The Las Vegas Aces are WNBA champions—again.
For the first time since 2002, the WNBA has a back-to-back Finals winner, and it only makes sense that Las Vegas—now indisputably a budding dynasty—holds that honor. The Aces went 34-6 in the 2023 regular season, posted the best efficiency differential (15.3 net rating) of any WNBA team since the Houston Comets in 2000 and sent four players to the 2023 All-Star game. So it seemed inevitable that, given good health, they’d at least get a chance to defend their 2022 title.
The Aces’ domination defined the first two rounds of the playoffs
That’s just what the Aces did. Las Vegas breezed through its first two postseason matchups, making quick work of the Chicago Sky in the first round and sweeping the Dallas Wings in the second. Only one of these fives games was particularly close, as the Wings made a spirited effort on their home court but were unable to hold off an Aces comeback in the third and final game of the semifinals. Through those first two…
