers; Official Programme}}</ref> In 2009, she played in the Under-20 Australian National Championships,<ref name=playup4>{{cite journal|journal=Play Up|publisher=Basketball Australia|edition= 19–25 February|year=2012|title=On the Rise; Official Event Program|page=16|location=South Melbourne, Australia|editor=Brad Graham Creative}}</ref> and the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] suggested she could be the next [[Lauren Jackson]].<ref name="abc10play"/> The only international players surpassing Cambage were [[Margo Dydek]], at 7&nbsp;ft 2 in (2.18 m), and [[Sue Geh]], at 2.05 metres (6&nbsp;ft 9 in) tall.<ref>Kasmarik, Morgan (15 October 2009). [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/10/15/2714808.htm?site=melbourne ''Towering Cambage on the up and up'']. ABC Grandstand Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2012.</ref>
Cambage plays at the [[Center (basketball)|center]] position in basketball.<ref name="londonprepares"/><ref name=iinetfinals2>{{cite journal |journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series |edition=2010/2011<!-- |publisher=WNBL--> |year=2011 |publisher=Basketball Australia |editor-first=Diane |editor-last=Smith-Gander |pages=4–5 |title=Bulleen Boomers; Official Programme}}</ref> In 2009, she played in the Under-20 Australian National Championships,<ref name=playup4>{{cite journal |journal=Play up |publisher=Basketball Australia |edition=19–25 February |year=2012 |title=On the Rise; Official Event Program |page=16 |location=South Melbourne, Australia |editor=Brad Graham Creative}}</ref> and the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] suggested she could be the next [[Lauren Jackson]].<ref name="abc10play"/> The only international players surpassing Cambage in height at the time were [[Margo Dydek]], at {{Height|m=2.18}}, and [[Sue Geh]], at {{Height|m=2.05}} tall.<ref>Kasmarik, Morgan (15 October 2009). [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/10/15/2714808.htm?site=melbourne ''Towering Cambage on the up and up'']. ABC Grandstand Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2012.</ref>


===WNBL===
===WNBL===
Cambage played her junior basketball with [[Dandenong Rangers]], joining their WNBL team for the 2007–08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS),<ref name="aisbook-59" /><ref name=aischolars>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |title=Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |date= |accessdate=11 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212073754/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |archivedate=12 February 2014 |df= }}</ref> and played for the [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL Team)|AIS team]], based in [[Canberra]], in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL), for the remainder for the 2007–08 season and the following one<ref name="abc10play" /><ref name=aisbook-59>{{cite book|page=59|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]]|author1=[[Australian Institute of Sport]]|year=2011|author2=[[Basketball Australia]]|location=Canberra|quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}</ref><ref name=WNBLProfile>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Cambage|url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706|work=Player profile|publisher=Women's National Basketball League|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=aisbook-58>{{cite book|page=58|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]]|author1=[[Australian Institute of Sport]]|year=2011|author2=[[Basketball Australia]]|location=Canberra|quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}</ref><ref name=sais>{{cite web|last=Nagy |first=Boti |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/tracy-has-an-eye-on-ais/story-e6frect3-1111118098323 |title=Tracy has an eye on AIS |publisher=Adelaide Now |date=20 November 2008 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> In a November 2008 90–62 loss to the [[Adelaide Lightning]], she scored 11 points, had 12 rebounds and fouled out of the game.<ref name="sais" />
Cambage played her junior basketball with [[Dandenong Rangers]], joining their WNBL team for the 2007–08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS),<ref name="aisbook-59" /><ref name=aischolars>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |title=Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212073754/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |archive-date=12 February 2014}}</ref> and played for the [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|AIS team]], based in [[Canberra]], in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL), for the remainder for the 2007–08 season and the following one<ref name="abc10play" /><ref name=aisbook-59>{{cite book |page=59 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra |quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}</ref><ref name=WNBLProfile>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Cambage |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |work=Player profile |publisher=Women's National Basketball League |access-date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213028/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2020, Cambage made her return to the WNBL, signing with the [[Southside Flyers]] for the 2020–21 season.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/liz-cambage-signs-with-southside-flyers-returns-to-wnbl-20200818-p55mnw.html Liz Cambage signs with Southside Flyers, returns to WNBL]</ref>

