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New York Liberty @ Las Vegas Aces 82–63

2023-08-15 · Cup final · WNBA · Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas NV · Att. 8,967

New York Liberty 2023 · Las Vegas Aces 2023 · 2023 season

Score by period

	1	2	3	4	T
NYL	17	15	24	26	82
LVA	11	23	14	15	63

Team stats

	Liberty	Aces
Field goals	28-69 .406	23-69 .333
Three-pointers	15-35 .429	5-26 .192
Free throws	11-17 .647	12-14 .857
Offensive rebounds	12	4
Defensive rebounds	37	24
Total rebounds	49	28
Assists	20	14
Steals	3	9
Blocks	6	3
Turnovers	16	9
Personal fouls	17	16
Technical fouls	1	0
Points in the paint	18	28
Fast-break points	6	8
Points off turnovers	17	5
Largest lead	20	7

New York Liberty

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Breanna Stewart F	36	13	4-16	2-5	3-4	1	6	7	1	0	2	0	2	+15
Courtney Vandersloot G	35	11	5-9	1-4	0-2	2	4	6	10	2	1	3	1	+20
Jonquel Jones F	33	16	5-10	1-4	5-7	7	8	15	1	1	2	4	3	+20
Sabrina Ionescu G	33	12	4-14	3-8	1-2	0	8	8	2	0	1	1	3	+9
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton F	23	2	0-5	0-2	2-2	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	4	+6
Kayla Thornton F	16	8	3-6	2-4	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	+17
Marine Johannes G	14	17	6-8	5-7	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	4	2	+9
Jocelyn Willoughby G	4	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4
Stefanie Dolson C	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-4
Nyara Sabally F	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1
Total		82	28-69	15-35	11-17	12	37	49	20	3	6	16	17

FG .406 · 3P .429 · FT .647

Did not play: Han Xu (coach's decision)

Las Vegas Aces

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Chelsea Gray G	37	15	6-14	1-4	2-2	0	6	6	5	1	0	4	2	-17
Jackie Young G	35	16	7-19	2-8	0-0	1	3	4	1	2	1	0	1	-12
A'ja Wilson F	35	9	2-10	0-0	5-6	0	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	-17
Kelsey Plum G	33	15	4-11	2-6	5-6	0	3	3	6	2	0	2	5	-10
Kiah Stokes C	16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Alysha Clark F	26	4	2-8	0-5	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	-16
Kierstan Bell G	11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-16
Sydney Colson G	2	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	-2
Cayla George F	2	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-2
Alaina Coates C	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Total		63	23-69	5-26	12-14	4	24	28	14	9	3	9	16

FG .333 · 3P .192 · FT .857

Play-by-play

Show every play (386)

