LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Younger set a WNBA Finals report with 21 factors within the third quarter, ending with 32 to hold the Las Vegas Aces to a 91-78 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday for a 2-0 lead.
Recreation 3 is Wednesday in Phoenix, the place the Aces hope to place a stranglehold on the collection as they chase their third title in 4 years. The Mercury have the tall activity of needing to win 4 of 5 video games to seize their fourth championship, which might tie the WNBA report.
Younger, who tied a profession playoff excessive in complete factors, fell simply in need of the league report of twenty-two factors for any postseason quarter. Three gamers have completed that, most lately in 2021 when Younger’s teammate, Jewell Loyd, hit that quantity for Seattle towards the Mercury.
A’ja Wilson scored 20 of her 28 factors within the first half and had 14 rebounds. Chelsea Grey completed with 10 factors and 10 assists.
Kahleah Copper led the Mercury with 23 factors, Satou Sabally scored 22 and Alyssa Thomas had 10 whereas dealing with foul bother a lot of the sport.
Like in Recreation 1 after they started with a 10-2 lead, the Mercury got here out robust, scoring the primary seven factors. Phoenix wound up with 27 factors within the first quarter, however then the Aces held the Mercury to a mixed 24 factors over the next two durations.
By that time, the Aces had taken cost, main 76-51 going into the fourth and ultimately going up by as a lot as 22 factors.
Any staff going through Aces coach Becky Hammon in a Recreation 2 in Las Vegas is asking for bother. She ran her report to 9-0 with this victory, the common margin being greater than 17 factors.
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