In 2009/2010 Cambage returned to Melbourne to play with the [[Bulleen Boomers]], and in her first season with the club made the WNBL all-star five.<ref name="iinetfinals2"/><ref name=WNBLProfile/><ref name=rookieseason>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-19/jackson-taylor-to-lead-opals-into-worlds/950442 |title=Jackson, Taylor to lead Opals into worlds – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=19 August 2010 |accessdate=8 May 2012}}</ref> Cambage played in all 22 WNBL games in the 2009/2010 season.<ref name="iinetfinals2"/> She finished the regular season with 22.3 points a game and 2.8 blocks a game, leading the league in both categories. She also finished the season with a 59.6% field goal accuracy, another area where she led the league.<ref name="iinetfinals2"/> In weeks 5 and 6 of the 2010/2011 season, she was named the Player of the Round, and she was the Player of the Month in November and December.<ref name="iinetfinals2" /><ref name=iinetfinals>{{cite journal|journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series|edition=2010/2011|year=2011|publisher=Basketball Australia|editor-first=Diane|editor-last=Smith-Gander|quote=Official Programme|page=2|title=The Season That Was}}</ref> In an October 2011 game against the West Coast Waves, she scored 27 points while playing 29 minutes in a 104–79 win for Bulleen.<ref name=2011opalssquad>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/belinda-snell-alicia-poto-set-sydney-on-fire-in-the-wnbl/story-e6frg7mf-1226174549455 |title= Belinda Snell, Alicia Poto set Sydney on fire in the WNBL|publisher= |date= 24 October 2011|accessdate=24 June 2012 |work=The Australian}}</ref> By May 2012, she had not re-signed with the team, one of the few Opals players in the league to not have made a commitment to their WNBL team one way or another.<ref name=moreresinignnews>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/rangers-star-ohea-in-form-for-london-20120504-1y4gg.html |title=Rangers star O'Hea in form for London |publisher=Theage.com.au |date=5 May 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2012 |location=Melbourne}}</ref>


===WNBA===
===WNBA===
[[File:Cambage-Fowles2-20180523.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young woman smiling and extending arm towards camera after struggle with Sylvia Fowles|Cambage celebrates her defense of [[Sylvia Fowles]] of the [[Minnesota Lynx]]]]
[[File:Cambage-Fowles2-20180523.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Young woman smiling and extending arm towards camera after struggle with Sylvia Fowles|Cambage celebrates her defense of [[Sylvia Fowles]] of the [[Minnesota Lynx]]]]
In March 2011, Cambage expressed a reluctance to play for the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] ([[WNBA]]) team that drafted her, the [[Tulsa Shock]], stating, "I don't want to play at Tulsa, I've made that clear. They want to make me a franchise player, but I'm not going to the WNBA for that. I'm going there to learn and improve my game. But what can you do?"<ref name=Bernard>{{cite news |last=Bernard |first=Grantley |title=Liz Cambage keen to get WNBA show on the road|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/liz-cambage-keen-to-get-wnba-show-on-the-road/story-e6frfglf-1226030928435|accessdate=11 April 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=31 March 2011}}</ref> She played in the [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game]].<ref name=cambageallstar>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |title=Opals count down to Olympics |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |date= |accessdate=8 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170542/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |archivedate=24 July 2011 |df= }}</ref>
In March 2011, Cambage expressed a reluctance to play for the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] ([[WNBA]]) team that drafted her, the [[Tulsa Shock]], stating, "I don't want to play at Tulsa, I've made that clear. They want to make me a franchise player, but I'm not going to the WNBA for that. I'm going there to learn and improve my game. But what can you do?"<ref name=Bernard>{{cite news |last=Bernard |first=Grantley |title=Liz Cambage keen to get WNBA show on the road |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/liz-cambage-keen-to-get-wnba-show-on-the-road/story-e6frfglf-1226030928435 |access-date=11 April 2011 |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=31 March 2011}}</ref> She played in the [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game]].<ref name=cambageallstar>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |title=Opals count down to Olympics |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170542/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>


[[File:Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party.jpg|thumb|upright|Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party]]
[[File:Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party.jpg|thumb|upright|Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party]]


After the 2012 Summer Olympics Campaign, Cambage was due to head back to the United States to complete her season with [[Tulsa Shock]] in the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA), but announced on the morning her flight was due to leave, 27 August 2012, that she would not be returning to the States to finish the 2012 season with [[Tulsa Shock]]. Her agent released a statement saying "Over the past 6 months Liz has been involved with the Australian National Team as they prepared for the 2012 London Olympics. She has returned from the Olympic campaign physically exhausted and is in need of some recovery time. Unfortunately this will make her unavailable for the remaining few weeks of the WNBA season. We are aware that this is an unfortunate situation and we appreciate and thank Tulsa Shock for their understanding."<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/news/cambage_shock_082812.html WNBA: Liz Cambage Will Not Return to Tulsa Shock For the Remainder of the 2012 Season]</ref>
After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cambage was due to head back to the United States to complete the WNBA season with the [[Tulsa Shock]], but announced on the morning her flight was due to leave, 27 August 2012, that she would not be returning to finish the 2012 season. Her agent released a statement saying she was exhausted after playing for the national team.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/news/cambage_shock_082812.html WNBA: Liz Cambage Will Not Return to Tulsa Shock For the Remainder of the 2012 Season]</ref>


Cambage returned to play for the Shock for the 2013 season, but did not return to the WNBA for five years after.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/9283732/wnba-liz-cambage-says-return-tulsa-shock-season|title=Voepel: Cambage's return to WNBA brings tempered expectations|work=ESPN.com|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> In February 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with the [[Dallas Wings]].<ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/liz-cambage-ends-five-year-break-from-wnba Liz Cambage ends five-year break from WNBA]</ref>
Cambage returned to play for the Shock for the 2013 season, but did not return to the WNBA for five years after.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/9283732/wnba-liz-cambage-says-return-tulsa-shock-season |title=Voepel: Cambage's return to WNBA brings tempered expectations |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> In February 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with the [[Dallas Wings]].<ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/liz-cambage-ends-five-year-break-from-wnba Liz Cambage ends five-year break from WNBA]</ref>


