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.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
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.
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 Stars subdued Nike Elite Youth Basketball League staple Mac Irvin Fire of the Chicago Area with a 68-60 victory Sunday afternoon to clinch the 17U title at Spring Valley High School.
Jalen Suggs, who plays club basketball for Grassroots Sizzle out of Minneapolis, is one of the top two-sport athletes in the country and has several Division I basketball and football scholarship offers.
The 2019 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas, league president Lisa Borders announced at a news conference Saturday in Minneapolis.
Cassius Stanley, a four-star senior wing and consensus top-40 recruit from the Los Angeles area, has shined this year for Westbrook’s grassroots basketball program, Team Why Not.
As a 21-year-old rookie for the Aces, A’ja Wilson is emerging as the face of the WNBA. She’s one of the world’s best female basketball players, and by many accounts, one of its most genuine people.
An altercation broke out near the gym entrance about 20 minutes before the 13-year-old LeBron James Jr. and the North Coast Blue Chips were set to play the Nike Meanstreets in a showcase game the four-time NBA MVP was present for.
Jalen Hill will conclude his AAU basketball career at the Las Vegas Classic as one of the country’s top 100 recruits and the most productive player on the ultratalented Las Vegas Prospects.
Daishen Nix is one of the best — and most underrated — point guard prospects in the country, a distinction he’s comfortable with for now.
The conclusion of NBA Summer League signals the end of the AAU basketball season, and, as always, the country’s best club basketball teams will congregate in the desert for the final live recruiting period.
The Aces are a legitimate playoff contender, constructed around all-stars A’ja Wilson and Kayla McBride, and a brigade of youthful contributors like Kelsey Plum, Moriah Jefferson and Dearica Hamby — all 26 or younger.
Swords came off the bench Sunday to contribute a 12-point, 10-rebound performance against the Indiana Fever and further solidify herself as a trusted cog in Laimbeer’s rotation.
A’ja Wilson scored 24 and Kayla McBride added 16 points to lift the Aces to an 88-74 victory over the Indiana Fever at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Sunday.