The Las Vegas Aces are once again headed to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. The Aces played host to the Seattle Storm at Michelob ULTRA Arena on Tuesday night in Game 2 of , and while it wasn’t always pretty, the two-time defending champions were able to get the job done with an 83-76 win to wrap up a 2-0 series win. Las Vegas came out on fire to start the game, as the team raced out to a 17-4 lead and looked primed to run Seattle out of the building behind the trio of A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, and Chelsea Gray.
While they were the only three Aces player to score in the first quarter, Wilson and Plum both had 12, while Gray put up six as the team shot 12-for-18 from the field. Kelsey Plum drives to the rack for the first bucket of the game for Vegas 💥 SEA-LVA on ESPN 📺 | presented by — WNBA (@WNBA) M'VP with the AND-1 🗣️ SEA-LVA on ESPN 📺 | presented by — WNBA (@WNBA) A'ja Wilson goes to work, hitting the jumper after a slick spin 🌪️ She's up to 12 PTS in the 1Q! SEA-LVA on ESPN 📺 | presented by — WNBA (@WNBA) If not for the face that Ezi Magbegor scored 10 points in the opening frame, it would have been easy to see a scenario where the Aces opened up a gigantic, insurmountable lead. But instead, Las Vegas was able to take a 30-20 lead into the second quarter.
Seattle’s defense was able to lock in during the second, as the Aces were unable to really get anyone going — the only players to score were Wilson, Plum, Gray, and Tiffany Hayes.