Las Vegas Aces win their third WNBA title

The Aces completed a 4-0 sweep of the Mercury in the first best-of-seven WNBA Finals in league history.

PHOENIX — Las Vegas Aces they defeated the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 in a dominant performance Friday night to win their third championship of the WNBA in four years and cement their status as the league’s reigning dynasty.

The Aces completed a 4-0 sweep of the Mercury in the first WNBA Finals best of seven in league history.

Superstar A’ja Wilson, who scored 31 points in the deciding game en route to being named Finals MVPbelieves they can set the bar even higher.

“It’s a good step toward a dynasty feel,” Wilson said. “Obviously, we want to win more to consolidate it. But this is something that can never be taken away from us.”

The Aces won back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 as the No. 1 seed after having the best record in the league. This season, their record was .500 on August 2 after a 53-point loss.

But thanks to a 16-game winning streak to end the regular season, the Aces secured second place and overcame tough first-round and semifinal series that went down to the wire, before putting together a dominant Finals performance that cemented their super-elite status.

“Credit goes to the players,” said Becky Hammon, who took over as Aces coach in 2022 and is 28-9 in playoff games in her four seasons. “They did all the work.”