NBA

Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces

· First Round - Game 2
15-21, 4-14 Away
Final
117 - 80

26-10, 13-5 Home

Gray, record-setting Aces beat Mercury 117-80, sweep series

Las Vegas, which never trailed, also set WNBA playoff marks for consecutive field goals made to open a game (10) and most 3-pointers in a half (11, in the first). The top-seeded Aces beat Phoenix 79-63 on Wednesday.

Las Vegas will play the fourth-seeded Seattle Storm or the fifth-seeded Washington Mystics in the best-of-five semifinals. Seattle leads the best-of-three series with the Mystics 1-0.

Kelsey Plum added 22 points for Las Vegas.

Kaela Davis led short-handed Phoenix with 23 points, and Diamond DeShields had 21.

Phoenix was without Diana Taurasi, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Brittney Griner. Taurasi was out with a quadriceps strain, Diggins-Smith stepped away last week for personal reasons and Griner is being detained in Russia on drug charges.

Regular Season Series

LV wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 80 - 117
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 80 - 117
4th 19.6 Kaela Davis lost ball turnover (Theresa Plaisance steals) 80 - 117
4th 30.2 Kaela Davis defensive rebound 80 - 117
4th 33.8 Riquna Williams misses 14-foot pullup jump shot 80 - 117

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/phx.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPHX https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/lv.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLV
34-73 FG 41-64
47 Field Goal % 64
5-23 3PT 23-36
22 Three Point % 64
7-14 FT 12-14
50 Free Throw % 86
31 Rebounds 30
11 Offensive Rebounds 2
20 Defensive Rebounds 28
17 Assists 31
5 Steals 8
1 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
8 Fast Break Points 8
36 Points in Paint 26
13 Fouls 16
0 Largest Lead 41

Game Information

Michelob ULTRA Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 9,126 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Dallas - 0 - 0 0
Los Angeles - 0 - 0 0
Minnesota - 0 - 0 0
Phoenix - 0 - 0 0
Seattle - 0 - 0 0
Las Vegas - 0 - 0 0
Golden State - 0 - 0 0
Portland - 0 - 0 0
Full Standings

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