Quarter 1

10:00 NYL Jonquel Jones vs. A'ja Wilson (Sabrina Ionescu gains possession)
9:43 NYL Betnijah Laney traveling
9:20 LVA Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
9:12 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
9:03 NYL Betnijah Laney misses 24-foot three point jumper
9:01 NYL Betnijah Laney offensive rebound
8:59 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
8:56 LVA Kiah Stokes defensive rebound
8:46 LVA Chelsea Gray misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
8:43 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
8:24 NYL Betnijah Laney misses two point shot
8:22 LVA Kiah Stokes defensive rebound
8:14 LVA Jonquel Jones blocks Kelsey Plum 's 8-foot driving layup
8:13 LVA Kiah Stokes offensive rebound
8:11 LVA Jackie Young misses 24-foot three point jumper
8:09 NYL Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound
7:58 LVA Kelsey Plum shooting foul
7:58 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses free throw 1 of 2
7:58 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
7:58 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses free throw 2 of 2
7:55 LVA A'ja Wilson defensive rebound
7:49 LVA Kiah Stokes out of bounds bad pass turnover
7:32 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
7:29 LVA A'ja Wilson defensive rebound
7:26 LVA Jackie Young misses two point shot
7:24 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
7:11 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot jumper
7:08 LVA Jackie Young defensive rebound
6:57 LVA A'ja Wilson misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
6:55 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
6:37 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
6:33 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
6:29 NYL Betnijah Laney shooting foul
6:29 LVA A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2 0–1
6:29 LVA A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2 0–2
6:12 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 3–2
5:59 LVA Kiah Stokes misses layup
5:57 LVA Kiah Stokes offensive rebound
5:44 LVA A'ja Wilson makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists) 3–4
5:29 NYL Jonquel Jones makes 17-foot jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 5–4
5:16 LVA Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
5:13 NYL Betnijah Laney defensive rebound
5:02 NYL Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup 7–4
4:53 LVA Kelsey Plum misses two point shot
4:51 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
4:38 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses 26-foot three point jumper
4:35 LVA A'ja Wilson defensive rebound
4:27 LVA Chelsea Gray misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:26 NYL Liberty defensive team rebound
4:26 Official timeout
4:26 LVA Alysha Clark enters the game for Kiah Stokes
4:10 NYL Jonquel Jones makes 5-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists) 9–4
3:57 LVA Kelsey Plum misses 24-foot three point jumper
3:55 LVA Jackie Young offensive rebound
3:52 LVA Kelsey Plum misses 26-foot three point jumper
3:48 NYL Betnijah Laney defensive rebound
3:33 NYL Betnijah Laney misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
3:29 LVA Kelsey Plum defensive rebound
3:26 LVA Kelsey Plum misses running pullup jump shot
3:24 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
3:19 NYL Betnijah Laney offensive foul
3:19 NYL Betnijah Laney turnover
3:19 NYL Marine Johannes enters the game for Courtney Vandersloot
3:19 NYL Kayla Thornton enters the game for Jonquel Jones
3:09 LVA A'ja Wilson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
3:07 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
2:56 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot 11–4
2:42 LVA Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
2:39 NYL Breanna Stewart defensive rebound
2:29 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:26 LVA Jackie Young defensive rebound
2:21 LVA A'ja Wilson makes two point shot (Jackie Young assists) 11–6
1:56 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 28-foot three point jumper
1:53 LVA Alysha Clark defensive rebound
1:52 NYL Betnijah Laney personal foul
1:52 LVA Kierstan Bell enters the game for Kelsey Plum
1:52 NYL Courtney Vandersloot enters the game for Betnijah Laney
1:49 LVA Jackie Young makes 6-foot layup (Chelsea Gray assists) 11–8
1:36 NYL Marine Johannes makes 25-foot three pointer (Kayla Thornton assists) 14–8
1:24 LVA Sabrina Ionescu blocks Jackie Young 's 5-foot driving layup
1:21 NYL Marine Johannes defensive rebound
1:11 NYL Marine Johannes makes 27-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 17–8
1:10 LVA Aces Full timeout
0:56 NYL Kayla Thornton defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)
0:56 LVA Chelsea Gray makes technical free throw 17–9
0:46 LVA Chelsea Gray makes two point shot 17–11
0:32 NYL Marine Johannes misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
0:29 LVA Jackie Young defensive rebound
0:17 LVA Kierstan Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper
0:15 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
0:00 NYL Kayla Thornton misses 27-foot three point jumper
0:00 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
0:00 End of the 1st Quarter

