The Aces still have an outside shot at a WNBA playoff berth despite a five-game losing streak that began immediately after the All-Star break. They’re 2½ games behind the Dallas Wings, who have lost six in a row.
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The Aces lost their fifth straight game — 89-73 to the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx — and remain 2½ games behind the Dallas Wings for the final playoff spot with four games left.
The Sada family has spent the summer commuting from San Antonio to Las Vegas to watch its beloved San Antonio Stars, who relocated in the fall and became the Aces. They’ve attended 10 of 13 home games.
Elizabeth Williams and Alex Bentley each scored 22 points, Tiffany Hayes added 21 and the Atlanta Dream beat the Las Vegas Aces 109-100 on Tuesday to clinch a WNBA playoff spot.
The Aces must forfeit their WNBA game Friday at the Washington Mystics after deciding not to play because of concerns about their health and safety after almost 26 hours of travel.
The Las Vegas Aces (12-15) are 1.5 games behind the Dallas Wings for the eighth playoff spot with six games to play.
The Connecticut Sun were the energized team Sunday as they benefited from a record-setting first half to crush the Aces, 109-88. Jasmine Thomas scored a career-high 30 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Sun.
Carolyn Swords, the Aces’ center and team players association representative, knew the club’s decision to cancel Friday’s game against the Washington Mystics could cause consequences from the WNBA.
After spending more than 25 hours getting from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C., to play the most important game of their season, the Aces have become the WNBA’s answer to Viktor Navorski.
The Aces spent more than 25 hours trying to get to Washington for their WNBA game against the Mystics, then decided the risk of injury wasn’t worth the potential reward of victory.
The Aces (12-14) are two games out of the No. 8 playoff seed and play three road games against three playoff teams in five days.
Las Vegas succumbed to the incomparable greatness of the legendary Diana Taurasi, and stumbled to a 104-93 loss to her Phoenix Mercury at Mandalay Bay Events Center before an announced crowd of 5,129.
Speaking on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Wednesday, the day after announcing a landmark sponsorship deal with the NBA, Jim Murren thinks the city is too attractive not to have a franchise.
Moriah Jefferson is back from the right knee injury that cost her 13 games of the 2017 season and the first 17 of the 2018 season. She’s still easing her way into form, averaging 4.8 points and 2.8 assists in 14.8 minutes per game.
The 2019 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas, league president Lisa Borders announced at a news conference Saturday in Minneapolis.