Las Vegas Aces v Minnesota Lynx

WNBA

Final

Las Vegas Aces

87–92

Minnesota Lynx

Match events

Las Vegas AcesMinnesota Lynx

	1	2	3	4	T
Las Vegas Aces	19	29	16	23	87
Minnesota Lynx	23	25	26	18	92

7Lead changes

10Times tied

10Biggest leadMinnesota Lynx

1st quarter

4:4611–12
Lead changeNapheesa Collier3ft layup · ast Miles
Lead changeA'ja Wilson26ft three · ast Young
4:2914–12
2:2716–18
Lead changeCourtney Williams19ft pullup jump
End of quarter19–23

2nd quarter

Lead changeJackie Young25ft running pullup jump
6:0933–31
8–0 run
6:0933–31
4:2837–40
Lead changeKayla McBride22ft running jump · ast Miles
Lead changeA'ja WilsonLayup · ast Smith
3:3742–41

3rd quarter

5:4852–62
8–0 run
3.064–74
8–0 run
End of quarter64–74

4th quarter

9–0 run
7:2773–74
Full-time87–92

Player stats

Lynx92

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
N. HowardF	36	13	6-12	0-1	1-1	11	1	1	0	0	4	7	4	+13
N. CollierF	25	19	6-11	2-3	5-6	6	2	1	1	0	0	6	5	-4
K. McBrideG	33	13	3-6	2-5	5-5

Highlights

1:07Las Vegas Aces vs. Minnesota Lynx - Game HighlightsESPN 0:16Chelsea Gray hits the 3-pointerESPN 0:12Olivia Miles knocks down the treyESPN 0:09A'ja Wilson somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN 0:23Natasha Howard with the and-1 bucketESPN

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Where to watch

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Match details

Date: Sunday 16 August 2026
Started: 10:00 am Sydney time
Venue: Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas
Competition: WNBA
Officials: Isaac Barnett (Referee), Blanca Burns (Referee), Kevin Fahy (Referee)
Crowd: 10,415

Form and ladder

Las Vegas AcesMinnesota Lynx

3rdLadder1st

31W 13LRecord33W 11L

LLLWLLast 5LLWLW

Team lists

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Updated 11 Nov, 3:01 am

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Starters
S. TalbotF	10	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	-3
N. SmithF	30	17	7-13	0-0	3-4	12	1	1	1	0	9	3	1	-1
A. WilsonC	34	32	10-15	1-3	11-12	7	1	1	2	1	1	6	2	-8
C. GrayG	34	12	5-15	2-6	0-0	3	9	3	1	0	1	2	1	0
J. YoungG	33	8	3-11	2-7	0-0	1	9	6	1	0	0	1	3	-5
Bench
B. TurnerF	14	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2
J. LoydG	28	10	3-9	2-7	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	-3
M. YamamotoG	17	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-3
Team		87	31-69	9-28	16-18	29	20	13	7	2	12	17	14