LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The 26-14 Las Vegas Aces are within the midst of an unpredictable turnaround, climbing from eighth within the WNBA standings to second, all inside the calendar month of August.
Tuesday night time’s 81-75 victory over the 24-24 Atlanta Dream stamped a 12-game profitable streak, the longest since re-locating to Las Vegas and matching the longest in franchise historical past. It’s been practically a decade because the final WNBA staff received greater than 11 video games in a row. The Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm received 13 video games consecutively in 2016 and 2010 respectively.
Sarcastically, the Aces suffered the worst dwelling loss in WNBA historical past to start the month, a foreboding signal on the time, however the staff hasn’t misplaced a recreation since.
Throughout this run, ahead A’ja Wilson has vaulted into the MVP dialog. She’s received the award 3 times already, and a fourth could be unprecedented. This yr, she leads the whole league in complete factors, rebounds, and blocks.
Las Vegas solely has 4 remaining regular-season video games: two towards the 9-28 Chicago Sky, one towards the 17-19 Los Angeles Sparks and one towards the league’s prime staff, the 30-7 Minnesota Lynx.
It was Minnesota who final defeated the Aces, by 53 factors at Michelob Extremely Area, so count on a postseason environment within the upcoming contest. Minnesota’s star participant is ahead Napheesa Collier, the odds-on favourite to win MVP over Wilson.
Las Vegas has a full week of relaxation earlier than that matchup, on Thursday, Sept. 4. In the event that they win, the profitable streak would attain 13 video games. If Las Vegas wins out, the streak might attain 16 video games, matching the second-longest in WNBA historical past.
