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Aces Complete Sweep for Third WNBA Title in Four Seasons as Dynasty Claims Grow

A’ja Wilson capped a decorated season with Finals MVP after Las Vegas navigated the league’s first seven-game Finals format through a 12-game postseason.

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Overview

  • Las Vegas swept Phoenix 4–0, closing with a 97–86 Game 4 win in the WNBA’s inaugural best-of-seven Finals.
  • A’ja Wilson earned Finals MVP after also securing regular-season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and the scoring title, with a single-Finals record of 114 points.
  • The Aces rebounded from a 14–14 midseason low and a 53-point loss, then rode a 16-game surge into the playoffs as the No. 2 seed.
  • The championship is Las Vegas’s third in four seasons, placing the franchise alongside the Houston Comets for rapid title accumulation.
  • Discussion over dynasty status continues, with ESPN’s Ari Chambers saying another title is needed to match the Comets and Lynx as Becky Hammon highlights today’s deeper league and longer playoff grind and Chelsea Gray answers yes.