4:22 Q4: Aces head coach Becky Hammon takes out her starters, obviously preparing for a Game 4 in Connecticut. The 2022 WNBA Finals are set, and will feature the No. "You got a lot of iso ball with Chelsea Gray, you got A'ja [Wilson] who can score the ball in a lot of different ways. In the end, those two factors should prove the difference. They didnt do a whole lot different, they just did it harder. 6-keys: media/spln/wnba/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. On Thursday, September 15th at 9pm ET, the Connecticut Sun will play host to Game 3 of the WNBA Finals as they welcome the Las Vegas Aces to town. The @ConnecticutSun end the 1Q on a 25-4 run, shooting 82.4% in the quarter The 22-year-old Smith, who opened the 2023 NWSL season with four goals and one assist in two games for the Portland Thorns, returned after missing the years first two USWNT events due to a foot injury, and played the entire game. The U.S. women will be led by star veterans including 37-year-old, An infusion of new talent is poised for action, led by forward Smith and center back, 2022 WNBA Finals Las Vegas vs. Connecticut schedule, how to watch, results, sixth national championship in the last decade, earning the 28th perfect 10 of her career, 2023 Womens World Cup Storylines to follow less than 100 days out as USWNT aims for historic three-peat, Maile OKeefe edges Jordan Chiles for NCAA all-around gymnastics title, gymnasts have earned 80 perfect 10s this season, the increase is due to the spike in talent, Brooks was named winner of the 2023 AAI Award, 2023 LOTTE Championship How to watch, whos playing as the LPGA heads to Hawaii, 32-team field for the Womens World Cup is set, faces the USWNT in its opening group-stage match. She became the youngest multi-time winner (and seventh overall) and the fifth player to win that award and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. by Sarah. 9:24 p.m. Make that a 15-2 run! Her perfect 10 (the 10th of her college career) was enough to edge Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles for the all-around title, with OKeefe finishing with 39.7625 points to Chiles 39.1725. 9:26 p.m. Jonquel Jones beats the buzzer to cap a 25-4 run as Connecticuttake a commanding 15-point lead. @kelseyplum10 AT THE BUZZZZER BEFORE THE HALFFF Stream Las Vegas Aces vs. Connecticut Sun (Finals, Game #4) on Watch ESPN The initial thought is to say no, because you would expect the law of averages to catch up with her. In the last 5 matches in a row sum of points was under 185.5. Michelob . Aces leading scorers (postseason points average): Sun leading scorers (postseason points average): Note: Games marked with an asterisk (*) are if necessary. Opportunity Village Visit (November 17, 2022) Jackie Young was the only other double-digit scorer for the Aces with 11 points. But becoming repeat national champions will be no easy feat for the Sooners, who first must face a semifinal matchup that includes theJordan Chiles-led UCLA Bruins as well as the nine-time national champion Utah, which also boasts eight runner-up finishes in the NCAA tournament. 8:59 Q3: The Sun start the third quarter with five unanswered points including a three from DeWanna Bonner (video below), pushing the lead to 58-42. LAS VEGAS A . If Gray maintains this level of performance, the Aces will almost certainly win the title, but if she regresses to "very good" instead of "historically dominant" that opens the door for the Sun. The match to determine third place will be Friday, Aug. 19, with the final set for Saturday, Aug. 20. The Sun will now look to level the series on their home floor, withGame 4 taking place on Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena. She's averaging 24 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.7 assists; entering the Finals she is second in scoring and first in assists for the playoffs. 7/17. The 34 points they scored in the first quarter was their highest-scoring quarter in the entire postseason. 1. [Thompson] is an exciting player, Andonovski said. She also came in off the bench against Spain four days later for her second cap. They were leaving me open. Not only was that a franchise record for points in a playoff game, it was the third-most points scored in regulation of a Finals game all-time. 4:58 Q1: Midway through the first quarter and Aces lead, 15-11 behind nine points from Jackie Young (video below). 10:37 p.m. Alyssa Thomas creates history with the first triple-double in WNBA Finals history and just the third in playoff history! But perhaps even more impressive than all of that was the way Wilson took control of her team when the Aces were struggling in the middle of the game. Chiles, who was bidding to become the first Olympian to win the NCAA all-around title since Bridget Sloan in 2016, won two individual titles for UCLA, securing the crown in the uneven bars with the first perfect 10 of the semifinals and a 9.9875 on the floor. Should she keep this up in the Finals, her case will be definitive. three straight wins to secure its fourth consecutive SheBelieves Cup title, the club reportedly is still not clear on her timing, shes had three surgeries in the last eight months on her knee, secured its spot in the tournament last July at the 2022 Concacaf W Championship, Womens World Cup 2023 draw, schedule, fixtures, groups, USWNT takes 1-0 edge over Ireland into last friendly ahead of Womens World Cup. Here is the full schedule for the 2022 WNBA Finals. Also advancing the Saturdays finals are the defending champion No. This year marks the first time theWomens World Cup will feature 32 teams eight more than in 2019. The Bruins have an 18-4-4 record when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent. Congratulations to the 2022 All-WNBA First Team @_ajawilson22 @breannastewart @kelseyplum10Skylar Diggins-Smith@Candace_Parker #MoreThan pic.twitter.com/TB0H1ks6vj. The U.S. is aiming to become the first team in either the womens or mens game to win three successive World Cups, after taking the title in 2015 and 2019. Period. Still, the Aces hit 36.1% of those shots while taking 26.4 per game. Las Vegas, NV. Florida is 42-32-8 overall . Its not like at the end you try to go and out-score somebody. . Me and my teammates were making shots, so none of this is ever possible without them., Sun head coach Curt Miller on Alyssa Thomas (video below):Shes probably the toughest player Ive ever coached, but shes the most consistent player in terms of effort that Ive ever been around. I've just got to throw her in. Michelob ULTRA Arena. Collections; Project #ShowUs; section: | slug: aces-vs-sun-game-1-takeaways-las-vegas-secures-dramatic-win-after-dewanna-bonners-last-second-3-falls-short | sport: wnba | route: article_single.us | That was as close as they would get, though, as the Sun started the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run to push the lead back up to double-digits and pulled away from there. Nessun risultato . If this is a free-flowing, up-and-down series, the Aces will win; they have too much offensive firepower. 