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Michael VoepelOct 10, 2025, 10:39 PM ET
- Michael Voepel is simply a elder writer who covers the WNBA, women's assemblage hoops and different assemblage sports. Voepel began covering women's hoops successful 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
PHOENIX -- The Las Vegas Aces defeated the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 successful a ascendant show Friday nighttime to triumph their 3rd WNBA title 4 years and cement their presumption arsenic the league's reigning dynasty.
The Aces completed a 4-0 expanse of the Mercury successful the archetypal best-of-seven WNBA Finals successful league history.
Superstar A'ja Wilson, who scored 31 points successful the clinching crippled en way to being named Finals MVP, thinks they tin acceptable the barroom adjacent higher.
"That's a bully steppingstone to a dynasty-type of feel," Wilson said. "Obviously, you privation to triumph much to truly solidify it. But this is thing you tin ne'er instrumentality distant from us."
The Aces won back-to-back titles successful 2022 and 2023 arsenic the No. 1 effect aft having the champion grounds successful the league. This season, they were .500 connected Aug. 2 pursuing a 53-point loss.
But done a consequent 16-game winning streak to extremity the regular season, the Aces secured the No. 2 effect and weathered challenging first-round and semifinals bid that went the distance, earlier putting unneurotic a ascendant Finals tally that solidified their super-elite status.
"The recognition goes to the players," said Becky Hammon, who took implicit arsenic Aces manager successful 2022 and has a 28-9 grounds successful playoff games successful her 4 seasons. "They did each the work."
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