BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 29 capabilities, seven rebounds and a profession-excessive seven blocks to handbook the tip-seeded Las Vegas Aces past the Connecticut Solar 83-75 on Tuesday evening to even the highest-of-five playoff series at 1-1.
Wilson transformed a three-point play with 1: 03 final to spoil a tie at 75. After Connecticut’s 17th turnover of the sport, Wilson drove to the basket all over again, bobbled it and made the layup while being fouled. She missed the free throw, but Angel McCoughtry grabbed the rebound and Dearica Hamby made 1 of 2 free throws for an eight-point lead.
“We had been going to protect this sport. I didn’t desire to be down 2-0,” Wilson talked about of her mindset down the stretch. “Received to procure methods to secure it happen. Tried my highest to complete it.”
DeWanna Bonner led Connecticut with 23 capabilities and seven rebounds, and Briann January added 20 capabilities. Alyssa Thomas, averaging 15.5 capabilities and nine rebounds, left the sport within the foremost quarter after injuring her proper shoulder and did now not return.
Connecticut coach Curt Miller talked about he didn’t know what Thomas’ house modified into as soon as for the comfort of the series.
“I will procure out more,” he talked about. “Dislocated shoulder is the rumor that’s floating across the bench, but it completely’s now not confirmed.”
Thomas returned to the bench leisurely within the fourth quarter along with her arm in a sling.
Jasmine Thomas, who scored a profession-excessive 31 capabilities in Sport 1, modified into as soon as held to 10 capabilities.
Las Vegas coach Invoice Laimbeer is 5-1 in his final six playoff series when shedding first sport and is now 9-1 within the next playoff sport after his team loses by double digits.
McCoughtry, Hamby and Kayla McBride every added 11 capabilities for Las Vegas. It modified into as soon as Wilson’s 16th sport with 20-plus capabilities this season.
