The New York Liberty (21-6) will host the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces (24-2) this Sunday, Aug. 6 in a matchup between the league’s top two teams. The game will be broadcast nationally on ABC, with tipoff scheduled for 3 p.m. ET.
The Liberty and Aces entered the 2023 WNBA season expected to be the cream of the crop, and through early August, they’ve largely lived up to those expectations. New York has been hyped as a “super team” after massive offseason acquisitions, including former league MVPs Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones, while Las Vegas has gotten even better just months after taking the WNBA by storm and winning the 2022 Finals. The Aces’ 24-2 record through 26 games is rivaled only by that of the 1998 Houston Comets (Across the Timeline), who finished that season 27-3 and won the second of four championships.
The Aces’ individual stars have improved, too. A’ja Wilson, who won both Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, is making a strong case to repeat in both awards, having won her second-straight Western Conference Player of the Month honor this past July with averages of 22.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. Reigning Most Improved Player Jackie Young has continued her own upward trajectory,…
