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The Las Vegas Aces scored a lot of points. A LOT of points.
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The Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm are doing their best to keep up with each other. They both had games on Sunday.
What’s probably more impressive is what the Aces did.
It was still a game after the third; the Aces led by 9 in what was a high-scoring affair. But then Dearica Hamby and Kelsey Plum steered a 13-4 run at the start of the fourth and the gap got wider as the game came to a close. The Aces would win by 23 and score a franchise-record 118 points.
Kelsey Plum had 23 points off the bench to lead 6 ladies in double figures. Courtney Williams led the Dream with 19 points.
Of course, what was curious was Chennedy Carter‘s exit. She played under 6 minutes and never returned to the game. We’ll see what happens and positive me hopes that it’s an isolated incident. But it feels like it could be more than that.
Meanwhile, the Aces go to a league-leading 14-4 record while the Dream fall to 6-11.
But like I said, the Seattle Storm are doing their best to keep up.
Bullet Passes
The Storm went on a 30-8 run that spanned the third and the fourth periods to put away the L.A. Sparks. No Jewell Loyd for the Storm but they got more than enough production from Epiphanny Prince (18 points) and Ezi Magbegor20 points).
Sue Bird is now #6 in the all-time career scoring list.
Congratulations to @S10Bird on moving up to No. 6 in all-time points scored! 🐐🐐🐐#TakeCover pic.twitter.com/EF1YSFugUC
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) July 5, 2021
She passed Katie Smith on the ladder. Next on the list is Cappie Pondexter but since she’s 347 points ahead of Sue, don’t think Pondexter will lose that place this season. If Sue plays next season then maybe but I don’t want to think about that right now.
Karlie (Sparks) and Katie Lou Samuelson (Storm) played each other for the first time ever. That’s a nice little tidbit right there. Of course, we know Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike (now teammates) have played each other several times.
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July 4, 2021
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Beat the buzzer, Jackie Young.
JACKI3 YOUNG TO B3AT THE BUZZ3R!!@JackieYoung3 // #ALLIN ♦️♠️ pic.twitter.com/INH6c2KDND
— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) July 4, 2021
Cool under the pressure. Gotta love it.
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