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Michael Voepel
Las vegas ekka 16-The WNBA will enter the WNBA playoffs on the winning line, the longest to finish the regular season in league history.
Las Vegas defeated Los Angeles 103–75 on Thursday, finished 30–14 and obtained number 2 seeds in Postsen. ACES host game 1 of his series against No. 7 Seattle (ESPN, ET) on Sunday.
ACES on Thursday set a WNBA regular-season record with 22 3-pointers, including seven Jewel LloydTo five Jackie Young And three by each Chelsea Gray And A’aza Wilson. Aces also held a playoff record for 3 with set 23 in 2022.
Wilson made his final case to receive his fourth MVP award, with a finish against Sparks with 23 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assist and 4 blocks. He took an average of league-Best 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds, which became the first player in league history for at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in several sessions. He also did this in the last season when he won his third MVP.
Wilson has led the league to score in the last two sessions.
Aces has not been lost since a 53 -point defeat at Minnesota’s house on August 2. His line is tied with 2014 Phoenix mercury For the second-time in WNBA history, only under the 18-game winning line of Los Angeles Sparks of 2001. Both Mercury and Sparks won the WNBA championship in those respective sessions.
ACES coach Becky Hamon, who played against both the teams during his WNBA career, what Aces have done in a historic perspective.
“This is a special group, a group that had to find its way together,” Hamon said, the aces of 14–14. “There have been many teams of good teams in this league. [The Sparks’] Lisa Leslie has gone down as one of the biggest people to play the game.
“And now you have been ridiculing A’Ja, Chelsea, Jackiee … Jewell from the bench for us since last month. Everyone is just doing their work. You are just doing just quarter string after the quarter.
Hamon said that the 3-point barrage was due to the superior ball movement of the barrage aces, which made him look so open.
There was 35 assistance in the aces, led by 12 of Young and 10 of Gray. This is the third time when each of the two WNBA team colleagues had at least 10 assistance in one game, and Gray was part of all three: with the then team in 2023. Kelsey plum For Las Vegas and in 2017 Odissi sims When both were with Los Angeles.
The youth, wearing a “M’VP” hat in honor of Wilson after the game, stated that the winning streak reflects the mentality that ACES has done since its changes started.
“Everyone is playing super selfless,” said Young. “Coach talks a lot about ‘Good to Great’. You can have a good shot. [pass] Once more, and your team partner can have a great shot. We are having fun, playing with a lot of energy and the speed we want to play. ,
