Wilson's double-double leads 2-time champion Aces past Mercury 89-80 in season opener

— A'ja Wilson had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the two-time champion Las Vegas Aces opened their season Tuesday night by holding off a late rally and beating the Phoenix Mercury 89-80.
May 15, 2024, 06:19 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses 39-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes 16-foot jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Alysha Clark makes two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Alysha Clark makes two point shot (Jackie Young assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson makes 17-foot jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes driving layup (Jackie Young assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kahleah Copper makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Jackie Young misses driving floating jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot (Jackie Young assists)
  • Jackie Young makes two point shot
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham blocks A'ja Wilson 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Sophie Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sophie Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes 18-foot jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson blocks Natasha Cloud 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Jackie Young blocks Sug Sutton 's 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sydney Colson makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi misses driving layup
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Megan Gustafson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Megan Gustafson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sug Sutton makes two point shot
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan blocks Kelsey Plum 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Sydney Colson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • A'ja Wilson misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rebecca Allen makes driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Kelsey Plum makes driving layup
  • Mikiah Herbert Harrigan misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • A'ja Wilson blocks Rebecca Allen 's 5-foot layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young makes driving layup
  • Rebecca Allen makes 4-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Natasha Mack blocks Jackie Young's two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Kelsey Plum misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes 5-foot layup (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jackie Young assists)
  • Natasha Mack misses 5-foot two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • Rebecca Allen makes 23-foot three point shot (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Megan Gustafson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rebecca Allen blocks Kelsey Plum 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Jackie Young makes driving layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Rebecca Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Jackie Young makes 4-foot layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jackie Young makes 26-foot three point jumper (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Diana Taurasi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jackie Young blocks Kahleah Copper 's 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum misses two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Alysha Clark makes 4-foot layup (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 4-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Mack assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson misses layup
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Mack misses 6-foot two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • Natasha Mack blocks A'ja Wilson's layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Mack misses two point shot
  • Megan Gustafson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alysha Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Kahleah Copper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Kelsey Plum misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Liz Dixon misses two point shot
  • Kelsey Plum makes two point shot (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kelsey Plum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sydney Colson assists)
  • Sug Sutton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Diana Taurasi makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Sophie Cunningham assists)
  • Diana Taurasi misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jackie Young misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sug Sutton misses driving layup
  • Jackie Young misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses 21-foot jumper
  • Jackie Young misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Mack makes layup (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Mack blocks A'ja Wilson 's 6-foot layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kelsey Plum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson blocks Natasha Cloud 's 6-foot driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kelsey Plum makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sydney Colson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Alysha Clark makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alysha Clark makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes 17-foot jumper (Kelsey Plum assists)
  • Rebecca Allen misses two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot
  • Sydney Colson misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Rebecca Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackie Young misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sophie Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kelsey Plum misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Rebecca Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Kiah Stokes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kiah Stokes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alysha Clark misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Diana Taurasi misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
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