Phoenix Mercury @ Las Vegas Aces

WNBA Finals - Game 1 • LV leads series 1-0

27-17, 12-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	21	29	21	15	86
Aces LV	21	24	22	22	89

Las Vegas AcesAcesLV

30-14, 17-5 Home

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
38	7-10	0-0	1-4	0	10	10	9	0	1	5	1	-2	15
16	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	2	1	0	+8	4
31	6-12	3-7	4-4	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	5	0	19
36	7-12	5-9	2-2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	21
26	3-6	2-3	3-3	0	2	2	3	2	0	3	2	-1	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	4-13	2-7	0-0	2	6	8	0	1	1	1	3	-12	10
5	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	+1	0
22	2-8	2-8	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	-9	6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	31-66	14-36	10-13	6	29	35	20	4	4	12	17		86
	47.0%	38.9%	76.9%

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
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#17
Jewell LoydJ. Loyd#24
Dana EvansD. Evans#11
Aaliyah NyeA. Nye#13
Cheyenne Parker-TyusC. Parker-Tyus#32
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	2-2	0-0	0-4	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	2	-6	4
5	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
38	7-16	0-1	7-9	4	6	10	5	1	2	0	0	+2	21
35	2-7	1-4	3-3	0	7	7	10	1	1	1	1	+10	8
32	3-13	0-6	4-4	1	1	2	5	2	0	2	5	-6	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+4	2
35	8-16	2-7	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	+3	18
26	8-13	5-6	0-0	0	2	2	3	4	0	0	0	+9	21
1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	33-72	9-27	14-20	8	25	33	24	9	3	5	12		89
	45.8%	33.3%	70.0%

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

Mercury
86
Aces
89

Game 1

10/3

Mercury
Aces

Game 2

10/5

ABC

Aces
Mercury

Game 3

10/8

ESPN

Aces
Mercury

Game 4

10/10

ESPN

Mercury
Aces

Game 5

10/12

ABC

Aces
Mercury

Game 6

10/15

ESPN

Mercury
Aces

Game 7

10/17

ESPN

Michelob ULTRA Arena

8:00 PM, October 3, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 10,266

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Eric Brewton
Randy Richardson
Jenna Reneau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

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