A’ja Wilson Leads Aces to Game 3 Win Over the Seattle Storm

Gray said that the Aces felt the momentum shift to their side as they huddled before overtime and discussed that they needed to capitalize on that. “It was deflating for the home team,” she said, adding: “We were ready. We came out locked in for those five minutes.”

The top-seeded Aces lead the best-of-five series, two games to one. Game 4 will be played on Tuesday at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena at 10 p.m. Eastern. It could be the final one of a decorated 19-season career for Bird, who said in June that 2022 would be her last W.N.B.A. season.

“We were up 4 with not a lot of time left, and that’s really to me where we lost the game, letting them take the lead,” Bird said. “They scored, what, 5 points in three seconds? That, to me, is where we really let this one go. You know, I understand the last plays are going to stick out because they’re dramatic and exciting, and I’m sure it was great TV, but we were up 4.”

Bird was asked if being on the brink of elimination in her final season was the challenge she was hoping for in her last year; she scoffed at the question before it was finished being asked.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/sports/wnba-semifinals-game-3-aces-storm.html