A’ja Wilson scored 34 points, including 14 in the third quarter as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 97-83 on Sunday in the opening game of the WNBA semifinal playoff series.
Wilson, who earlier in the week earned the league’s defensive player of the year award, also had eight rebounds and four blocked shots. Kelsey Plum added 25 points for the top-seeded Aces, Jackie Young scored 19 and Chelsea Gray 13. Young also pulled down 10 rebounds.The Aces led by nine at the half and Sabally made two free throws to start the third quarter to cut the lead to 49-47. But Gray hit a 13-foot fadeaway and Plum knocked down two straight 3-pointers to give Las Vegas a 10-point lead.
“Shots are going to go in, not go in,” said Aces coach Becky Hammon. “Nobody’s out there trying to miss. Sometimes you can help that part of the game. But you can always be on defensively with effort, focus. That third quarter, I’d love to bottle that up.” “That third quarter, Vegas punched us pretty hard in that area,” Trammell said. “We had 12 turnovers. Most people would think that’s pretty good, especially when you play fast. But they scored 21 points off those turnovers.”
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