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Minnesota Lynx at Las Vegas Aces

· Women's National Basketball Association
3-8, 2-4 Away
Final
93 - 62

10-1, 5-0 Home

Young scores 24 points, Plum adds 21 to help Aces beat Lynx 93-62

Minnesota Lynx vs. Las Vegas Aces: Full Highlights

Chelsea Gray scored 17 points and five assists and Candace Parker added 11 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals for Las Vegas (10-1). A'ja Wilson had her streak of 34 consecutive games scoring in double figure snapped, finishing with eight points on 4-of-14 shooting but grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds and tied her season best with four blocks.

Young made a driving layup with 1:55 left in the first quarter that made it 22-20 and gave the Aces the lead for good. Napheesa Collier scored to trim Minnesota's deficit to 45-41 with 2:11 remaining the second quarter but Plum was fouled as she hit a floater in the lane and made the and-1 free throw, Young made consecutive buckets for Las Vegas and Gray made a jumper at the buzzer to make it 54-41 at halftime.

Collier made a jumper to open the scoring in the second half but the Aces responded with an 18-3 run — including two 3s by Plum — to blow the game open.

Las Vegas, which went into the game as the league's highest-scoring team at 91.8 points per game, have scored 90-plus points in nine of 11 games this season.

Collier led Minnesota (3-8) with 18 points.

The Lynx made 3 of 21 (14.3%) from the field in the third quarter and shot 24.3% (9 of37) in the second half.

Diamond Miller, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2023 WNBA draft, missed her sixth consecutive game (ankle) for Minnesota.

Regular Season Series

LV wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 62 - 93
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 62 - 93
4th 17.0 Jackie Young makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sydney Colson assists) 62 - 93
4th 27.0 Alysha Clark offensive rebound 62 - 90
4th 30.1 Sydney Colson misses 23-foot three point shot 62 - 90

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/min.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/lv.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLV
25-75 FG 35-74
33 Field Goal % 47
4-24 3PT 10-30
17 Three Point % 33
8-9 FT 13-15
89 Free Throw % 87
42 Rebounds 39
10 Offensive Rebounds 7
32 Defensive Rebounds 32
12 Assists 18
3 Steals 7
4 Blocks 9
10 Turnovers 5
2 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 10
10 Fast Break Points 8
34 Points in Paint 34
15 Fouls 13
5 Largest Lead 37

Game Information

Michelob ULTRA Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 8,036 · Capacity:

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 10 W1 0.77272725 34
Las Vegas 4 14 W16 0.6818182 30
Phoenix 7 17 L3 0.6136364 27
Seattle 11 21 W1 0.52272725 23
Golden State 11 21 L3 0.52272725 23
Los Angeles 13 23 L1 0.47727272 21
Dallas 24 34 W1 0.22727273 10
Full Standings

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