Kelsey Plum paced the Aces’ offense with 24 points. A’ja Wilson had 21 points and Jackie Young recorded 17 points.

And I saw the way we’ve learned from last year.” New York Liberty Head Coach Sandy Brondello is spot-on. The Atlanta Dream, her first-round opponent, are most certainly not the Las Vegas Aces. But Atlanta did play the Liberty well in round one,

New York grabbed the lead and never looked back, beating Las Vegas 87-77 with Stewart and Ionescu combining for 55 points.