Postgame Notes – Game 1 – Sun vs. Aces – WNBA Finals 2022 Presented by YouTube TV
September 11, 2022 – Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
Game Notes:
Both teams were held to its lowest point total this postseason in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Presented by YoutubeTV.
Las Vegas improves to 3-1 in the season series with Connecticut.
Aces forward A’ja Wilson led all scorers with 24 points and tied a game-high with 11 rebounds.
Sunday was Wilson’s fourth consecutive double-double performance.
Her 24 points set a new career-high scoring in the WNBA Finals.
Wilson has recorded at least 10 rebounds in six of seven games played this postseason.
Wilson went 12-of-14 from the free throw line in Game 1. She is the seventh player in WNBA Finals history to make at least 12 from the charity stripe in a Finals game.
Aces guard Chelsea Gray added 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting.
Gray has ended five of seven games played this postseason with at least 20 points.
As a team, Las Vegas went 16-of-19 from the free throw line, while Connecticut shot 3-of-5 from the line.
The Aces built its largest lead in the game at 21-9 in the first quarter.
Connecticut started the second quarter on an 13-4 run over the first 5:44 of the quarter to take the lead, 30-29.
Alyssa Thomas led Connecticut with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Her 19 points marked a 2022 postseason-high for her and her fourth double-double in the 2022 playoffs.
With 15 points today, Jonquel Jones moved into fourth all-time in scoring in Connecticut Sun postseason history, passing Asjha Jones (370).
Connecticut held Las Vegas tied for the fewest second quarter points scored in a WNBA Finals game with 9.
Curt Miller WNBA Finals Record: 2-4, WNBA Playoffs Record: 15-15 (.500)
Becky Hammon WNBA Finals Record: 1-0, WNBA Playoffs Record: 6-1 (.857)
Connecticut had won each of the first two Game 1’s this postseason until Sunday.
Attendance 10,135 – Michelob ULTRA Arena record
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