{"id":42388,"date":"2025-10-01T20:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/wnba-finals-bound-wilson-and-young-lead-after-tough-journey\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:23:28","slug":"wnba-finals-bound-wilson-and-young-lead-after-tough-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/wnba-finals-bound-wilson-and-young-lead-after-tough-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Finals Bound: Wilson and Young Lead After Tough Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Aces advance to the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years, and the third under coach Becky Hammon. However, this season has been different, marked by adversity and overcoming.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Path Full of Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\nAfter a complicated start to the season, the team achieved an impressive winning streak to secure second place. They overcame challenges in the first round against the Seattle Storm and now in the semifinals against the Indiana Fever.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Obviously, we are not complacent. We work hard to get here, but it feels different because we went through hardships.<\/p><cite>A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/cite>\n\nThe path to the final was full of obstacles, but the Aces demonstrated their resilience and teamwork.\n\nIn the decisive match against Indiana, the key players took the lead at different times. Wilson and Jackie Young stood out in attack.\n\nWilson scored 35 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks, while Young scored 30 points and 10 assists without turning the ball over in over 43 minutes.\n\nDespite Wilson and Young&#8217;s dominance, the Indiana team fought without giving up, even with important casualties. Kelsey Mitchell&#8217;s injury in the third quarter added tension to the match.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1001%2Fr1553806_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>A&#8217;ja Wilson y Jackie Young, las primeras compa\u00f1eras en anotar m\u00e1s de 30 puntos en un partido de playoffs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nIn overtime, the Aces&#8217; role players took control. Chelsea Gray, returning from an injury, and Jewell Loyd contributed crucial points.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is the moment we&#8217;ve worked so hard for.<\/p><cite>A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Aces, after overcoming another challenge, are preparing for the WNBA Finals against the Phoenix Mercury.\n\nThe road to the championship hasn&#8217;t been easy, but the Aces are determined to fight for the title.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Aces advance to the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years, and the third under coach Becky Hammon. However, this season has been different, marked by adversity and overcoming. A Path Full of Challenges After a complicated start to the season, the team achieved an impressive winning streak to secure second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[3740,1086,104,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-42388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-aja-wilson","8":"tag-las-vegas-aces","9":"tag-playoffs","10":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}