{"id":42925,"date":"2025-10-02T18:17:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/reach-the-wnba-finals-a-tortuous-path-but-with-a-championship-destination\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:17:42","slug":"reach-the-wnba-finals-a-tortuous-path-but-with-a-championship-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/reach-the-wnba-finals-a-tortuous-path-but-with-a-championship-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Reach the WNBA Finals: A tortuous path, but with a championship destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Las Vegas Aces Advance to WNBA Finals After Epic Battle<\/h2>\n\nLas Vegas Aces, with a path full of challenges, have secured their place in the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years. The overtime victory against the Indiana Fever (107-98) marks the third final in four seasons under the direction of coach Becky Hammon, who already have two championships to their name.\n\nThis season, the Aces faced unusual adversity, overcoming a start below 50% wins. A&#8217;ja Wilson, the league MVP, highlighted the team&#8217;s resilience: &#8220;We didn&#8217;t settle. We&#8217;ve worked hard to get here, but it feels different because we&#8217;ve been through difficulties.&#8221;\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Our path has been bumpy, but here we are.<\/p><cite>Becky Hammon<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe journey included a streak of 16 consecutive victories in the regular season, a close series against the Seattle Storm, and now, the semifinal against an Indiana team weakened by injuries. Jewell Loyd, a new addition to the Aces, commented on the team&#8217;s unity: &#8220;Maybe it was necessary to take the more difficult path, but we&#8217;ve figured out how to do it together.&#8221;\n\nThe Tuesday game witnessed stellar performances. Wilson and Jackie Young became the first duo in WNBA playoff history to score over 30 points each. Coach Hammon praised her stars: &#8220;Your pillars have to be pillars this time of year, and they were.&#8221;\n\nWilson recorded 35 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks, while Young added 30 points and 10 assists without turnovers in over 43 minutes of play, a personal record.\n\nDespite Wilson and Young&#8217;s dominance, the Aces failed to pull away from the Indiana team, which played without five key players due to injuries. Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana&#8217;s top scorer, retired in the third quarter due to cramps.\n\nOdyssey Sims of Indiana tied the score in the final quarter. In overtime, with Indiana&#8217;s Aliyah Boston fouled out, the Aces&#8217; role players shined. Chelsea Gray, who returned after injuring her ankle, scored 9 points, while Loyd added 5.\n\nThe Aces will face the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals, starting with Game 1 on Friday. &#8220;Getting here wasn&#8217;t easy,&#8221; Gray said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve worked hard to fight for home-court advantage, and we achieved it.&#8221;\n\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 (22) y Jackie Young (0) fueron el primer par de compa\u00f1eras de equipo en superar los 30 puntos en el mismo juego de playoffs en la historia de la WNBA. &#8220;Tus pilares deben ser pilares en esta \u00e9poca del a\u00f1o&#8221;, dijo la entrenadora de Las Vegas, Becky Hammon. &#8220;Y lo fueron.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Aces Advance to WNBA Finals After Epic Battle Las Vegas Aces, with a path full of challenges, have secured their place in the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years. The overtime victory against the Indiana Fever (107-98) marks the third final in four seasons under the direction of coach Becky [&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":[3740,8929,1086,9295],"class_list":{"0":"post-42925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-aja-wilson","8":"tag-jackie-young","9":"tag-las-vegas-aces","10":"tag-wnba-finals"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42925","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=42925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}