5 Utah advance to Saturdays NCAA team final for the third year in a row. The Sun keep the series alive to make it 4-0 in elimination games this postseason. 0:00 Q1: The Sun finish the quarter on a 10-1 run and lead by 15 at 34-19. Something has to give this season. I think we are very confident and we know that all you need is one, and then there's two games at our place. The Sun have not had an easy path to the Finals. 9:43 p.m. The Aces' offensive struggles continue, missing their last seven 3-point attempts. 9:35 Q1: Newly named All-WNBA First Team selection Aja Wilson gets the first points (video below) on the board for Vegas for the third straight game. Also making headlines at Dickies Arena was Floridas Trinity Thomas, competing in the final meet of her celebrated college career. Kelsey Plum hit a heave at the halftime buzzer to give them some momentum, and late in the third quarter they briefly cut the deficit to just six points. Can they pull off the comeback! 1 to Fever, An inside look at the Wings' draft process. 1 seed hanging in the balance. At nationals, six judges score each routine with the high and low dropped and the middle four averaged. Neither team has been able to break through and win it all, though. Sun. The winners of each group secured their spots in the 2023 World Cup (bold denotes winner): The top two seeds, Portugal and Chile, were given the top spots in Groups 1 and 2, respectively, and received first-round byes. But let's put some length on her.". Portugal, Haiti and Panama won their respective groups to secure their spots, and World Cup co-host New Zealand hosted the contests at two of the World Cup venues, Waikato Stadium in Hamilton and North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. ', ESPN2 https://t.co/Gh6jmhoiCx pic.twitter.com/ivrfmXFoMz, Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 14, 2023. The Sun are dominating inside, outscoring the Aces 44-26 in the paint. ET on ESPN). I dont see any balloons. Alyssa Thomas has made history tonight @athomas_25 is the first player in #WNBAFinals history to record a triple double Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Connecticut Sun vs. Las Vegas Aces WNBA basketball game on September 13, 2022 1 overall seed Las Vegas Aces against the No. She's up to 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. Also in double figures were Jonquel Jones (16 points, 11 rebounds) and Alyssa Thomas (13 points), while Brionna Jonescame off the bench to score 12. If she does appear in the lineup Thursday, shell have a chance to move closerto the all-time perfect 10s record. Connecticut really managed to muck up Vegas's offense, and fought their hearts out, but they also consistently struggled to get the ball to Jonquel Jones, which really held them back offensively. Perhaps those differences do not sound . After cruising past the Phoenix Mercury in the first round, the Aces faced Breanna Stewart and Seattle Storm in the semifinals. Sun lead, 94-76. 1 overall player Breanna Stewart, 2022 rookie of the year Rhyne Howard and the return of Brittney Griner to the the top 6. @espn pic.twitter.com/56cHf2jJnN. @espn pic.twitter.com/kNP1GZskYY. But they face a battle in their Group E pairings, which include Vietnam, Portugal and Netherlands, whom they beat in the final in Lyon, France, four years ago. 9:10 Q4: There it is! The physical follows but the mental for them was there and not us. Navigation Toggle NBA. After all, the Aces were champions at last following a 78-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Sunday's Game 4 of the WNBA Finals that gave Las Vegas its first professional sports title . 10:15 p.m. The Sun ball movement has been crisp tonight, with 23 assists on 25 made field goals. Some of that was excellent shot-making, of course, but they also played their game and created easy looks. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Sept 11, 2022, 2:31pm PDT. Great Las Vegas Santa Run (December 3, 2022) December 5, 2022. The top-seeded Aces will have a second attempt to close out their first title in franchise history on the road Sunday afternoon in Game 4 (4 p.m. Sep 11, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. Riquna Williams provided a lift with 17 points. They had the second-best defensive rating in the league (96.3), the best offensive rebounding rate (37.1) of any team since the 2015 Atlanta Dream and scored 46.2 percent of their points in the paint. The Sun have found their offensive groove to extend their Q1 lead. The No. Las Vegas Aces vs. Connecticut Sun live score, updates, highlights from Game 3 of WNBA Finals | Sporting News BRK DEN 12:30p -9 pts CLE CHA 2:00p -8.5 pts WAS PHI 3:00p -7.5 pts. 6-keys: media/spln/wnba/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Our fantasy basketball top 100 for the 2023 WNBA season features No. Benyam Kidane is a senior NBA editor for The Sporting News. OKeefe, the 2017 U.S. junior all-around champion and 2021 NCAA bars and floor champion, also won the individual beam crown after scoring a perfect 10 in the semifinals. Panama bested Paraguay 1-0 to win Group C. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Regionals were held at four sites (Denver, Colo.; Los Angeles; Norman, Okla.; Pittsburgh, Pa.), with each regional featuring nine teams and a varying number of individuals. In the last 21 matches in a row sum of points was under 190.5. Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Dallas Wings Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx New York Liberty . Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun had a record-breaking night against the Las Vegas Aces in the 2022 WNBA . 3 Connecticut Sun.The Finals is a best-of-five series with Game 3 in Connecticut and if . 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