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The Sky were paced by forward Marina Mabrey,
who scored a team-high 21 points. Chennedy Carter added 20
points and star rookie Angel Reese finished with 18 points and
11 rebounds, posting her ninth straight double-double. Lindsay
Allen added 10 points and five assists.
Wilson scored 15 points in the first quarter on 6-of-10
shooting, but the Sky led 25-21 heading into the second quarter
thanks to 13 points from Mabrey.
The Aces (9-6) led 46-39 at the half, but the Sky (6-10) briefly
took a 51-50 lead on Kamilla Cardoso's hook shot with 6:42 left
in the third quarter. The Aces answered with a 22-10 run to take
control of the game over the next six minutes. Jackie Young had
12 points during that run, including a pair of 3-pointers to
begin the rally.
Young finished with 22 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the floor.
Kelsey Plum scored 16 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter to
help the Aces stretch their lead. Plum's 3-pointer with 6:50 to
play increased Las Vegas' cushion to 85-67, the largest lead of
the night. Chicago never got closer than 10 points the rest of
the way.
The Aces connected on 50 percent (33-for-66) of their shots, and
hit 20 of 27 free-throw attempts. Chicago shot just 43.6 percent
(34-for-78) from the floor but had only seven turnovers for the
game.
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