The Las Vegas Aces instrumentality location connected Sunday looking to adjacent retired their two-game homestand with a triumph implicit the Indiana Fever astatine T-Mobile Arena.
Fresh disconnected an overtime triumph implicit the Chicago Sky that moved them into a necktie with the Minnesota Lynx atop the Western Conference standings, the Aces person different accidental to fortify their presumption arsenic the WNBA play enters July.
Las Vegas has won 8 of its past 10 games and 10 of its past 11 against opponents different than the New York Liberty, carrying 1 of the league’s hottest stretches into the weekend.
Sunday’s matchup could beryllium missing 2 of the WNBA’s biggest stars. Indiana is expected to beryllium without All-Star defender Caitlin Clark, portion reigning league MVP A’ja Wilson enters the crippled listed arsenic questionable for Las Vegas.
Clark, the No. 1 wide prime successful the 2024 WNBA Draft, helped alteration the Fever into 1 of the league’s marquee teams by starring Indiana to consecutive playoff appearances aft the franchise missed the postseason for 7 consecutive seasons.
Clark leads the Fever with 8.2 assists per crippled portion averaging 21.2 points, 2nd connected the squad down chap All-Star starter Kelsey Mitchell, who is averaging 21.6.
Indiana’s league-leading 3rd All-Star starter, Aliyah Boston, anchors the frontcourt and leads the squad successful rebounds (8.6), blocks (1.3) and steals (1.1) per game.
Despite Clark’s expected absence, Sunday’s matchup inactive features 2 of the WNBA’s highest-scoring teams. Indiana leads the league astatine 93.9 points per game, with Las Vegas adjacent down successful 2nd astatine 91.1.
The Aces, however, person been the league’s astir businesslike shooting team, starring the WNBA with a 48.9% field-goal percentage, portion the Fever fertile 3rd astatine 47.2%.
Wilson, who has missed conscionable 16 games since being selected No. 1 wide successful 2018, is listed arsenic a game-time determination aft sitting retired the Aces’ past 2 contests.
Las Vegas has continued to triumph successful Wilson’s absence, but the four-time MVP remains the centerpiece of the Aces connected some ends of the floor. The Aces are tied with the Chicago Sky for the league pb successful blocks per crippled (5.4) and fertile 4th successful points successful the overgarment (41.6), 2 categories heavy influenced by Wilson’s presence.
Wilson leads the WNBA successful scoring astatine 25.7 points per game, is tied with Portland Fire guardant Emily Engstler for the league pb successful blocks astatine 2.0 per game, and is averaging 9.4 rebounds.
Indiana enters Sunday’s matchup with an 11-8 record, bully for 3rd spot successful the Eastern Conference, and has gone 6-4 implicit its past 10 games.
The Aces are 6-3 astatine location this play and participate Sunday’s matchup riding a four-game location winning streak. The Fever has won the erstwhile 2 meetings betwixt the teams successful Indiana dating backmost to past season, but has yet to triumph successful Las Vegas since Clark entered the league.
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