Sunday’s extremely anticipated matchup between the Las Vegas Aces and the Chicago Sky didn’t disappoint. It was giving playoff season power!
As every workforce seems to make a robust assertion heading within the remaining few common season video games, the action-packed recreation had a full T-Cellular Area of their high-energy period.
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All In, All Wins: Aces Beat Sky 80-66
The Aces are unstoppable!
Aces star A’ja Wilson went off for her tenth 30-point, 10-rebound recreation of the season because the Aces saved their streak scorching, rolling previous the Chicago Sky 80-66 on Sunday night time. This victory brings them to their 14th consecutive win!
Wilson had 31 factors and 11 rebounds, Jackie Younger had 20 factors and 9 assists, and Chelsea Grey added 13 factors.
With their win on Sunday night time, the Aces clinch dwelling court docket benefit for the Quarterfinals.
Wilson has been a contender for MVP, however the race has not too long ago tilted much more in her favor. After the Aces’ win over the Lynx final week, she now seems just like the clear favourite for WNBA MVP.
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Aces Star A’ja Wilson Is The Prime MVP Candidate
After a rocky 11-11 begin heading into All-Star Weekend, the Aces flipped the script and caught hearth within the again half of 2025.
The surge has been fueled by star participant, A’ja Wilson, the clear front-runner for 2025 WNBA MVP, and a robust favourite for Defensive Participant of the Yr. And it’s not simply Wilson’s on-court presence and management that’s famous. It’s additionally her off the court docket presence.
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In line with an e-mail despatched to The Blast from the Aces group, “After the Aces suffered a 53-point defeat to Minnesota – the lone loss for Las Vegas of their final 16 video games, Wilson texted her teammates with a robust message.” That message – “(I despatched) a message to them and simply mentioned, ‘in the event you weren’t embarrassed from yesterday, then don’t come into this health club. We’d like the mindset to shift as a result of that was embarrassing.’”
That message was taken to coronary heart by her teammates, and the Aces haven’t misplaced a recreation since.
To place her dominance into perspective, just one participant in WNBA historical past has ever averaged 20+ factors, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal in a season, and it’s the frontrunner for MVP – Wilson!
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Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese Was Suspended For First Half And Dominated Out For Second Half
Forward of Sunday’s recreation, Sky star Angel Reese was suspended for the primary half of the sport due to feedback she made throughout the second-year participant’s league mandated media convention.
Reese shared her frustration with the workforce earlier this week and instructed the Chicago Tribune that if the workforce doesn’t enhance, she could have to “transfer in a unique route and do what’s greatest for me.”
The group made a public assertion in regards to the scenario. “This matter has been dealt with and resolved internally and we’re shifting ahead as a workforce,” they shared.
Not lengthy after, Reese retracted her feedback and apologized for what she mentioned to the workforce.
Whereas followers anticipated to see Reese on the court docket throughout the second half of the sport in opposition to the Aces, she was dominated out because of harm (again).
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A’ja Wilson’s Season So Far
As of Sept. 4, Wilson leads the league in:
- Participant of the Week honors (5)
- Factors (872)
- Factors per recreation (23.6)
- Defensive Rebounds (290)
- Blocks per recreation (2.2)
- Shares (139)
- Shares per recreation (3.76)
- 20-point video games (tied-23)
- 25-point video games (16)
- 30-point video games (12, tied for many in a single season)
- Win shares (8.3)
- Participant effectivity score (32.8)
- Offensive win shares (5.5)
- Utilization (32.2)
- 30/20 video games (1)
- 20/20 video games (1)
- 20-point double-doubles (14)
- 30-point double-doubles (9)
She ranks second within the league in defensive rebounds per recreation (7.8), whole rebounds (372), rebounds per recreation (10.1), and whole blocks (82).
Moreover, Wilson recorded a league-high 9 30-point 4×4 video games in 2025 and has completed this mark 23 occasions in her profession. She additionally recorded the primary 30/20 recreation in league historical past, ranks No. 3 for double-doubles, ranks No. 4 (tie) for steals, and No. 9 for steals per recreation.
She earned a league-record thirteenth Participant of the Month for August, and a fifth Western Convention Participant of the Week, which raised her profession numbers to a league second greatest 27.
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Up Subsequent For The Aces
The tip of the common season is in sight.
After profitable on Sunday night time over the Sky, the Aces solely have two extra common season video games left. On Tuesday, Sept. 9, they’ll face the Sky as soon as once more at T-Cellular Area. After which on Thursday, Sept. 11, they take their present on the highway to face the Los Angeles Sparks for his or her remaining common season recreation.
Tuesday’s recreation, the final common season dwelling recreation for the Aces, may also be Aces Fan Appreciation Evening with a free Fan Fest at Toshiba Plaza from 4 to 7 p.m. That is the Aces first-ever Fan Fest and can embrace immersive activations, appearances by Aces leisure groups, and quite a lot of enjoyable actions.