Aces beat Storm 102-77 in playoff opener after winning final 16
regular-season games
[September 15, 2025]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 29 points on Sunday night to help
the No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces beat the seventh-seeded Seattle Storm
102-77 in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round playoff series.
Las Vegas closed the season with 16 consecutive wins, tying the 2014
Phoenix Mercury for the second-longest regular-season win streak in WNBA
history. Las Vegas can advance to the semifinals with a win in Game 2 on
Tuesday in Seattle. |
Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) congratulates guard Jewell Loyd
(24) after Loyd scored a 3-point basket during the first half of Game 1
against the Seattle Storm in the first round of the WNBA basketball
playoffs Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus) |
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Jackie Young had 18 points, seven assists, five
rebounds and four steals for the Aces. Jewell Loyd scored 14
points, Dana Evans 13 and NaLyssa Smith had 11 points and nine
rebounds.
Gabby Williams led the Storm with 16 points and Dominique
Malonga had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Skylar Diggins also
scored 12 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 11.
Loyd, who spent her first 10 seasons with Seattle and was traded
to the Aces in January, scored seven points and Wilson added six
an in a 17-7 opening run and Las Vegas never trailed. Chelsea
Gray hit a 3-pointer that made it a 12-point lead late in the
first quarter.
Erica Wheeler hit a 3-pointer about a minute into the second
quarter that trimmed the Storm's deficit to 22-17 but Evans hit
a 3 and then a short jumper to cap a 9-0 spurt that made it a
14-point lead with 5:56 left in the first half and the Aces led
by double figures the rest of the way.
The Aces shot 51% (36 of 71) from the field, hit 14 of 29 (48%)
from 3-point range and had 23 assists.
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