1:03 pm
September 27

Aces v. Sun

Who will WIN this matchup?

Las Vegas Aces

Connecticut Sun

 

Current odds:

Las Vegas Aces: (-170)

Connecticut Sun: (+150)

 

• The line for this game is Aces by 3.5 points.

• Without star Jonquel Jones in the mix (opted out due to coronavirus), Connecticut dropped its first five games of this unique 2020 season inside the “Wubble” and was 1-6 on Aug. 8. However, the light switched on and focus shifted from having nothing to lose to contending for a playoff spot. Now, following postseason wins over Chicago and No. 3 seed Los Angeles, the seventh-seeded Sun have taken two of the first three from Las Vegas in this best-of-5 series.

• Thomas, who averaged 15.5 points and 9.0 rebounds regular season and now 18.0 with 7.8 boards during the playoffs, has been a prime example of bucking the odds to prove just what the Sun are capable of doing. After suffering a shoulder injury during Connecticut’s 83-75 loss to Vegas in Game 2, Thomas sucked it up, played through the pain and finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds in Thursday’s 77-68 win in Game 3.

• Brionna Jones finished with 15 points and 10 boards and DeWanna Bonner (16.6 ppg, 10.0 rpg in playoffs) added 12 with 10 rebounds as the Sun finished the game on a 20-4 run to once again take down an Aces’ team that finished 18-4 during the regular season and boasts 2020 MVP A’ja Wilson.

• Perhaps it’s become a crisis of confidence for the Aces, who were the WNBA’s highest-scoring team during the regular season at 88.7 points per contest. However, Las Vegas has averaged just 71.0 points in the postseason and twice been held to fewer than 70 in a game.

• Wilson, who posted 20 points with 12 rebounds on Thursday, has averaged 22.7 with 9.3 boards in the series. But only two other Aces — Jackie Young (11.0 ppg) and Angel McCoughtry (10.3 ppg) are scoring double-digit points per contest against the Sun.  McCoughtry added 14 points on Thursday for Las Vegas, which shot 38.8 percent from the field, went 5-of-14 from beyond the 3-point arc and was held to just 12 points in the final quarter. The Aces’ 15 turnovers also did not help.

5/10
Confidence
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Las Vegas Aces
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