Quarter 2

10:00 LVA Kelsey Plum enters the game for Jackie Young
10:00 NYL Jonquel Jones enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu
10:00 NYL Jocelyn Willoughby enters the game for Breanna Stewart
9:40 LVA Kelsey Plum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alysha Clark assists) 17–14
9:15 NYL Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists) 20–14
9:05 LVA Chelsea Gray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Plum assists) 20–17
8:51 NYL Courtney Vandersloot makes 17-foot step back jumpshot 22–17
8:35 LVA A'ja Wilson misses layup
8:32 NYL Marine Johannes defensive rebound
8:20 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
8:18 LVA Kierstan Bell defensive rebound
8:09 LVA Kelsey Plum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
8:07 NYL Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound
8:02 NYL Marine Johannes makes 26-foot three point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 25–17
7:48 LVA Chelsea Gray lost ball turnover (Courtney Vandersloot steals)
7:43 NYL Marine Johannes makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 28–17
7:42 LVA Aces 20 Sec. timeout
7:42 LVA Kiah Stokes enters the game for Kierstan Bell
7:42 LVA Jackie Young enters the game for A'ja Wilson
7:42 NYL Sabrina Ionescu enters the game for Kayla Thornton
7:42 NYL Breanna Stewart enters the game for Jocelyn Willoughby
7:31 LVA Jackie Young makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Kelsey Plum assists) 28–19
7:24 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
7:22 LVA Alysha Clark defensive rebound
7:11 LVA Chelsea Gray back court turnover
6:59 LVA Alysha Clark personal foul
6:59 LVA A'ja Wilson enters the game for Chelsea Gray
6:52 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot jumper
6:47 NYL Courtney Vandersloot offensive rebound
6:41 NYL Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
6:38 NYL Courtney Vandersloot offensive rebound
6:35 NYL Marine Johannes lost ball turnover (Kelsey Plum steals)
6:32 LVA Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point shot
6:29 NYL Liberty defensive team rebound
6:18 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
6:15 LVA Kiah Stokes defensive rebound
6:08 LVA A'ja Wilson misses 13-foot two point shot
6:05 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
6:01 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 9-foot two point shot
5:59 LVA Kiah Stokes defensive rebound
5:55 Official timeout
5:45 NYL Marine Johannes shooting foul
5:45 LVA Kelsey Plum makes free throw 1 of 2 28–20
5:45 LVA Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2 28–21
5:32 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 8-foot two point shot
5:30 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive rebound
5:29 NYL Jonquel Jones makes two point shot 30–21
5:22 NYL Sabrina Ionescu personal foul
5:22 LVA Chelsea Gray enters the game for Alysha Clark
5:22 NYL Betnijah Laney enters the game for Marine Johannes
5:10 LVA Chelsea Gray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot 30–23
4:52 NYL Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
4:48 LVA A'ja Wilson defensive rebound
4:42 LVA Breanna Stewart blocks Chelsea Gray 's 13-foot pullup jump shot
4:40 NYL Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound
4:20 NYL Betnijah Laney misses 26-foot three point jumper
4:17 LVA Kelsey Plum defensive rebound
4:14 LVA Jackie Young misses 8-foot two point shot
4:12 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
4:07 LVA Chelsea Gray personal foul
3:57 LVA Kiah Stokes shooting foul
3:57 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2 31–23
3:57 NYL Stefanie Dolson enters the game for Jonquel Jones
3:57 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2 32–23
3:40 NYL Stefanie Dolson shooting foul
3:40 LVA A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2 32–24
3:40 LVA Alysha Clark enters the game for Kiah Stokes
3:40 LVA A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2 32–25
3:23 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
3:20 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
3:10 NYL Courtney Vandersloot shooting foul
3:10 LVA Kelsey Plum misses free throw 1 of 2
3:10 LVA Aces offensive team rebound
3:10 NYL Liberty Full timeout
3:10 LVA Kelsey Plum makes free throw 2 of 2 32–26
2:45 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
2:43 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
2:43 NYL Jonquel Jones enters the game for Stefanie Dolson
2:40 NYL Courtney Vandersloot bad pass (Alysha Clark steals)
2:37 LVA Alysha Clark makes two point shot 32–28
2:21 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
2:17 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
2:10 NYL Breanna Stewart shooting foul
2:10 LVA A'ja Wilson misses free throw 1 of 2
2:10 LVA Aces offensive team rebound
2:10 LVA A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2 32–29
1:56 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot two point shot
1:53 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
1:44 LVA Alysha Clark misses 21-foot jumper
1:41 NYL Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound
1:28 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive foul
1:28 NYL Jonquel Jones turnover
1:14 LVA Alysha Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
1:11 NYL Betnijah Laney defensive rebound
0:55 NYL Jonquel Jones traveling
0:41 LVA Chelsea Gray makes driving layup 32–31
0:41 NYL Sabrina Ionescu shooting foul
0:41 NYL Kayla Thornton enters the game for Betnijah Laney
0:41 LVA Chelsea Gray makes free throw 1 of 1 32–32
0:34 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
0:33 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
0:29 LVA Jackie Young makes two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists) 32–34
0:08 NYL Jonquel Jones lost ball turnover (Chelsea Gray steals)
0:03 LVA Jackie Young misses 26-foot three point jumper
0:01 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
0:00 End of the 2nd Quarter

