The top-seeded Aces are the favorites when they face the No. 8 Chicago Sky in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round playoff series, but know not to understimate their opponent.
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The Aces hosted 17,406 fans Sunday at T-Mobile Arena and will return there Wednesday for Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff series against the Chicago Sky.
Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance will debut “The Syd + TP Show” on the Maximum Effort Channel Sept. 18.
The Aces are the WNBA’s No. 1 seed and will start the playoffs Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena, where the Aces beat the Mercury in Sunday’s regular-season finale.
The Aces enter Sunday’s regular-season finale with a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs. There’s an easy way to do it — and a hard way.
Now 27 and approaching the peak of her powers, Wilson should be rightfully rewarded for one of the greatest single seasons in the WNBA’s 27-year history.
A’ja Wilson scored 30 points as the Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury on Friday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. The Aces can secure the top playoff seed Sunday.
Alaina Coates has played on seven teams across five seasons despite being the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft. She is starting to feel at home with the Aces.
A’ja Wilson scored 30 points as the Aces beat the Seattle Storm on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena to stay on the inside track for the WNBA’s No. 1 playoff seed.
Aces reserve guard Sydney Colson is well known for her intangibles, but the Aces have needed her abilities on the court during their past two games.
A’ja Wilson scored 26 points to lead the Aces past the Washington Mystics on Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena for their 31st win of the season.
Aces coach Becky Hammon said she expects her reserves to step up in the final four games of the regular season, starting at home Thursday against the Mystics.
The Aces lost for the third time in five games and saw their lead shrink against the New York Liberty to 1½ games for the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs.
The Aces and New York Liberty will meet for the final time in the regular season Monday at the Barclays Center as the teams battle for the top seed in the WNBA playoffs.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum scored 19 points, but the tired Aces fell to the Washington Mystics on Saturday in the third game of a four-game road trip.
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