ARLINGTON, Texas — A’ja Wilson had 13 issues and 13 rebounds, together with a tying layup past due, and the protecting WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces complicated to the finals for the 3rd future in 4 years, scoring the sport’s ultimate 11 issues to overcome the Dallas Wings 64-61 on Friday night time.
Alysha Clark made a tiebreaking independent throw with 1:45 left and Jackie Young added two extra foul pictures with 2 seconds left as Las Vegas finished a three-game sweep.
The Wings, webhosting a semifinal match for the primary future because the franchise moved from Tulsa to Dallas in 2016, had a 61-53 govern when Arike Ogunbowale made a operating layup with 4:59 left. They didn’t ranking once more.
Ogunbowale, who completed with a game-high 18 issues, got here up scale down on a 3-pointer as future expired nearest Dallas was once in a position to name timeout and get yet one more shot.
Wilson made a independent throw with 2:56 left, however Clark rebounded nearest her 2d independent throw ignored. The ball going to Chelsea Gray, who made a nifty move to Wilson for the tying layup with 2:44 left.
Clark’s independent throw a modest upcoming put the Aces forward.
Grey completed with 15 issues day Younger and Kelsey Plum every had 11 for the Aces.
Natasha Howard added 14 issues for the Wings, day Teaira McCowan had 10 issues and 15 rebounds.
The Aces all set a WNBA report with 34 wins all through the familiar season, with one in all their six losses being towards Dallas. They misplaced 3 times to New York, which has a 2-1 order govern over Connecticut — ultimate season’s runner-up — within the alternative semifinal.
