Las Vegas Aces at Los Angeles Sparks

· Women's National Basketball Association

Las Vegas Aces

1-1, 1-0 Away

Final
78 - 105

Los Angeles Sparks

0-1, 0-1 Home

Carter scores 22, Young adds 20 as Aces beat Sparks 105-78

A’ja Wilson had 19 points and four rebounds for Las Vegas. Wilson has 2,502 career rebounds in 269 games, tied with Lisa Leslie for third fastest to reach 2,500 in WNBA history. Tina Charles reached milestone in a record 248 games.

Chelsea Gray scored 16 points and NaLyssa Smith 12.

Las Vegas, the defending WNBA champion, lost 99-66 to Phoenix in its season opener Saturday.

Against Los Angeles, the Aces shot 62% (43 of 69) from the field — the second-best mark in franchise history.

Las Vegas scored the final 14 points over the final 3 1/2 minutes in the first quarter to take a 29-14 lead into the second. The Sparks were 0-for-6 shooting and committed three turnovers during that span.

The Sparks scored 19 — nine by Kelsey Plum — of the final 24 points in the first half to trim their deficit to 42-41 at halftime, but the Aces opened the third quarter with a 12-4 spurt and outscored LA 33-18 in the period. Carter's layup with 4:21 left made it 61-51 and Las Vegas led by double figures the rest of the way.

Plum led the Sparks with 27 points.

Nneka Ogwumike, who spent her first 12 seasons with Los Angeles, returned to the Sparks after two seasons with Seattle and had 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Up next Aces: Play Wednesday and again Friday at Connecticut.

Sparks: Host Indiana on Wednesday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	105 - 78
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	105 - 78
4th 0.0	Aces offensive team rebound	105 - 78
4th 0.0	Chennedy Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper	105 - 78
4th 1.9	Emma Cannon bad pass turnover (Chennedy Carter steals)	105 - 78

Statistics

LV		LA
43-69	FG	29-78
62	Field Goal %	37
7-20	3PT	9-31
35	Three Point %	29
12-17	FT	11-16
71	Free Throw %	69
31	Rebounds	32
6	Offensive Rebounds	15
25	Defensive Rebounds	17
28	Assists	11
11	Steals	8
10	Blocks	0
14	Turnovers	19
1	Team Turnovers	0
15	Total Turnovers	19
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	1
11	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	26
9	Fast Break Points	5
62	Points in Paint	40
16	Fouls	17
32	Largest Lead	0
0	Lead Changes	0
99	Percent Led	0

Game Information

crypto.com Arena

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 12,266 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Las Vegas	-	2	L1	0.6666667	4
Minnesota	-	2	W2	0.6666667	4
Golden State	-	2	W1	0.6666667	4
Dallas	0.5	3	W1	0.5714286	4
Portland	0.5	3	W2	0.5714286	4
Los Angeles	1	3	W2	0.5	3
Seattle	1.5	4	W2	0.42857143	3
Phoenix	2.5	5	L3	0.2857143	2