Both the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty entered the 2023 season as ostensible super-teams, but Thursday showed the WNBA's elite might be a class of one.
Each member of the Aces' starting lineup — Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young — had at least 10 points and three assists by the end of the third quarter, by which point the Aces were up 76-56. Plum led all scorers with 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting, plus eight assists.appearing to round into the form
that was expected when Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot teamed up with Betnijah Laney and Sabrina Ionescu. They weren't totally lost in Vegas — for the first half, at least — but they certainly exited the Michelob Ultra Arena with some questions to answer. Vandersloot had one of the Liberty's bright spots when she dished her 2,500th career assist in the first quarter, becoming just the third player in WNBA history to reach that mark.(via
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