===[[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|WCBA]]===
===China===
In June 2012, Cambage signed with [[Zhejiang Golden Bulls|Zheijang Chouzhou]] basketball club in [[China]], reportedly for a salary of $400,000 ([[Australian dollar]]s). This made her one of the highest-paid female basketballers in the world.<ref name=heraldsun>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/liz-cambage-the-next-great-wall-of-china/story-fnanosvn-1226406443234 |title=Liz Cambage the next Great Wall of China |publisher=Herald Sun |date=24 June 2012 |accessdate=24 June 2012}}</ref>
In June 2012, Cambage signed with [[Zhejiang Golden Bulls|Zheijang Chouzhou]] basketball club in China, reportedly for a salary of [[Australian dollar|AUS]]$400,000, which made her one of the highest-paid female basketballers in the world.<ref name=heraldsun>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/liz-cambage-the-next-great-wall-of-china/story-fnanosvn-1226406443234 |title=Liz Cambage the next Great Wall of China |work=Herald Sun |date=24 June 2012 |access-date=24 June 2012}}</ref> Yet in an article in the Australian newspaper ''[[The Age]]'' published on 8 March 2019, Cambage reported being poorly compensated and unable to meet her mortgage payments, noting that she had not been paid since September 2018 after an injury prevented her from playing in China. She was quoted as saying: "It's funny, we make all these sacrifices for our nation, but are we getting looked after properly at the end of the day?"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/i-couldn-t-pay-my-mortgage-how-liz-cambage-was-pushed-to-the-limit-20190307-p512gu.html |title='I couldn't pay my mortgage': How Liz Cambage was pushed to the limit |last=Robinson |first=Georgina |date=7 March 2019 |newspaper=The Age |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>


===Return to WNBA===
===Return to WNBA===
In February 2018, Cambage signed a multi-year contract with the [[Dallas Wings]].<ref>{{citeweb|title=Dallas Wings sign Liz Cambage|date=5 February 2018|accessdate=5 February 2018|website=WNBA.com|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/dallas-wings-sign-liz-cambage/}}</ref> On 17 July 2018, in a game against the [[New York Liberty]], Cambage scored a WNBA record 53 points. Her team, the [[Dallas Wings]], won the game 104–87.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.wnba.com/game/20180717nyldal/#/game-story|title=New York Liberty @ Dallas Wings|website=wbna.com|publisher=WNBA|date=17 July 2018|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref> Cambage would be voted into the [[2018 WNBA All-Star Game]], making it her second all-star appearance. Following her 53 point performance, she scored 35 points in a 90–81 victory over the [[Washington Mystics]] making it the highest two-game point total in league history.<ref>[https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/07/20/cambage-breaks-wnba-s-two-game-scoring-record-88-points-44697 BASKETBALL Cambage breaks WNBA's two-game scoring record with 88 points]</ref> By the end of the season, Cambage led the league in scoring and the Wings finished with a 15–19 record as the number 8 seed in the league. In the first round elimination game, the Wings lost 101–83 to the Phoenix Mercury.


[[File:Cambage-20180523.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.5|Cambage playing for Dallas in 2018]]
==National team==
In February 2018, Cambage signed a multiyear contract with the [[Dallas Wings]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dallas Wings sign Liz Cambage |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |website=WNBA.com |url=http://www.wnba.com/news/dallas-wings-sign-liz-cambage/}}</ref> On 17 July 2018, in a game against the [[New York Liberty]], Cambage scored a WNBA record 53 points (the mark was later tied by A'ja Wilson).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38242136/las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson-scores-53-points-tie-wnba-single-game-record | title='Generational talent' Wilson's 53 ties WNBA record | date=23 August 2023 }}</ref> The Wings won the game, 104–87.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/game/20180717nyldal/#/game-story |title=New York Liberty @ Dallas Wings |website=wbna.com |publisher=WNBA |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> Cambage was voted into the [[2018 WNBA All-Star Game]], making it her second all-star appearance. Following her 53-point performance, she scored 35 points in a 90–81 victory over the [[Washington Mystics]], making it the highest two-game point total in league history.<ref>[https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/07/20/cambage-breaks-wnba-s-two-game-scoring-record-88-points-44697 BASKETBALL Cambage breaks WNBA's two-game scoring record with 88 points]</ref> By the end of the season, Cambage led the league in scoring and the Wings finished with a 15–19 record as the number-eight seed in the league. In the first-round elimination game, the Wings lost, 101–83, to the Phoenix Mercury.

On 22 January 2019, Cambage requested a trade from the Wings.<ref>[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2817093-liz-cambage-reportedly-requests-trade-from-dallas-wings Liz Cambage Reportedly Requests Trade from Dallas Wings]</ref> On 16 May 2019, she was traded to the Las Vegas Aces. During the 2019 season, Cambage was voted into the All-Star Game, making it her third all-star appearance. At the end of the season, the Aces finished 21–13 and the number-four seed, receiving a bye to the second round. In the second-round elimination game, the Aces advanced to the semifinals after defeating the [[Chicago Sky]], 93–92, off a play by teammate [[Dearica Hamby]] in which she came up with a steal and nailed a desperation three-pointer from half court. In the semifinals, the Aces' playoff run came to an end as they were defeated by the eventual champions, the [[Washington Mystics]], in four games.

