by Las Vegas (AP) – A’ja Wilson collected 19 points and 13 rebounds, Dana Evans scored 17 points and the AS of Las Vegas beat the Phoenix Mercury 83-61 Thursday evening to win their ninth match.
Las Vegas (23-14) has not lost 111-58 at home against Minnesota on August 2 and won 11 of its last 12. The ASs won seven sequel games at home.
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Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray and Nalyssa Smith scored 12 points each for Las Vegas.
Wilson, who had his 18th double-double this season, had his 30-point channel for three.
Alyssa Thomas collected 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Phoenix (21-14). Sutou scored Sabally 15 points.
Sabally scored in the post to make a nine points match, but Evans responded with a Floater and Gray followed with a Fadeaway which made 59-46 at the end of the third quarter, and the ACE led by two digits the rest of the path.
The mercury was limited to low -season for the points (61) and the percentage of goals in the field (31%).
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Kierstan Bell struck a 3-point that gave the Aces the advance for good and triggered a 7-0 race which was 23-17 at the end of the first quarter.
Sabally converted a three-point game which reduced the deficit of Mercury to 37-29 with 1:41 to play in the second quarter, but Gray made a recovery jumping, a young lower in her own Miss and Gray struck another rider to give the aces a 14-point lead.
Kahleah Copper (RIB) left the match after a collision with Wilson in the third quarter and did not return.
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Mercury welcomes Golden State on Friday and Aces plays Washington on Saturday.
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