Las Vegas Aces moved to a victory by advancing in the WNBA qualifiers and relying on the history of the League with their game of 102-77 on the Seattle storm visiting match 1 of their Best-Three series on Sunday evening.
The ace of the second seeded lost shortly by ensuring that the sequence of 16 consecutive victories that they brought in the playoffs would reach 17, that of corresponding to the sparks of Los Angeles 2001 for the longest sequence of this type of the history of the WNBA.
The former Seattle Jewell Loyd guard left out of the bench and scored seven consecutive points, then A’ja Wilson nailed on four of his 29 match points to supply a Las Vegas 11-0 race during the first quarter.
The early push was sufficient to give the aces a two -digit cushion which continued to swell as the night progressed.
Las Vegas bombed Seattle with 14 out of 29 shots from the 3 -point range, led by the 4 out of 6 effort from Jackie Young. Young finished with 18 points, part of a performance outside generalized competition which included seven assists and five rebounds.
Loyd added a 3-point trio of 3 points out of six attempts en route around 14 points, and the other Aces Reserve Dana Evans overturned 3 out of 6 beyond the arc on the 13-point path.
Nalyssa Smith completed the two -digit score from Las Vegas with 11 points with a top of nine rebounds.
The storm briefly threatened after the Las Vegas initial assault, reducing the five -trimester deficit on the back of Nneka Ogwumike and Erica Wheeler.
The Aces quickly stifled a potential rally, responding with a 9-0 race. Las Vegas’ advance has never dropped below 12 the rest of the path.
Gabby Williams led Seattle with 16 points, Skylar Diggins added 12 and Ogwumike finished with 11 points and eight rebounds. The colleagues of Storm Starters Ebi Magbegor and Brittney Sykes had trouble contributing.
Sykes played 15 minutes in force before making an aimless fault. Magbegor only scored in the fourth quarter, when Seattle followed almost 30.
The storm obtained 10 points from Wheeler bench and a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds of the Dominique Malonga recruit in her first eliminatory match.
The series goes to Seattle for match 2 Tuesday.
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