On 5 July 2020, the team announced that Cambage would sit out the 2020 WNBA season due to health concerns and pre-existing risk factors surrounding the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] after an evaluation by the team doctor.<ref>[https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2021-wnba-free-agency-tracker-top-available-free-agents-key-dates-timeline-things-to-know/ Las Vegas Aces star Liz Cambage to sit out 2020 WNBA season]</ref><ref>[https://www.thescore.com/wnba/news/1982522 Aces expect superstar Cambage to sit out 2020 season]</ref> Without Cambage, the Aces finished the season 18–4 with the number-one seed in the shortened 22-game season, they reached the finals, but were swept by the [[Seattle Storm]]. On 23 May 2021, during a game against the Connecticut Sun, opposing coach Curt Miller lobbied the referee for a foul call on Cambage, while hyperbolically claiming Cambage was "300 pounds". Cambage responded with a post on Instagram, calling out Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller, calling him a "little white man".<ref>{{cite web |title=WNBA star Liz Cambage branded racist on Twitter for calling coach 'little white man' |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021 |website=tech-gate.org |url=https://www.tech-gate.org/usa/2021/05/25/wnba-star-liz-cambage-branded-racist-on-twitter-for-calling-coach-little-white-man//}}</ref>

Cambage signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on 15 February 2022. During the 2022 season, though, at Cambage's request, she was released on 26 July by the Sparks from her contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sparks.wnba.com/news/los-angeles-sparks-agree-to-contract-divorce-with-liz-cambage/ |title=Los Angeles Sparks Agree to Contract Divorce with Liz Cambage}}</ref>
Three weeks later, on 15 August 2022, Cambage announced she was stepping away from the WNBA.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former Sparks star Liz Cambage steps away from WNBA 'for the time being' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/15/liz-cambage-leaves-wnba/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Liz Cambage will 'step away' from WNBA following Sparks exit to focus on 'healing and personal growth' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/liz-cambage-will-step-away-from-wnba-following-sparks-exit-to-focus-on-healing-and-personal-growth-162307619.html |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=sports.yahoo.com |date=15 August 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Israel===
On 3 March 2023, it was announced that Cambage had signed a contract with the Israeli women's basketball club [[Maccabi Bnot Ashdod]], marking Cambage's first appearance in an Israeli basketball league after playing for teams in Australia, the United States and China.<ref>[https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=414&docID=430970 Liz Cambage had officially signed with Israeli side Maccabi Ashdod]</ref>

==National team career==
[[File:Opals Training Camp 19.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Liz Cambage at the Opals' training camp in Canberra, May 2012]]
[[File:Opals Training Camp 19.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Liz Cambage at the Opals' training camp in Canberra, May 2012]]


In 2008, Cambage was a member of the Australian junior women's national team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification series,<ref name=aisbook-46>{{cite book|page=46|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]]|author1=[[Australian Institute of Sport]]|year=2011|author2=[[Basketball Australia]]|location=Canberra|nopp=}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref> and a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.<ref name="aisbook-46" /> The following year, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand.<ref name=aisbook-45>{{cite book|page=45|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]]|author1=[[Australian Institute of Sport]]|year=2011|author2=[[Basketball Australia]]|location=Canberra|nopp=}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref>
In 2009, Cambage was a member of the Australian junior women's national team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification series,<ref name=aisbook-46>{{cite book |page=46 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref> and a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.<ref name="aisbook-46" /> The following year, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand.<ref name=aisbook-45>{{cite book |page=45 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref>


Her first call up to the senior national side was in 2008,<ref name="march2012" /> and she had her first cap for the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian Opals]] in 2009 in a test series against China,<ref name=wnblmvp2009>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |title=Opals look to shine against China |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222023454/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |archive-date=22 December 2014}}</ref> went she played in the third game in the series.<ref name=playchina>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/opals-limp-to-decider-with-china/story-e6frf9if-1225764562349 |title=Opals limp to decider with China |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the [[FIBA Oceania Championship for Women|Oceania Championship]],<ref name=starpointguard>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |title=Opals side selected to take on Kiwis |publisher=Nine MSN |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209190142/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |archive-date=9 December 2012}}</ref> and she was a member of the Australian senior women's team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification Series.<ref name="aisbook-46" /> She was a member of the national team again in 2010.<ref name=forstcallup>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |title=Jackson, Taylor to again lead the Opals |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314081839/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |archive-date=14 March 2010}}</ref> In June 2010, she was viewed by national team coach [[Carrie Graf]] as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.<ref name=quartert>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archive-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> In 2010, she participated in the Salamanca Invitational Basketball Tournament in Spain. Her team beat Spain 85–64. They also beat the United States. She scored 20 points in the game against Spain.<ref name=beatusausa>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230151022/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Opals down Spain in final tune-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Opals Training Camp 17.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Liz Cambage at the Opals' training camp in Canberra, May 2012]]


