It will be a tale of two teams happening on Saturday when the Las Vegas Aces host the New York Liberty at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.
For years now, the New York Liberty versus the Las Vegas Aces has been a premier game, but this is the first time in a while that both teams don’t come in looking like the WNBA’s cream of the crop.
The Liberty have started great per usual and enter the matchup having won seven in a row including every Commissioner’s Cup game they had. The Aces, on the other hand, are 6-5 drowning in mediocrity.
How the Aces can win
Championship fatigue and missing their starting point guard Chelsea Gray are a couple of the justifications the Aces can give themselves as to why they’ve struggled so much to start this season.
However, the proof is in the record, and so far, this iteration of the Aces looks beatable. They can still beat a talented New York team, but to do so, they’ll need big games from their two stars, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young.
Wilson is averaging a league-leading 28.6 points, and Young isn’t far behind, scoring 18.6 along with a team-leading 6.4 assists.
If these two produce below their season averages, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to beat the Liberty due to New York’s well-balanced firepower.
Maybe Gray coming back later…
