Overview

• Las Vegas leads the series 2-0 as the Finals move to Phoenix for Games 3 and 4 in the WNBA’s first best-of-seven championship.
• Jewell Loyd hit four first-quarter three-pointers in Game 3, the first such opening-period feat in Finals history, helping the Aces to a 55-43 halftime lead.
• A’ja Wilson had 28 points and 14 rebounds in Game 2 and Jackie Young scored 32 with a Finals-record 21 in the third quarter, with the Aces’ bench outpacing Phoenix in both games.
• Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts highlighted the need to tighten defense after allowing 89 and 91 points, with an emphasis on crowding Wilson and Young and reestablishing Alyssa Thomas in the paint.
• Phoenix forward Satou Sabally said her ankle is good and practiced fully, and Game 1 averaged 1.9 million viewers with a 2.5 million peak per ESPN PR.