In 2010, she was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.<ref name="march2012"/><ref name="aisbook-45"/> She was important to the team's success.<ref name="abc10play" /><ref name=trainingcamp>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205094639/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2012 |title=AUS&nbsp;— Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in [[Connecticut]],<ref name="quartert" /> but missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments.<ref name="cambageallstar" /> Nonetheless, she was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.<ref name=bbaustralia>{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref>
Her first call up to the senior national side was in 2008,<ref name="march2012" /> and she had her first cap for the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian Opals]] in 2009 in a test series against China,<ref name=wnblmvp2009>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |title=Opals look to shine against China |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |date= |accessdate=9 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222023454/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}</ref> went she played in the third game in the series.<ref name=playchina>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/opals-limp-to-decider-with-china/story-e6frf9if-1225764562349 |title=Opals limp to decider with China |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the [[FIBA Oceania Championship for Women|Oceania Championship]],<ref name=starpointguard>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |title=Opals side selected to take on Kiwis |publisher=Nine MSN |date= |accessdate=8 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121209190142/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |archivedate=9 December 2012 }}</ref> and she was a member of the Australian senior women's team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification Series.<ref name="aisbook-46" /> She was a member of the national team again in 2010.<ref name=forstcallup>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |title=Jackson, Taylor to again lead the Opals |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |accessdate=9 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314081839/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |archivedate=14 March 2010 |df= }}</ref> In June 2010, she was viewed by national team coach [[Carrie Graf]] as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.<ref name=quartert>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |date= |accessdate=8 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archivedate=22 July 2015 |df= }}</ref> In 2010, she participated in the Salamanca Invitational Basketball Tournament in Spain. Her team beat Spain 85–64. They also beat the United States. She scored 20 points in the game against Spain.<ref name=beatusausa>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121230151022/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Opals down Spain in final tune-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |date= |accessdate=8 May 2012 }}</ref>


In 2010, she was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.<ref name="march2012"/><ref name="aisbook-45"/> She was important to the team's success.<ref name="abc10play" /><ref name=trainingcamp>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |title=AUS&nbsp;— Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |date= |accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in [[Connecticut]],<ref name="quartert" /> but missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments.<ref name="cambageallstar" /> Nonetheless, she was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.<ref name=bbaustralia>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]].<ref name="londonprepares" /> In late April and early May 2012, she was one of four Australian "big" players to participate in a special training camp for the team,<ref name="canberratimes203" /> and participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.<ref name="trainingcamp" /> Cambage was seen as a key component if Australia is to beat the United States in [[London]].<ref name=pennyruledout>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/lauren-jackson-says-others-must-fill-void-left-by-injured-penny-taylor/story-fn9dirj0-1226345953945 |title=Lauren Jackson says others must fill void left by injured Penny Taylor &#124; thetelegraph.com.au |publisher=Dailytelegraph.com.au |date= |accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref>
In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]].<ref name="londonprepares" /> In late April and early May 2012, she was one of four Australian "big" players to participate in a special training camp for the team,<ref name="canberratimes203" /> and participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.<ref name="trainingcamp" /> Cambage was seen as a key component if Australia was to beat the United States in [[London]].<ref name=pennyruledout>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/lauren-jackson-says-others-must-fill-void-left-by-injured-penny-taylor/story-fn9dirj0-1226345953945 |title=Lauren Jackson says others must fill void left by injured Penny Taylor |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref>
At the 2012 Olympic Games on 2 August, Cambage successfully dunked the basketball with one hand in a 70–66 victory over [[Russia women's national basketball team|Russia]]. Although it was generally believed{{by whom|date=May 2018}} to be the first successful [[slam dunk|dunk]] by a female athlete to take place during the Olympic Games, [[FIBA]] have yet to confirm if this is the case.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Cambrage and the Opals won a bronze medal in London with an 83–74 win over Russia.
At the 2012 Olympic Games on 2 August, Cambage successfully dunked the basketball with one hand in a 70–66 victory over [[Russia women's national basketball team|Russia]]. Cambage and the Opals won a bronze medal in London with an 83–74 win over Russia.

Just before the [[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women squads|2014 World Championships]], she ruptured her Achilles tendon, causing her to miss eight months of playing time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Basketball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Elizabeth CAMBAGE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/basketball/athlete-profile-n6030332-elizabeth-cambage.htm |access-date=25 September 2021 |website=results.gc2018.com}}</ref>

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she was the leading scorer and rebounder for the team that reached the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/Australia |title=Fiba women's basketball Australia - 2016 Rio}}</ref> She was also part of the Australian team that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=":0" />

===Misconduct===
Cambage was named to the national team for the Tokyo Olympics, but withdrew from the team in July 2021, less than two weeks before the tournament. She stated this was due to mental health issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/05/26/opals-named-for-tokyo-2020-australian-olympic-team/ |title=Opals Named for Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/16/sport/liz-cambage-withdraws-from-olympics-mental-health-spt-intl/index.html |title=Australian and WNBA star Liz Cambage withdraws from Olympics, citing mental health |date=16 July 2021}}</ref> In May 2022, reports alleged that Cambage had racially taunted players on the Nigerian team during a pre-Olympics training game, telling the Nigerian players to "Go back to your [[Third World|third world country]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Liz Cambage responds to claim she told rival: 'Go back to your third world country' |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/go-back-to-your-third-world-country-explosive-claim-about-liz-cambages-opals-split/news-story/a950e5985874da1e21d516769d5e661c |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=News.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gaze fumes at 'disgusting' new Cambage claim |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/liz-cambage-news-andrew-gaze-racism-allegation-basketball-australia-board/fc341815-5d66-4fc1-b2be-82e0e45b512d |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=wwos.nine.com.au |language=en}}</ref> She was later found to have elbowed and slapped players on the Nigerian team, causing the training game to be called off.


