Aces crippled day
Who: Las Vegas Aces (15-6, 10-4 Western Conference) astatine Portland Fire (9-12, 3-5 Western Conference)
Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
TV: KMCC-TV (Channel 34)
Bottom line: The Portland Fire big the Las Vegas Aces aft Carla Leite scored 20 points successful the Portland Fire’s 77-72 triumph against the Seattle Storm.
The Fire person gone 3-5 against Western Conference opponents. Portland has a 3-1 grounds successful one-possession games. The Aces person gone 10-4 against Western Conference opponents. Las Vegas is 3rd successful the WNBA with 27.0 antiaircraft rebounds per crippled led by A’ja Wilson averaging 7.4.
Portland is shooting 43.6% from the tract this season, 0.2 percent points little than the 43.8% Las Vegas allows to opponents. Las Vegas has changeable astatine a 48.6% complaint from the tract this season, 2.1 percent points supra the 46.5% shooting opponents of Portland person averaged.
The teams conscionable for the 2nd clip this season. The Aces won 105-89 successful the past gathering connected June 11. Wilson led the Aces with 32 points, and Leite led the Fire with 18 points.
Top performers: Bridget Carleton is averaging 13.9 points and 1.7 steals for the Fire. Leite is averaging 15.5 points implicit the past 10 games. Chelsea Gray is averaging 12.5 points and 7.3 assists for the Aces. Wilson is averaging 20.4 points implicit the past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Fire — 3-7, averaging 85.7 points, 32.8 rebounds, 21.1 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per crippled portion shooting 41.5% from the field. Their opponents person averaged 97.2 points per game. Aces — 7-3, averaging 89.7 points, 32.3 rebounds, 21.3 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per crippled portion shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents person averaged 87.5 points.
Injuries: Fire — Karlie Samuelson: time to time (finger). Aces — Janiah Barker: time to time (leg), A’ja Wilson: time to time (leg), Dana Evans: time to time (leg).
The Associated Press created this communicative utilizing exertion provided by Data Skrive and information from Sportradar.
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