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Lynx Head to Las Vegas After Sweeping Aces in Season’s First Two Meetings

Minnesota’s league-leading defense faces a revamped Las Vegas rotation powered by A’ja Wilson’s 34-point outing.

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Overview

  • Minnesota Lynx have the WNBA’s top scoring defense, allowing 76.0 points per game, and rank second in scoring at 86.4 points per game.
  • A’ja Wilson poured in 34 points in Las Vegas’s 89-74 win over the Sparks, helping the Aces to five victories in their last seven games.
  • Coach Becky Hammon has moved Jewell Loyd to a sparkplug role off the bench following February’s Kelsey Plum trade, boosting Las Vegas’s three-point output to 8.1 made threes per game.
  • Napheesa Collier leads the league with 23.8 points per game and has reached the 30-point mark in five contests this season.
  • The third meeting of the season tips off Saturday at 3 p.m. ET at Michelob ULTRA Arena with live coverage on ABC and ESPN+.