NBA

Minnesota Lynx at Las Vegas Aces

· WNBA Commissioner's Cup
9-3, 4-2 Away
Final
86 - 100

5-5, 3-3 Home

All 5 Lynx starters score in double figure to hand the Aces 3rd straight loss, 100-86

Kelsey Plum finds A'ja Wilson for 2

All five starters for Minnesota (9-3) scored in double figures. Bridget Carleton and Courtney Williams each scored 15 points, and Napheesa Collier had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists.

Las Vegas (5-5) lost for the third straight game — for its worst 10-game start to a season since 2018.

Alysha Clark, Megan Gustafson and Kelsey Plum each made two 3-pointers in the first quarter as Las Vegas built a 31-29 lead. But the Aces only scored 29 combined points over the next two quarters to trail 78-60 entering the fourth.

Minnesota's 20-point, fourth-quarter lead was trimmed to 86-74 with 4:39 remaining but the Aces didn't make their next field goal until the 1:46 mark.

A’ja Wilson led Las Vegas with 28 points to extend her WNBA record by scoring at least 20 points in 15 straight games. Plum scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half. Jackie Young, who has been battling an illness, was held to single digits for the second straight game.

Carleton made a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.5 seconds left before halftime to extend Minnesota’s lead to 59-48.

Regular Season Series

MIN wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 100 - 86
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 100 - 86
4th 14.0 Tiffany Hayes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sydney Colson assists) 100 - 86
4th 23.1 Sika Kone makes free throw 1 of 1 100 - 83
4th 23.1 Kate Martin shooting foul 99 - 83

Statistics

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37-67 FG 28-62
55 Field Goal % 45
15-27 3PT 10-31
56 Three Point % 32
11-17 FT 20-26
65 Free Throw % 77
28 Rebounds 35
4 Offensive Rebounds 5
24 Defensive Rebounds 30
34 Assists 19
9 Steals 4
4 Blocks 1
9 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 14
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 21
6 Fast Break Points 9
28 Points in Paint 34
20 Fouls 19
20 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Michelob ULTRA Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 10,368 · Capacity:

2025-26 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Las Vegas - 5 W3 0.75 15
Minnesota - 5 L1 0.75 15
Golden State 2 7 W3 0.65 13
Dallas 3 8 W1 0.6 12
Los Angeles 6 10 L2 0.44444445 8
Portland 7 12 L3 0.4 8
Phoenix 7.5 13 W3 0.3809524 8
Seattle 10.5 16 L1 0.23809524 5
Full Standings

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