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Las Vegas head coach Becky Hammon is a believer in obeying the basketball gods. For two seasons, the Aces were rewarded with back-to-back championships as the WNBA’s most consistent, dominant team.
The first two games were held in Las Vegas and the Aces won them both, 78–67 and 86–73. They advanced to the Semifinals where they faced New York in a best-of-five series. The Aces lost the first two games in New York, 77–87 and 84–88. They would win game three in Las Vegas to extend the series, 95–81.
The team relocated to Las Vegas before the 2018 season. The Aces, who are owned by Mark and Carol Davis, the current owners of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, and Tom Brady, are one of three WNBA franchises who compete in a market that lacks a current NBA team; the other two teams are the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm.
The Las Vegas Aces received their championship rings and then unveiled and raised their WNBA banner, lifting it into place on Tuesday night alongside their first title banner won two seasons ago.
As the first seed, the Aces faced off against the eighth seed Chicago Sky and would host the first two games of the three game series. The Aces didn't lose a quarter in Game One and took the game 87–59. The Aces dominated Game Two in similar fashion, not losing a quarter, and winning the game 92–70 to move on to the Semifinals.
The Liberty's Breanna Stewart and the Aces' A'ja Wilson battle for the ball during during Game 3 of the 2023 WNBA Finals on Oct. 15, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York City.
Las Vegas' 2023 title over the New York Liberty was the WNBA's first back-to-back since the 2001-02 Los Angeles Sparks. When the Aces open their season at home against the Phoenix Mercury on May ...
T-Mobile Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. This is a list of past and upcoming events held at the arena. Home games of the Vegas Golden Knights, regular tenants of the arena, are listed collectively and not individually. List Musical events Sports events Other entertainment events Date Event Notes March 31, 2016 Martina McBride & Cam Soft opening ...