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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	15	7-10	0-0	1-4	10	9	5	0	1	0	10	1	-2
16	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	+8
31	19	6-12	3-7	4-4	4	4	2	0	0	2	2	5	0
36	21	7-12	5-9	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0
26	11	3-6	2-3	3-3	2	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	10	4-13	2-7	0-0	8	0	1	1	1	2	6	3	-12
5	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1
22	6	2-8	2-8	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	-9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	86	31-66	14-36	10-13	35	20	12	4	4	6	29	17
		47%	39%	77%

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	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	4	2-2	0-0	0-4	6	0	1	1	0	1	5	2	-6
5	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
38	21	7-16	0-1	7-9	10	5	0	1	2	4	6	0	+2
35	8	2-7	1-4	3-3	7	10	1	1	1	0	7	1	+10
32	10	3-13	0-6	4-4	2	5	2	2	0	1	1	5	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+4
35	18	8-16	2-7	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	+3
26	21	8-13	5-6	0-0	2	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	+9
1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	89	33-72	9-27	14-20	33	24	5	9	3	8	25	12
		46%	33%	70%

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

Mercury
86
Aces
89

Game 1

10/3

Mercury
78
Aces
91

Game 2

10/5

Aces
90
Mercury
88

Game 3

10/8

Aces
97
Mercury
86

Game 4

10/10

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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