The Aces rolled to a 99-75 road victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday, improving their record to 12-4 at the midway point of the WNBA season.
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Cambage and Hamby will play against teammates A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray of Team USA on July 14 in the WNBA All-Star game at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Las Vegas Aces approach the midway point of the 2021 season as the best offensive team and second best defensive team in the WNBA.
The 12-man roster, headed by Kevin Durant, will train in Las Vegas from July 6 to 19 and play exhibition games at Michelob Ultra Arena to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.
Point guard Chelsea Gray keyed a fourth-quarter comeback and made the go-ahead jumper late in overtime as the Aces defeated the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm.
The clubs split the first two meetings in May, and sport the two best records and offensive ratings in the WNBA.
Las Vegas erased a nine-point deficit late in regulation at the Target Center in Minneapolis, but fell in overtime.
The Aces are already the best offensive team in the WNBA through more than a third of the 2021 season.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 32 points and helped turn an 11-point deficit into an easy win over the New York Liberty on Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The game coincides with the Olympic break, and a team comprised of WNBA All-Stars will play a team from the USA national team, which will be training in Las Vegas.
A’ja Wilson scored 19 of her 28 points in the second half of a victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday to power Las Vegas to its sixth win in seven games.
Sugar Rodgers concluded her playing career with the Aces last seasonand is adjusting to her new role as an assistant coach on Bill Laimbeer’s coaching staff.
Pepper Persley is a burgeoning women’s sports journalist and social justice activist, complete with an Instagram live show and a podcast.
The American men’s and women’s senior national teams will conduct their training camps in July at MGM properties, the company announced Thursday morning.
The Lady Rebels are enjoying some semblance of normalcy as they seek to build upon a surprisingly successful 2020-21 basketball season under Lindy La Roque.