WNBA Finals Game 3 takeaways: How Aces beat Mercury to go up 3-0

The No. 2 Las Vegas Aces bushed the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury 90-88 successful a Game 3 that went down to the ligament successful Phoenix, and are present 1 crippled distant from winning the 2025 WNBA title.

A'ja Wilson made past arsenic the archetypal subordinate successful WNBA Finals past with consecutive games of 25 points and 10 rebounds. She finished the nighttime with 34 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, including the bucket that sealed the Aces' win.

Satou Sabally exited the game precocious successful the 4th fourth aft a caput injury.

The best-of-seven bid remains successful Phoenix for Game 4 connected Friday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), erstwhile the Aces volition effort to expanse the Mercury for their 3rd title successful 4 years.

Here is everything that happened successful Game 3.

Recap everything that happened during the game

How the Aces won

Leave it to A'ja Wilson. The four-time MVP, who is rapidly becoming the top subordinate successful WNBA Finals history, made the game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds near -- redeeming the Aces aft they'd blown a 17-point lead. With the people tied 88-88 with 5 seconds left, manager Becky Hammon called a timeout and drew up a play for Wilson astatine the elbow. Single-covered astir of the night, Wilson bushed a double-team with a seven-footer turnaround leap shot. After DeWanna Bonner's miss astatine the buzzer, the Aces are 1 crippled distant from a 3rd rubric successful 4 years.

Wilson was the Las Vegas reply each night. She finished with 34 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks. It's her ninth vocation 30-point crippled successful the playoffs, and 4th this postseason. Both are the astir all-time.

As large arsenic Wilson was, she had help. Jackie Young played a implicit crippled with 21 points and 9 assists. She and Wilson combined to people oregon assistance connected 72 points, tied for 5th astir by a duo successful WNBA Finals history.

Jewell Loyd's 4 first-quarter 3-pointers got the Aces disconnected to a bully commencement and helped quiescent a feverish Phoenix crowd. Loyd finished with 16 points and 7 rebounds.

The Aces won contempt being outscored 29-14 successful the 4th quarter. The defence that had dominated the full 3rd 4th -- holding the Mercury to 16 points -- fell isolated successful the 4th nether the value of immoderate foul occupation and improved shooting from Phoenix. But Megan Gustafson made a halt connected an Alyssa Thomas layup effort with 19 seconds to play and the people tied, mounting the signifier for Wilson's heroics.

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