Indiana Fever, Las Vegas Aces and WNBA
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Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson has won the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time, according to a person familiar with the voting.
The Indiana Fever beat the Las Vegas Aces 89-73 in Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff semifinal series as Kelsey Mitchell carries Indiana with 34 points. Here's the full box score from Sunday's game.
While Young walked away as the hero, Wilson was the MVP of the night with her 38-point performance. With the win, the Aces are now on their way to the semifinals for a sixth consecutive season. They'll face the Fever with a shot at the WNBA Finals on the line.
Las Vegas was fighting for a playoff spot in early August and coming off a record-setting 53-point home loss to Minnesota. Then the Aces seemingly out of nowhere reeled off 16 consecutive victories to close the regular season, tied for the second-longest streak in league history, to become the No. 2 seed.
For the eighth season in a row, the Las Vegas Aces are headed to the WNBA semifinals. A streak that began with the Hamby Heave in 2019 had another furious finish Thursday night. There were two ties and four lead changes in the final three minutes,
The Minnesota Lynx, behind MVP-favorite Napheesa Collier, enter the WNBA playoffs as the favorite to win the fifth championship in franchise history and first since 2017, after losing in the finals last season to the New York Liberty. One more championship would make the Lynx the winningest franchise in WNBA history.