Las Vegas Aces caput manager Becky Hammon basal successful the tribunal successful a clip retired during the 2nd fractional of an WNBA hoops crippled against the Portland Fire astatine T-Mobile Arena Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus
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Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 | 8:01 p.m.
Sydney Taylor deed a 3-pointer with little than a 2nd remaining and finished with 29 points arsenic the Chicago Sky bushed the Las Vegas Aces 84-83 connected Saturday.
Taylor broke from the lane and curled astir a surface astatine the apical of the cardinal to instrumentality an inbounds walk from Natasha Cloud for the catch-and-shoot winner that ended the Sky's seven-game losing streak against the defending champions. It besides gave first-year Chicago manager Tyler his archetypal triumph against his erstwhile team.
Chicago took a timeout and precocious the shot aft A'ja Wilson, who scored 36 points, made a layup with 3.2 seconds left.
Cloud had 11 points and DiJonai Carrington 10 for the Sky (11-18), who were 0-6 successful overtime and one-score games.
Jackie Young had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Aces (20-9). Wilson besides had a double-double with 12 rebounds. NaLyssa Smith added 17 points and Las Vegas reserves contributed conscionable 5 points.
The Sky were down 10 with 7 1/2 minutes to play earlier taking a 79-78 pb connected a handbasket by Elizabeth Williams with 2:25 to go. It was their archetypal pb since 11-9.
Young had 10 points, six rebounds and 2 assists arsenic the Aces built a 20-16 pb aft 1 quarter. She had the past 2 3-pointers and Las Vegas had 3 successful a 9-0 tally that turned an 11-9 shortage into an 18-11 lead.
Wilson had 9 points successful the 2nd 4th and the Aces led 40-37 astatine the half.
Wilson scored 13 points successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile the Aces turned a one-point pb into a 13-point borderline and taking a 65-55 vantage into the 4th quarter.
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