Las Vegas Aces vs Chicago Sky Player game stats and box score | June 27, 2024

The Las Vegas Aces proved their might against the Chicago Sky on Thursday. Leaning on their second-quarter storm, the Aces kept the Sky at bay throughout the WNBA regular season matchup to escape with a 95-83 win in the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

The Aces made five more threes than the Sky and shot better from the field at 50%. The Sky was also shackled by the Aces’ defense, which recorded 11 blocks compared to Chicago’s 3. The win improved the Aces’ record to 9-6, as the Sky slid to 6-10.

Las Vegas Aces vs Chicago Sky player stats and box scores

Las Vegas Aces player stats and box scores

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
K. Stokes	4	8	2	1	6	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+12
A. Wilson	31	6	3	2	2	3	10-19	1-2	10-12	+1
C. Gray	8	6	5	0	0	1	3-5	0-2	2-2	+7
K. Plum	21	5	5	1	1	3	8-15	3-8	2-4	+2
J. Young	22	3	3	1	0	1	7-13	3-5	5-6	+4
A. Clark	0	4	1	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+8
T. Hayes	6	2	0	0	1	0	2-5	1-2	1-2	+10
M. Gustafson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
K.Martin	3	1-	1-	0-	0-	0-	1-3-	1-3-	0-0-	+13-
J. Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
S. Colson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K. Bell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chicago Sky player stats and box scores

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
A. Reese	18	11	1	0	0	0	7-16	0-0	4-5	-5
K. Cardoso	5	8	3	0	1	0	2-6	0-0	1-2	+1
L. Allen	10	4	5	1	1	0	5-7	0-1	0-0	0
M. Mambrey	21	6	4	0	1	3	8-16	3-8	2-3	-4
C. Carter	20	5	4	3	0	0	9-20	0-2	2-2	-7
I. Harrison	4	4	1	1	0	0	1-6	0-0	2-2	-10
B. Turner	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
K. Gondrezick	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
M. Onyenwere	0	0-	0-	0-	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	--8
D. DeShields	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
D. Evans	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12-
E. Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Las Vegas Aces vs Chicago Sky game summary

The game opened with both teams exchanging baskets, but after a tie at 14, the Chicago Sky scored five straight points to open a five-point lead early. The Sky’s lead in the first quarter grew to as much as six points before Aces’ A’ja Wilson scored on a driving layup to keep it to four.

The Aces came out in the second quarter with a 14-6 run, capitalizing on the Sky fielding in a lineup of mainly bench players. The lead then blew up to 10 points as the Sky struggled to find their offensive rhythm. Las Vegas ultimately outscored the Sky 25-14 in the second period to take a 46-39 lead at halftime.

The Sky cut it down to two early in the third quarter, but the Aces pounded on Chicago’s defensive miscues, resulting in driving layups and inside points. Las Vegas ended the third quarter with an 11-2 run to deny the Sky’s rally.

The Aces’ lead ballooned to as big as 18 points after Kelsey Plum’s three-pointer in the 6:50 mark of the fourth quarter. Sky’s rookie Angel Reese sparked the run that chopped the lead to 10 with under four minutes left, but it was too late for Chicago as Wilson and Plum carried the offensive load from there and sealed the win.

Aces' A'Ja Wilson dominates free-throw battle

Las Vegas Aces' superstar A'ja Wilson was relentless in attacking the basket throughout the game to take up most of the free throws in the game. Wilson shot 12 free throws and made 10 of them to make up almost half the team's total free throw attempts and makes.

The Sky also only shot one more free throw than Wilson to go 11-of-14 from the charity stripe. Overall, the Aces shot 20-of-27 from the free-throw area.

The free throw disparity stemmed from the Sky's 20 fouls in the game, five more than what the Aces committed. Free throws made most of the difference in the Aces' 83-95 win versus the Sky.