Aces 86-83 Mercury (Aug 15, 2025) Box Score

Las Vegas Aces

20-14, 9-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LV	15	26	19	26	86
PHX	17	25	17	24	83

Phoenix Mercury

19-13, 11-6 home

Las Vegas Aces

starters
NaLyssa SmithN. Smith#3
Kierstan BellK. Bell#1
A'ja WilsonA. Wilson#22
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Jackie YoungJ. Young#0
bench
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Dana EvansD. Evans#11
Aaliyah NyeA. Nye#13
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#17
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	3-7	0-1	1-2	1	8	9	0	0	0	3	4	+9	7
14	2-6	0-3	0-2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	+4	4
34	8-16	0-0	14-15	5	11	16	1	0	2	2	1	+7	30
36	5-11	0-2	6-6	0	2	2	9	3	2	1	1	+8	16
33	7-13	2-5	1-1	2	5	7	5	0	1	1	3	+9	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
29	4-9	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	10
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	-11	0
11	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	-9	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	30-66	4-18	22-26	12	27	39	21	6	5	11	15		86
	45.5%	22.2%	84.6%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Natasha MackN. Mack#4
Satou SaballyS. Sabally#0
Kahleah CopperK. Copper#2
Monique Akoa MakaniM. Akoa Makani#8
bench
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#14
Kathryn WestbeldK. Westbeld#24
Sami WhitcombS. Whitcomb#33
Kalani BrownK. Brown#21
Kitija LaksaK. Laksa#9
Kiana WilliamsK. Williams#23
Lexi HeldL. Held#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	6-11	0-0	3-5	0	6	6	9	3	1	3	4	-7	15
22	2-5	0-0	0-0	3	3	6	2	0	1	2	2	+5	4
30	10-16	3-7	3-4	4	1	5	4	2	1	2	3	-6	26
30	6-15	3-8	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	-5	15
32	3-9	2-5	0-0	0	4	4	6	0	0	2	2	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-6	1-3	5-5	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	3	+5	12
10	0-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	-6	0
18	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	-1	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-68	10-27	11-14	7	23	30	23	7	3	12	19		83
	45.6%	37.0%	78.6%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

LV leads 2-1

Mercury
76
Aces
70

Game 1

6/15

Aces
84
Mercury
81

Game 2

6/29

Aces
86
Mercury
83

Game 3

8/15

Mercury
Aces

Game 4

8/21

Prime Video

PHX Arena

10:00 PM, August 15, 2025Coverage: ION

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 10,850

Referees:
Michael Price
Teresa Stuck
Kelly Broomfield

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	28	5	.848	-	W6
Phoenix	19	13	.594	8.5	L2
Las Vegas	20	14	.588	8.5	W6
Golden State	18	15	.545	10	W4
Seattle	17	17	.500	11.5	W1
Los Angeles	16	17	.485	12	W1
Dallas	9	25	.265	19.5	L1

Lynx take down Liberty 86-80

The Lynx hold on to beat the Liberty 86-80 in a WNBA Finals rematch.

Williams scores 26, McBride hits 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left as Lynx beat Liberty 86-80

— Courtney Williams scored a season-high 26 points, Kayla McBride hit a deep 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left and the Minnesota Lynx beat the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty 86-80 on Saturday.

Natasha Cloud misses crunch-time layup for Liberty

Natasha Cloud is unable to convert a layup that would have cut the Liberty deficit to one late in the fourth quarter vs. the Lynx.

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Las Vegas Aces

Phoenix Mercury

Regular Season Series

LV leads 2-1

Game Information

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

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Lynx take down Liberty 86-80

Williams scores 26, McBride hits 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left as Lynx beat Liberty 86-80

Natasha Cloud misses crunch-time layup for Liberty