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Aces Sweep Mercury for Third WNBA Title in Four Years

Attention now turns to a pivotal offseason with free agency and CBA talks set to reshape rosters.

Overview

  • Las Vegas closed out Game 4 97–86 in Phoenix, never trailing as A'ja Wilson scored 31, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young had 18 each, and the Aces turned 18 Mercury turnovers into 26 points.
  • Wilson earned Finals MVP after averaging about 28.5 points and 11.8 rebounds in the series, finishing with a record 112 points across the four games.
  • She became the first player in WNBA or NBA history to win the scoring title, league MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP in a single season.
  • The league’s inaugural best-of-seven Finals ended in four games, with Phoenix hindered by Satou Sabally’s Game 3 concussion, Alyssa Thomas’s shoulder issue in Game 4 and coach Nate Tibbetts’s ejection.
  • The champions reversed a midseason slump with a 16-game win streak after a 53-point loss on Aug. 2 to claim the No. 2 seed and power a dynasty-level run.