Las Vegas Aces @ Golden State Valkyries

Semifinals - Game 1 • GS leads series 1-0

31-13, 16-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Aces LV	18	13	17	12	60
Valkyries GS	22	12	22	15	71

Golden State ValkyriesValkyriesGS

32-12, 17-5 Home

Las Vegas Aces

Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
starters
A'ja WilsonA. Wilson#22
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Jackie YoungJ. Young#0
bench
Cheyenne Parker-TyusC. Parker-Tyus#32
Kierstan BellK. Bell#1
Kalani BrownK. Brown#20
Justine PissottJ. Pissott#13
Mai YamamotoM. Yamamoto#18
Ta'Niya LatsonT. Latson#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	7	2	1	0	0	1	6	0	-3
35	24	8-21	0-2	8-11	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	-12
36	16	5-14	3-6	3-4	4	3	2	1	0	0	4	2	-11
17	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	+2
38	11	4-15	3-7	0-0	4	5	2	3	0	0	4	2	-13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	-1
21	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	-13
3	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2
19	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	-10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	60	21-62	7-21	11-15	25	12	6	9	3	2	23	13
		34%	33%	73%

Golden State Valkyries

Kayla ThorntonK. Thornton#5
starters
Gabby WilliamsG. Williams#1
Cecilia ZandalasiniC. Zandalasini#24
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Veronica BurtonV. Burton#22
bench
Janelle SalaunJ. Salaun#13
Aminata GueyeA. Gueye#31
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Kaila CharlesK. Charles#6
Kaitlyn ChenK. Chen#2
Laeticia AmihereL. Amihere#3
Ashten PrechtelA. Prechtel#11
Miela SowahM. Sowah#7
Juste JocyteJ. Jocyte#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	8	3-9	1-5	1-2	11	1	0	0	0	5	6	5	0
34	25	9-18	4-7	3-3	11	5	4	0	0	1	10	0	+10
18	7	3-6	1-3	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
27	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	14	2	1	0	4	7	7	5	+6
18	4	1-6	0-1	2-2	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	2	0-2	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+11
13	9	4-5	0-0	1-1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	+5
11	3	1-4	0-2	1-4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	+5
18	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	+7
22	11	4-11	1-2	2-2	3	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	+11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	71	26-69	7-24	12-16	52	13	13	5	6	17	35	15
		38%	29%	75%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Valkyries take Game 1 over the Aces

1:09

Gabby Williams drops 25 to power Valkyries to Game 1 win over Aces

1:29

Gabby Williams nails the 3-pointer

0:16

Matchups

Semifinals

GS leads series

1-0

Game 1@ GS

Final

31-13

Game 2@ GS

32-12

31-13

Game 3@ LV

32-12

31-13

Game 4@ LV

32-12

31-13

Game 5@ GS

32-12

Game Information

San Francisco, CA

NBCPeacock

Referee:Marcy Williams

Referee:Randy Richardson

Referee:Amy Bonner

Referee:Agon Abazi

Women's National Basketball Assoc.

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	33	11	.750	-	W1
Golden State	32	12	.727	1	W1
Las Vegas	31	13	.705	2	W7
Dallas	27	17	.614	6	W1
Portland	17	27	.386	16	W1
Los Angeles	16	28	.364	17	L2
Phoenix	16	28	.364	17	L1
Seattle	8	36	.182	25	L5

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