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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===WNBA===
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=Liz Cambage regular season statistics}}
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Tulsa Shock|Tulsa]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Tulsa Shock|Tulsa]]
| '''33''' || 11 || 20.0 || .511 || .000 || '''.794''' || 4.7 || 0.5 || '''0.8''' || 0.9 || '''2.3''' || 11.5
| '''33''' || 11 || 20.0 || .511 || .000 || '''.794''' || 4.7 || 0.5 || '''0.8''' || 0.9 || 2.3 || 11.5
|-
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Tulsa Shock|Tulsa]]
| 20 || '''16''' || 25.0 || .561 || .000 || .776 || 8.3 || 1.1 || 0.5 || '''2.4''' || 3.1 || 16.3
| 20 || 16 || 25.0 || .561 || .000 || .776 || 8.3 || 1.1 || 0.5 || '''2.4''' || 3.1 || 16.3
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
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| 32 || '''32''' || '''29.5''' || '''.589''' || '''.324''' || .738 || '''9.7''' || '''2.3''' || 0.4 || 1.6 || 2.7 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''23.0'''
| 32 || '''32''' || '''29.5''' || '''.589''' || .324 || .738 || '''9.7''' || '''2.3''' || 0.4 || 1.6 || 2.7 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''23.0'''°
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019 WNBA season|2019]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Las Vegas Aces|Las Vegas]]
| 31 || 29 || 25.3 || .499 || .167 || .753 || 8.1 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 2.2 || 15.8
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021 WNBA season|2021]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Las Vegas Aces|Las Vegas]]
| 25 || 24 || 23.8 || .543 ||''' .357'''|| .710 || 8.2 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 1.6 || '''1.8''' || 14.2
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2022 WNBA season|2022]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2022 Los Angeles Sparks season|Los Angeles]]
| 25 || 24 || 23.4 || .509 || .286 || .784 || 6.4 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 1.6 || 2.3 || 13.0
|-
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| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 3 years, 1 team
| style="text-align:left;"| 6 years, 3 teams
| 85 || 59 || 24.7 || .561 || .286 || .764 || 7.4 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.5 || 2.7 || 17.0
| 167 || 137 || 24.5 || .539 || .280 || .758 || 7.5 || 1.6 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 2.4 || 15.8
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Dallas Wings|Dallas]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Dallas Wings|Dallas]]
| 1|| 1 || 35.0 || .500 || .000 || .667 || 12.0|| 6.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 22.0
| 1|| 1 || '''35.0''' || .500 || .000 || .667 || '''12.0''' || '''6.0''' || 0.0 || '''3.0''' || 3.0 || 22.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019 WNBA season|2019]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Las Vegas Aces|Las Vegas]]
| '''5''' || '''5''' || 30.6 || '''.549''' || '''.500''' || .871 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|11.4° || 2.0 || 1.2 || 1.8 || 2.6 || '''23.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019 WNBA season|2021]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Las Vegas Aces|Las Vegas]]
| ''' 5 ''' || 3 || 20.0 ||.488|| '''.500 ''' || 1.000|| 5.4 || '''1.8''' || 0.2 || '''1.6''' || 3.4 || 10.4
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 1 year, 1 team
| style="text-align:left;"| 3 years, 2 teams
| 1|| 1 || 35.0 || .500 || .000 || .667 || 12.0|| 6.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 22.0
| 11 || 9 || 26.2 || .525 || .444 || .851 || 8.7 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 2.2 || 17.5
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===WCBA===
===WCBA ===
====Regular season====
====Regular season====
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|Zhejiang]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|Zhejiang]]
| 30 || – || '''23.6''' || '''.785''' || '''1.000''' || .798 || 11.1 || 0.9 || 0.9 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"| '''2.5''' || 3.1 || '''36.2'''
| 30 || – || '''23.6''' || '''.785''' || '''1.000''' || .798 || 11.1 || 0.9 || 0.9 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"| '''2.5'''° || 3.1 || '''36.2'''
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Shanghai Swordfish|Shanghai]]
| '''31''' || – || 20.6 || .698 || .304 || '''.827''' || '''11.7''' || 1.6 || 1.1 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"|1.8 || 3.7 || 26.4
| '''31''' || – || 20.6 || .698 || .304 || '''.827''' || '''11.7''' || 1.6 || 1.1 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"|1.8° || 3.7 || 26.4
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Liz Cambage
Cambage with the Las Vegas Aces in 2019
No. 18 – Sichuan Yuanda
PositionCenter
LeagueWomen's Chinese Basketball Association
Personal information
Born (1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 33)
London, England
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High schoolPadua College
(Mornington, Victoria)
WNBA draft2011: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007Dandenong Rangers
2007–2008Australian Institute of Sport
2009–2012Bulleen Boomers
2011Tulsa Shock
2012–2013Zhejiang Chouzhou
2013Tulsa Shock
2013–2014Beijing Great Wall
2015–2016Shanghai Swordfish
2017–2018Melbourne Boomers
2018Dallas Wings
2018–2019Shanxi Flame
2019,
2021
Las Vegas Aces
2020Southside Flyers
2022Los Angeles Sparks
2023Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
2024–presentSichuan Yuanda
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Spain
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team

