NBA

Atlanta Dream at Las Vegas Aces

· Women's National Basketball Association
13-10, 5-7 Away
Final
87 - 72

12-11, 7-4 Home

Wilson's double-double, Evans' spark off the bench lead Aces past Dream 87-72

Aces take down Dream 87-72

Evans scored the first nine points of the second quarter to give the Aces the lead for good and finished with 14 points. Jackie Young added 14 points for Las Vegas (12-11), which plays its next four on the road. NaLyssa Smith had 11 points.

Allisha Gray led the Dream (13-10) with 24 points and eight rebounds. Jordan Canada added 12 points. Atlanta is without All-Star and leading scorer Rhyne Howard due to a knee injury. She missed the last two games before the All-Star break and will miss at least four more.

A 3-pointer by Te-Hina Paopao had the Dream within 68-62 with 7:48 to play, but the Aces had a seven-point run to get the lead back to 13 points and Atlanta never threatened again.

The Dream led 27-20 after one quarter behind Gray's 12 points and a closing 15-3 run. Atlanta was 7 of 15 overall, but 5 of 8 behind the arc and were plus-8 from the foul line. The Dream were 4 of 19 from distance over the last three quarters and shot 38.5% overall.

Evans put the Aces up 29-27 with her second quarter run and had 11 in the quarter when Vegas had a 25-12 advantage to lead 45-39 at the half.

The Aces got the lead to 14 in the middle of the third quarter before the Dream cut the deficit to 67-59 entering the fourth.

Regular Season Series

LV wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 72 - 87
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 72 - 87
4th 2.0 shot clock turnover 72 - 87
4th 24.1 Kiah Stokes defensive rebound 72 - 87
4th 27.1 Maya Caldwell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot 72 - 87

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/atl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originATL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/lv.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLV
25-65 FG 31-69
38 Field Goal % 45
9-27 3PT 6-20
33 Three Point % 30
13-17 FT 19-21
76 Free Throw % 90
31 Rebounds 34
6 Offensive Rebounds 5
25 Defensive Rebounds 29
15 Assists 20
5 Steals 13
2 Blocks 4
19 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 2
19 Total Turnovers 13
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
24 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 5
12 Fast Break Points 9
22 Points in Paint 28
18 Fouls 18
7 Largest Lead 17

Game Information

Michelob ULTRA Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 10,361 · Capacity:

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W6 0.6818182 30
New York 3 17 W3 0.6136364 27
Indiana 6 20 W3 0.54545456 24
Washington 14 28 L10 0.36363637 16
Connecticut 19 33 L2 0.25 11
Chicago 20 34 L4 0.22727273 10

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
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