Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces
· WNBA Commissioner's CupPlum scores 20, Young adds 19 as Aces beat Mercury 86-74
A'ja Wilson had 16 points and nine rebounds, Chelsea Gray added 14 points and nine assists and Dearica Hamby finished with 13 points and seven rebounds for Las Vegas (4-1).
Phoenix (2-2) led by as many as 12 points in the first half and Megan Gustafson hit a 3-pointer to give the Mercury a 36-26 lead with 8:34 left in the second quarter but Las Vegas scored 21 of the next 28 points to take a four-point lead early in the second half and the Aces never again trailed.
Tina Charles led Phoenix with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Plum, who missed her first five field-goal attempts, made two baskets in the final 60 seconds of the second quarter to pull Las Vegas within four at the break. She hit a 3 to open the third quarter and, after Wilson made two free throws, added a another short basket to make it 47-43 less than 3 minutes into the second half.
Las Vegas made 9 of 15 from the field while limiting the Mercury to 3-of-11 shooting, and outscored Phoenix 30-12, in the third quarter.
The Mercury's Skylar Diggins-Smith and Diana Taurasi twice had to be separated after a heated exchange during a timeout late in the first half. The duo — both WNBA All-Stars last season — combined to score 18 points on 4-of-15 shooting.
Las Vegas beat the Mercury 106-88 in the season opener.
Regular Season Series
LV wins series 3-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 6.2 |  |
A'ja Wilson defensive rebound | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 11.3 |  |
Skylar Diggins-Smith misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot | 74 - 86 |
| 4th 22.7 | |
A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2 | 74 - 86 |
Statistics
 PHX |
 LV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-60 | FG | 29-62 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 8-25 | 3PT | 9-23 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 39 |
| 14-15 | FT | 19-26 |
| 93 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 3 | Offensive Rebounds | 3 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 25 | Fouls | 20 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 19 |
Game Information
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 2,536 · Capacity:
2025-26 Western Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota |
- | 6 | W1 | 0.72727275 | 16 |
 Las Vegas |
0.5 | 6 | L1 | 0.71428573 | 15 |
 Golden State |
0.5 | 7 | W6 | 0.6956522 | 16 |
 Dallas |
2 | 8 | W3 | 0.6363636 | 14 |
 Los Angeles |
6 | 11 | W1 | 0.45 | 9 |
 Portland |
6.5 | 12 | W1 | 0.42857143 | 9 |
 Phoenix |
8 | 14 | L1 | 0.36363637 | 8 |
 Seattle |
10.5 | 17 | W1 | 0.26086956 | 6 |
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