Quarter 3

10:00 LVA Kiah Stokes enters the game for Alysha Clark
10:00 NYL Betnijah Laney enters the game for Kayla Thornton
9:44 LVA Jackie Young makes 25-foot three pointer 32–37
9:20 NYL Kiah Stokes blocks Jonquel Jones 's 6-foot driving layup
9:19 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive rebound
9:18 NYL Jackie Young blocks Jonquel Jones 's 3-foot two point shot
9:16 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive rebound
9:16 NYL shot clock turnover
8:54 LVA Jackie Young makes 7-foot two point shot (Kelsey Plum assists) 32–39
8:40 LVA Kiah Stokes shooting foul
8:40 NYL Jonquel Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
8:40 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
8:40 NYL Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2 33–39
8:22 LVA A'ja Wilson misses 7-foot two point shot
8:20 NYL Betnijah Laney defensive rebound
8:09 NYL Courtney Vandersloot makes 26-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists) 36–39
7:51 LVA Kiah Stokes out of bounds lost ball turnover
7:39 NYL Courtney Vandersloot makes 4-foot two point shot 38–39
7:27 LVA Jackie Young makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Kelsey Plum assists) 38–41
7:05 NYL Breanna Stewart misses layup
7:03 NYL Breanna Stewart offensive rebound
6:59 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 41–41
6:56 LVA Aces 20 Sec. timeout
6:30 LVA Jackie Young misses driving floating jump shot
6:28 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
6:17 NYL Betnijah Laney misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
6:15 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
6:14 NYL Sabrina Ionescu traveling
6:00 LVA Chelsea Gray bad pass (Jonquel Jones steals)
5:55 NYL Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point shot
5:52 LVA Kelsey Plum defensive rebound
5:32 LVA Kelsey Plum makes 4-foot two point shot 41–43
5:17 LVA Kiah Stokes personal foul
5:17 LVA Alysha Clark enters the game for Kiah Stokes
5:09 LVA Kelsey Plum shooting foul
5:09 NYL Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2 42–43
5:09 NYL Breanna Stewart misses free throw 2 of 2
5:05 LVA A'ja Wilson defensive rebound
4:45 LVA Chelsea Gray misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:42 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
4:27 NYL Jonquel Jones 3 second turnover
4:27 Official timeout
4:27 NYL Kayla Thornton enters the game for Jonquel Jones
4:18 LVA Jackie Young misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
4:16 NYL Kayla Thornton defensive rebound
4:05 LVA Chelsea Gray personal foul
3:51 NYL Kayla Thornton makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists) 44–43
3:40 NYL Betnijah Laney personal foul
3:40 NYL Jonquel Jones enters the game for Betnijah Laney
3:31 LVA A'ja Wilson misses 5-foot two point shot
3:30 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
3:19 NYL Kayla Thornton misses 8-foot two point shot
3:17 NYL Jonquel Jones offensive rebound
3:16 NYL Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
3:13 LVA Chelsea Gray defensive rebound
3:02 LVA Alysha Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:59 NYL Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound
2:50 LVA Alysha Clark personal foul
2:50 NYL Sabrina Ionescu misses free throw 1 of 2
2:50 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
2:50 LVA Kierstan Bell enters the game for Kelsey Plum
2:50 NYL Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2 45–43
2:40 LVA Jonquel Jones blocks Chelsea Gray 's 7-foot driving layup
2:37 NYL Kayla Thornton defensive rebound
2:33 NYL Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
2:32 LVA Aces defensive team rebound
2:32 NYL Breanna Stewart loose ball foul
2:32 NYL Marine Johannes enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu
2:19 LVA Alysha Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
2:16 NYL Kayla Thornton defensive rebound
2:01 NYL Marine Johannes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 48–43
1:47 NYL Jonquel Jones personal foul
1:39 LVA Chelsea Gray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot 48–45
1:21 NYL Breanna Stewart makes 11-foot two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 50–45
1:04 LVA Jackie Young makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists) 50–48
0:47 NYL Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:45 NYL Kayla Thornton offensive rebound
0:43 NYL Kayla Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 53–48
0:27 LVA A'ja Wilson misses layup
0:24 NYL Jonquel Jones defensive rebound
0:04 NYL Kayla Thornton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists) 56–48
0:02 LVA Chelsea Gray lost ball turnover (Courtney Vandersloot steals)
0:01 NYL Marine Johannes misses 27-foot three point jumper
0:00 NYL Liberty offensive team rebound
0:00 End of the 3rd Quarter

Quarter 4