BROOKLYN, NY. —After falling behind by 20 points late in the third quarter, the Las Vegas Aces (22-13) reclaimed the lead in the final 2 minutes, but were unable to hold on as host New York Liberty (29-6) came away with a 75-71 victory on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn. Kelsey Plum hit 5 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with a game-high 25 points.
Breanna Stewart topped the Liberty’s scorers with 21.
The Aces’ loss, coupled with Seattle’s 90-66 win over Phoenix Saturday evening, reduces Las Vegas’ lead over the Storm in the race for 4th place in the WNBA standings to just one game with 5 games to play. The Aces own the tiebreaker over Seattle at the moment, but the teams play for a fourth and final time on September 17 in the Emerald City.
A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces receives the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award
The Aces shot 23 of 64 from the field (.359) and 15 of 33 from 3-point range (.455), while the Liberty made 27 of 69 (.391) overall and 5 of 24 (.208) from distance.
New York shot 16 of 22 from the charity stripe on 23 fouls whistled on Las Vegas; the Aces made 10 of 10 on the 13 Liberty calls.
New York outrebounded the Aces 39-27 including 10-2 on the offensive glass.
The Liberty outscored Las Vegas 36-16 in the paint, while the Aces edged the Liberty 12-9 on second chance points and 10-7 on the fast break.
Also scoring in double figures for the Aces were Jackie Young with 12 and Alysha Clark had 11.
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