Elizabeth Folake Cambage (/kæmˈbʒ/ kam-BAYZH;[1] born 18 August 1991[2]) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sichuan Yuanda of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. Cambage currently shares the WNBA single-game scoring record with A'ja Wilson, with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.[3][4]

She played for the Australia national team, the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver in the 2018 World Cup, and bronze in the 2012 Olympics.

Early life

Cambage was born on 18 August 1991[5][6] in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and she moved to Australia with her mother. First settling in Eden in New South Wales, the family moved to Melbourne when Cambage was 10 years of age and later the Mornington Peninsula.[7][8]

Cambage is 2.03 metres (6 ft 8 in) tall.[6][9][10] She was teased about her height in school. At the age of 10, she was 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, reaching 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) by the time she was 14. She started playing basketball at her mother's suggestion when she was 10 as a way to make friends.[8]

Professional career

Cambage plays at the center position in basketball.[6][11] In 2009, she played in the Under-20 Australian National Championships,[12] and the ABC suggested she could be the next Lauren Jackson.[8] The only international players surpassing Cambage in height at the time were Margo Dydek, at 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), and Sue Geh, at 2.05 m (6 ft 8+12 in) tall.[13]

WNBL

Cambage played her junior basketball with Dandenong Rangers, joining their WNBL team for the 2007–08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS),[14][15] and played for the AIS team, based in Canberra, in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), for the remainder for the 2007–08 season and the following one[8][14][16] In August 2020, Cambage made her return to the WNBL, signing with the Southside Flyers for the 2020–21 season.[17]

WNBA

Young woman smiling and extending arm towards camera after struggle with Sylvia Fowles
Cambage celebrates her defense of Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx

In March 2011, Cambage expressed a reluctance to play for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team that drafted her, the Tulsa Shock, stating, "I don't want to play at Tulsa, I've made that clear. They want to make me a franchise player, but I'm not going to the WNBA for that. I'm going there to learn and improve my game. But what can you do?"[18] She played in the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.[19]

Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party

After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cambage was due to head back to the United States to complete the WNBA season with the Tulsa Shock, but announced on the morning her flight was due to leave, 27 August 2012, that she would not be returning to finish the 2012 season. Her agent released a statement saying she was exhausted after playing for the national team.[20]

Cambage returned to play for the Shock for the 2013 season, but did not return to the WNBA for five years after.[21] In February 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Wings.[22]

In June 2012, Cambage signed with Zheijang Chouzhou basketball club in China, reportedly for a salary of AUS$400,000, which made her one of the highest-paid female basketballers in the world.[23] Yet in an article in the Australian newspaper The Age published on 8 March 2019, Cambage reported being poorly compensated and unable to meet her mortgage payments, noting that she had not been paid since September 2018 after an injury prevented her from playing in China. She was quoted as saying: "It's funny, we make all these sacrifices for our nation, but are we getting looked after properly at the end of the day?"[24]

Return to WNBA

Cambage playing for Dallas in 2018

In February 2018, Cambage signed a multiyear contract with the Dallas Wings.[25] On 17 July 2018, in a game against the New York Liberty, Cambage scored a WNBA record 53 points (the mark was later tied by A'ja Wilson).[26] The Wings won the game, 104–87.[27] Cambage was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her second all-star appearance. Following her 53-point performance, she scored 35 points in a 90–81 victory over the Washington Mystics, making it the highest two-game point total in league history.[28] By the end of the season, Cambage led the league in scoring and the Wings finished with a 15–19 record as the number-eight seed in the league. In the first-round elimination game, the Wings lost, 101–83, to the Phoenix Mercury.

On 22 January 2019, Cambage requested a trade from the Wings.[29] On 16 May 2019, she was traded to the Las Vegas Aces. During the 2019 season, Cambage was voted into the All-Star Game, making it her third all-star appearance. At the end of the season, the Aces finished 21–13 and the number-four seed, receiving a bye to the second round. In the second-round elimination game, the Aces advanced to the semifinals after defeating the Chicago Sky, 93–92, off a play by teammate Dearica Hamby in which she came up with a steal and nailed a desperation three-pointer from half court. In the semifinals, the Aces' playoff run came to an end as they were defeated by the eventual champions, the Washington Mystics, in four games.

