The New York Liberty (24-7) fell short to the Las Vegas Aces (28-3) in Game Three of a Four game matchup. In WNBA action on Thursday, the Aces defeated Liberty 88-75.
Leading the way for Las Vegas is Chelsea Gray, as she showed a ton of heart and emotion in recording a Triple -Double with her 22 points, 11-rebound, 11-assist in the game.
Las Vegas Aces were determined to redeem themselves, after losing the 2023 Commissioner’s Cup game, as the loss put some fire under the Aces.
“The biggest thing we have is our physicality they have a lot of offense but if we can make their looks difficult, disrupt their timing, getting in the passing lane making them catch it two feet off the block rather than right there on the block,” said Gray on going up against the New York Liberty
Game three started off similar to the Commissioner’s Cup game where the teams struggled to land shots. Game got going with the Aces A’ja Wilson scoring the first two shots from the free throw line. Betnijah Laney followed with a three pointer as well as Jonquel Jones.
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Laney scored seven points in the first quarter and ended the game with 17 points on 63.6% (7-11) shooting from the field, including 50% (3-6) from three, four assists, and two rebounds. Jonquel Jones got into foul trouble really early in the game and was benched.
“It’s tough playing a team so many times, in a short amount of time. Sometimes you overthink about what they are going to change, the adjustments. I think that took us out of our game the flow,” said Sabrina Ionescu.
Ionescu finished with 22 points on 43.8% (7-16) shooting from the field, including 50% (6-12) from three, four rebounds, Breanna Stewart also had herself a strong showing with her 13 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and a season-high-tying four blocks.
It is going to be a very quick turnaround for the Liberty as they continue this road trip by going up against the Phoenix Mercury on Friday, August 18 with the start time scheduled for 10:00 p.m.
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