Aces finish off Fever in OT to reach WNBA Finals

LAS VEGAS -- A'ja Wilson scored 35 points and Jackie Young had 32 to pb the Aces backmost to the WNBA Finals arsenic Las Vegas held disconnected pesky Indiana 107-98 successful overtime successful the deciding Game 5 of the semifinal bid connected Tuesday nighttime aft the already-depleted Fever mislaid different prima subordinate to injury.

The second-seeded Aces, who won the league rubric successful 2022 and 2023, volition big the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury connected Friday successful the opener of the best-of-seven title series.

No. 6 effect Indiana made Las Vegas enactment for it adjacent though the sixth-seeded Fever person been decimated by injuries, with prima Kelsey Mitchell going down successful the 3rd 4th of Game 5 with an evident near limb injury. She joined a database of injured Fever players that includes Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.

Mitchell had scored a team-high 15 points astatine the clip of her injury. Six Fever players reached treble digits, including Odyssey Sims with 27 points and Natasha Howard with 16.