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WNBA Stats Offensive Leaders Points: B. Stewart, Seattle - 21.5
Assists: N. Cloud, Washington - 7.2
3-Pointers made: K. Plum, Las Vegas - 3.1 Defensive Leaders
Rebounds: L. Fowles, Minnesota - 9.7
Blocks: A. Wilson, Las Vegas - 2.1
Steals: B. Sykes, Los Angeles - 1.9
Last 5 Champions
2021: Chicago Sky defeated Phoenix Mercury
2020: Seattle Storm defeated Las Vegas Aces
2019: Washington Mystics defeated Connecticut Sun
2018: Seattle Storm defeated Washington Mystics
2017: Minnesota Lynx defeated Los Angeles Sparks
Las Vegas Aces A'Ja Wilson named WNBA MVP for second time
The 26-year-old Wilson also won the award in 2020, becoming the seventh player in league history to win MVP honors more than once, joining three-time winners Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes and two-time MVPs Cynthia Cooper, Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker.
Sue Bird bids farewell in final game with Seattle Storm
Bird acknowledged the void that retiring will leave, saying she is not even going to try to replicate the emotions playing the sport at its highest level for two decades has provided.
Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces finish off Seattle Storm to advance to WNBA Finals
Coming through in the same round where they fell short a year ago, the Las Vegas Aces returned to the WNBA Finals for the second time in the past three years with a 97-92 victory on Tuesday in Game 4 of their semifinal series against the Seattle Storm, winning 3-1. The Aces, who lost to Seattle in the 2020 WNBA Finals, were on the verge of returning last year before losing Game 5 of their semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury with home-court advantage under former Las Vegas coach Bill Laimbeer. The loss ended the WNBA careers of Storm guards Sue Bird and Briann January, who had both announced they would retire at season's end. The moment was particularly poignant for Bird, who played all 19 of her seasons in Seattle.
Connecticut Sun oust defending champ Chicago Sky in 5 games to reach WNBA Finals
No WNBA team has repeated as champion since the Los Angeles Sparks did it in 2001-02, and the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun ensured that cold streak would be extended Thursday night in historic fashion, using a 22-2 fourth-quarter run to knock off the No. 2 seed and defending champion Chicago Sky Cwith a 72-63 victory in a winner-take-all Game 5 at Wintrust Arena. Connecticut will take on the No. 1 seed Las Vegas Aces in the best-of-five WNBA Finals, with Game 1 Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.
WNBA Finals 2022: Complete schedule, results, news and highlights Both Connecticut and Las Vegas seek their first WNBA title. The Sun lead the WNBA with the most playoff victories without a championship (35), and advance to their first WNBA Finals since 2019, when they lost to the Washington Mystics in five games. The Aces, who lost to Seattle in the 2020 WNBA Finals, were on the verge of returning last year before losing Game 5 of their semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury.
No.1: Las Vegas vs. No.3: Connecticut
Game 1: Connecticut at Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 11 (3 p.m. ET, ABC) Game 2: Connecticut at Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 13 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 3: Las Vegas at Connecticut, Thursday, Sept. 15 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 4*: Las Vegas at Connecticut, Sunday, Sept. 18 (4 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 5*: Connecticut at Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 20 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN)
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That means one of these franchises will win the WNBA title for the first time. The matchup will pit first-year Aces head coach Becky Hammon against the Sun's Curt Miller, who was an assistant coach at Colorado State during part of Hammon's time as a player there in the 1990s.
Las Vegas Aces shed 'frustrating' first half, post Game 1 win over Connecticut Sun in WNBA Finals
The Aces got another dynamic-duo performance from season MVP A'Ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray, who has made a case thus far as the top WNBA player in the postseason. Wilson had 24 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Gray had 21 points and three assists. The Aces won a Finals game for the first time in franchise history, topping the Connecticut Sun 67-64 here Sunday, and they did it with a second half fueled by a halftime torching from their coach.
Kelsey Plum responds to A'ja Wilson's blunt critique with 'statement' performance as Las Vegas Aces win Game 2 of WNBA Finals
Wilson and Gray continued their historic postseason tears, the former (26 points, 10 rebounds) by recording her fifth straight game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, tied for the longest such streak in WNBA history, including regular-season and playoff games. Gray (21 points, eight assists) compiled her fifth game in the playoffs with at least 20 points and five assists, one shy of the record for most in a single postseason. The Sun now have 10 losses in Finals games, tied for the most in WNBA history with the Minnesota Lynx, while still searching for their franchise-first title. But they're trying not to fixate on their 2-0 deficit as the series returns to their home floor.
No.1: Las Vegas vs. No.3: Connecticut Game 1:Las Vegas 67, Connecticut 64 Game 2:Las Vegas 85, Connecticut 71 Game 3: Las Vegas at Connecticut, Thursday, Sept. 15 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 4*: Las Vegas at Connecticut, Sunday, Sept. 18 (4 p.m. ET, ESPN) Game 5*: Connecticut at Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 20 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Las Vegas Aces A'Ja Wilson, Seattle Storm's Breanna Stewart headline All-WNBA first team
Voting for the All-WNBA teams was conducted in a position-less format for the first time in league history; just three of the 10 players to make either team were listed as guards. Each member of the first team will receive $10,300; and each player to make the second team will receive $5,150.
'Remarkable' Alyssa Thomas' historic triple-double keeps Sun alive vs. Las Vegas
With their backs against the wall (again) in the WNBA playoffs, the Connecticut Sun found another gear. Leading the way was the player they call "the Engine," Alyssa Thomas. They lost a close Game 1 on Sunday and a not-so-close Game 2 on Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. But back home at Mohegan Sun Arena in front of their fans, the Sun summoned the mojo they needed to force Game 4, which will be this Sunday here in Connecticut.
Las Vegas Aces win their first WNBA title, beating Connecticut Sun in Game 4 of Finals; Chelsea Gray named MVP
Nearly a year ago, the Las Vegas Aces suffered a season-ending loss that burned within them throughout the winter months all the way into this season. But that feeling was eclipsed Sunday, as the Aces beat the Connecticut Sun 78-71 in Game 4 and won the WNBA title 3-1, giving the city of Las Vegas its first major professional sports championship. It is also a first for the Aces franchise, which started as the Utah Starzz in 1997 when the WNBA made its debut as a league. The team moved to San Antonio in 2003 and appeared in its only previous WNBA Finals in 2008, getting swept. Becky Hammon was a player for San Antonio then; she is head coach for Las Vegas now.