On 5 July 2020, the team announced that Cambage would sit out the 2020 WNBA season due to health concerns and pre-existing risk factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic after an evaluation by the team doctor.[30][31] Without Cambage, the Aces finished the season 18–4 with the number-one seed in the shortened 22-game season, they reached the finals, but were swept by the Seattle Storm. On 23 May 2021, during a game against the Connecticut Sun, opposing coach Curt Miller lobbied the referee for a foul call on Cambage, while hyperbolically claiming Cambage was "300 pounds". Cambage responded with a post on Instagram, calling out Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller, calling him a "little white man".[32]

Cambage signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on 15 February 2022. During the 2022 season, though, at Cambage's request, she was released on 26 July by the Sparks from her contract.[33] Three weeks later, on 15 August 2022, Cambage announced she was stepping away from the WNBA.[34][35]

Israel

On 3 March 2023, it was announced that Cambage had signed a contract with the Israeli women's basketball club Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, marking Cambage's first appearance in an Israeli basketball league after playing for teams in Australia, the United States and China.[36]

National team career

Liz Cambage at the Opals' training camp in Canberra, May 2012

In 2009, Cambage was a member of the Australian junior women's national team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification series,[37] and a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.[37] The following year, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand.[38]

Her first call up to the senior national side was in 2008,[9] and she had her first cap for the Australian Opals in 2009 in a test series against China,[39] went she played in the third game in the series.[40] On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship,[41] and she was a member of the Australian senior women's team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification Series.[37] She was a member of the national team again in 2010.[42] In June 2010, she was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.[43] In 2010, she participated in the Salamanca Invitational Basketball Tournament in Spain. Her team beat Spain 85–64. They also beat the United States. She scored 20 points in the game against Spain.[44]

In 2010, she was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.[9][38] She was important to the team's success.[8][45] In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in Connecticut,[43] but missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments.[19] Nonetheless, she was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.[46]

In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the 2012 London Olympics.[6] In late April and early May 2012, she was one of four Australian "big" players to participate in a special training camp for the team,[10] and participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.[45] Cambage was seen as a key component if Australia was to beat the United States in London.[47] At the 2012 Olympic Games on 2 August, Cambage successfully dunked the basketball with one hand in a 70–66 victory over Russia. Cambage and the Opals won a bronze medal in London with an 83–74 win over Russia.

Just before the 2014 World Championships, she ruptured her Achilles tendon, causing her to miss eight months of playing time.[48]

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she was the leading scorer and rebounder for the team that reached the quarterfinals.[49] She was also part of the Australian team that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[48]

Misconduct

Cambage was named to the national team for the Tokyo Olympics, but withdrew from the team in July 2021, less than two weeks before the tournament. She stated this was due to mental health issues.[50][51] In May 2022, reports alleged that Cambage had racially taunted players on the Nigerian team during a pre-Olympics training game, telling the Nigerian players to "Go back to your third world country".[52][53] She was later found to have elbowed and slapped players on the Nigerian team, causing the training game to be called off.

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Liz Cambage regular season statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2011 Tulsa 33 11 20.0 .511 .000 .794 4.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 2.3 11.5
2013 Tulsa 20 16 25.0 .561 .000 .776 8.3 1.1 0.5 2.4 3.1 16.3
2018 Dallas 32 32 29.5 .589 .324 .738 9.7 2.3 0.4 1.6 2.7 23.0°
2019 Las Vegas 31 29 25.3 .499 .167 .753 8.1 2.1 0.5 1.5 2.2 15.8
2021 Las Vegas 25 24 23.8 .543 .357 .710 8.2 1.5 0.7 1.6 1.8 14.2
2022 Los Angeles 25 24 23.4 .509 .286 .784 6.4 2.1 0.6 1.6 2.3 13.0
Career 6 years, 3 teams 167 137 24.5 .539 .280 .758 7.5 1.6 0.7 1.6 2.4 15.8

Playoffs

Liz Cambage playoffs statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Dallas 1 1 35.0 .500 .000 .667 12.0 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 22.0
2019 Las Vegas 5 5 30.6 .549 .500 .871 11.4° 2.0 1.2 1.8 2.6 23.6
2021 Las Vegas 5 3 20.0 .488 .500 1.000 5.4 1.8 0.2 1.6 3.4 10.4
Career 3 years, 2 teams 11 9 26.2 .525 .444 .851 8.7 2.0 1.4 1.2 2.2 17.5

WCBA

Regular season

Liz Cambage WCBA regular season statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012–13 Zhejiang 30 23.6 .785 1.000 .798 11.1 0.9 0.9 2.5° 3.1 36.2
2013–14 Beijing 30 23.2 .742 .222 .808 9.7 1.8 1.1 1.3 3.0 31.7
2015–16 Shanghai 31 20.6 .698 .304 .827 11.7 1.6 1.1 1.8° 3.7 26.4
Career 3 years, 3 teams 91 22.4 .741 .303 .810 10.8 1.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 30.5

See also

References

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  4. ^ "'Generational talent' Wilson's 53 ties WNBA record". 23 August 2023.
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  17. ^ Liz Cambage signs with Southside Flyers, returns to WNBL
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  30. ^ Las Vegas Aces star Liz Cambage to sit out 2020 WNBA season
  31. ^ Aces expect superstar Cambage to sit out 2020 season
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  36. ^ Liz Cambage had officially signed with Israeli side Maccabi Ashdod
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