The Las Vegas Aces have made history with their championship win as they defeated the New York Liberty to claim the WNBA Championship 2023.
🏆 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗧𝗢-𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 🏆
The Las Vegas Aces are your 2023 @WNBA Champions!#RaiseTheStakes pic.twitter.com/jobnzWovzM
— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) October 19, 2023
With this win the Aces have also etched their name in the history of the Women’s National Basketball Association as they became the third team to win their title twice in a row.
The Las Vegas Aces became the first squad to win two consecutive championships in twenty-one years, an accomplishment last carried out by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001–2002.
The Aces are the 3rd team to win consecutive WNBA titles, joining Comets (1997-2000) and Sparks (2001-02).
A'ja Wilson's 3rd career playoff game with 20 points and 15 rebounds (a WNBA record) is the first in a title-clinching win. pic.twitter.com/JtTWvhMag9
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 19, 2023
According to ESPN Stats and Info, “The Aces are the 3rd team to win consecutive WNBA titles, joining Comets (1997-2000) and Sparks (2001-02). A’ja Wilson’s 3rd career playoff game with 20 points and 15 rebounds (a WNBA record) is the first in a title-clinching win.”
Throughout the season, A’ja Wilson, a WNBA legend, has been producing breathtaking plays and making history with her exceptional talent. Wilson concluded her defending title game with 20 points and 15 rebounds. This was her third career playoff game and with this, she made another WNBA record.
VEGAS TURN UP, THE ACES ARE WNBA CHAMPS AGAIN‼️ pic.twitter.com/oUFrOLYmBM
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 19, 2023
The Aces’ ability to prevail in an intense game despite being far from optimally healthy was arguably the most astounding aspect of their determination. Wilson’s squad was already without starting players Kiah Stokes and Chelsea Grey in addition to Candace Parker.
THE FINAL SECONDS THAT CROWNED THE @LVACES BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS 👑 pic.twitter.com/YhlV9rCzYb
— WNBA (@WNBA) October 19, 2023
The last seconds of the game came to Courtney Vandersloot as she missed the point during the score 69-70. According to ESPN, Wilson shared her sentiments about the game and said, “It’s not easy, as you know. This is what it’s all about,”
“Not a lot of people get to do it. To be short-handed and win is amazing. It makes the win that much better. It’s hard to get back to the Finals to win again.”
Alysha Clark, further said, “We’ve been facing adversity all season, playing without different players. … We have some professional fighters,”
“To weather the storm of everything we went through, to show up every single day. To be in this moment right now and do it together, it speaks volumes about us, our chemistry.”
New York Libert’s head coach, Sandy Brondello, also said, “It’s a play we’ve ran before, get the ball to Stewie’s hand,”
“Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. We got it where we wanted to, but didn’t make it.”
Breanna Stewart the star of the Liberty expressed, “I think they were throwing whatever defense they had at us and make sure it’s ugly,”
“Sometimes we lost our flow and ball movement.”
