By Donovan Hicks Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 3, 2026 - 12:28 am
Chelsea Gray became lone the 4th subordinate successful WNBA past to grounds 4,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 1,500 assists, and 100 blocks, a milestone she surpassed successful the Las Vegas Aces’ 79-69 triumph implicit the Sparks successful Los Angeles connected Tuesday night.
Gray finished with 12 points and 11 assists successful the archetypal crippled of the Commissioner’s Cup astatine crypto.com Arena, arsenic the Aces (6-3) moved into a necktie for 2nd spot successful the Western Conference.
“(This milestone) speaks a testament to who I’ve been capable to play with,” Gray said. “I’ve been capable to play with greats, and I americium presently playing with greats. It makes maine a amended idiosyncratic and a amended player.
“I bask playing this game. I bask making others better. That’s ever been me.”
A’ja Wilson led Las Vegas with 25 points and 15 rebounds arsenic the Aces collected their 2nd consecutive triumph successful the finale of their three-game roadworthy trip.
This was the 3rd gathering betwixt these teams aft they divided a brace of games past month, with each squad trading roadworthy wins.
Former Aces prima Kelsey Plum was incapable to play aft suffering an ankle wounded earlier this week. She led the Sparks successful scoring successful some anterior matchups, totaling 65 points.
Without Plum, the Sparks (4-5) struggled to make chances some connected the perimeter and successful the paint, shooting 31 percent from the field.
The 101 points allowed by the Aces successful their anterior gathering were the astir they had fixed up each season. This time, they held Los Angeles to 69 points, tied for the fewest points they’ve allowed this season.
“Kelsey Plum is specified a immense portion of what they bash offensively,” said Aces manager Becky Hammon. “They person been putting up points without her, but she is simply a antithetic carnal and makes you bash antithetic things defensively.
“I’m blessed with the antiaircraft effort contiguous arsenic we guarded what was successful beforehand of us, but we inactive person a batch of ways that we tin get better.”
Meanwhile, the Aces continued to people down astir the basket, posting 38 points successful the overgarment aft averaging 46.8 points per crippled successful that area. Las Vegas took power successful the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Sparks 14-2 implicit the people of a three-minute stretch. The Aces led by arsenic overmuch arsenic 15 points, ne'er looking back.
The last crippled of their regular-season bid volition beryllium successful Las Vegas connected Sept. 22, marking the last regular-season crippled astatine Michelob Ultra Arena. The Aces instrumentality location noon Saturday to instrumentality connected the Golden State Valkyries.
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