The Indiana Fever visited the Las Vegas Aces in a winner-takes-all game 3 in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The score would be even at 31 at the end of the first quarter, but in the second quarter the Aces would outscore the Fever 23-17 and take a 54-48 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, the Fever would outscore the Aces 17-16, and head into the fourth quarter trailing 70-65. In the fourth quarter, the Aces would outscore the Fever 24-18 and hold off a late push by the Fever to win the game by a final score of 94-83. The Aces had 4 out of 5 starters score in double-figures led by A’ja Wilson who had 36 points with 14 of those points coming in the first quarter and 21 of them coming in the first half, she shot 11-18 from the field, 2-3 from three, 12-15 from the free throw line, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out an assist, and picked up 2 blocks, Chelsea Gray had 23 points on 8-15 from the field, 1-3 from three, and 6-6 from the free throw line, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, and picked up a steal, Jackie Young had 18 points on 5-13 from the field, 2-5 from three, 6-6 from the free throw line, grabbed 8 rebounds, and dished out 7 assists, Jewell Loyd had 11 points on 3-10 from the field, 3-6 from three, and 2-4 from the free throw line, grabbed 3 rebounds, dished out an assist, and picked up 2 steals. The Fever also had 4 players score in double-figures led by Kelsey Mitchell who had 23 points on 7-23 from the field, 3-11 from three, and 6-8 from the free throw line, grabbed 2 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and picked up a steal, Aliyah Boston had 19 points on 8-16 from the field, 2-4 from three, and 1-2 from the free throw line, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out 3 assists, picked up a steal, and 2 blocks, Caitlin Clark had 18 points (11 of them in the first quarter) on 6-18 from the field, 3-12 from three, and 3-4 from the free throw line, grabbed 2 rebounds, dished out 4 assists, picked up 2 steals, and 4 blocks, Myisha Hines-Allen had 12 points on 5-9 from the field, 0-2 from three, and 2-2 from the free throw line, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished out an assist. The Las Vegas Aces win the series 2 games to 1 and the Indiana Fever season comes to an end.
Next up:
The Indiana Fever season comes to an end, so they look forward to the 2027 season.
The Las Vegas Aces will play the winner of the Wings vs.Valkyries series, and game 1 is scheduled for Sunday with time and TV network TBA.
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