Things are getting better for the Las Vegas Aces. After a bad patch, marked by three consecutive defeats which placed them just in balance (5 victories – 5 defeats), the double reigning champions have just chained together three victories in four matches, and they took advantage of the reception of the Connecticut Sun to send a message.
Facing the best team at the start of the season, A’ja Wilson (26 points at 9/17 shooting, 16 rebounds), Kelsey Plum (18 points, 4 assists) and company got the ball rolling (85-74).
The team's first offensive weapon, DeWanna Bonner was thus limited to 6 points (2/10 shooting) while Alyssa Thomas, quickly weighed down by mistakes, was unable to establish (6 points at 2/6, 7 assists) the game of his team as usual. Result: the gap approached twenty points from the second quarter…
But the Sun still pulled back, to get back under ten points after the break, forcing Becky Hammon to take a time-out while the public was starting to worry.
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever virtually in the playoffs
A'ja Wilson quickly reassured her fans, going for the offensive rebounds and the baskets that hurt, to respond with a 10-0 which could give the Aces a quiet fourth quarter. Enough to validate a seventh victory against Connecticut, on the last nine confrontations between the two teams.
For the Las Vegas interior, it was also already the fourth game of the season with more than 25 points and 15 rebounds. The single-season record belongs to Tina Charles, who managed five three years ago…
Things are also better for the Indiana Fever, who beat the Atlanta Dream (91-79) to achieve a fourth consecutive victory! Caitlin Clark (16 points at 6/12 shooting, 7 assists but 7 turnovers) and her teammates (7-10) are now in 8th place in the standings, which virtually places them in the playoffs.
For the occasion, the Dream players left their 3,500-seat Gateway Center Arena for the State Farm Arena, the Hawks' venue. Enough to play in front of 17,575 fans to face the new phenomenon of women's basketball, exploding the previous record of fans at home, which dated from their first game in the WNBA, in 2008. At the time, 11,609 people came to the State Farm Arena, which was then called Philips Arena.
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