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The 2023 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the sixth year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This was also the second season under head coach Becky Hammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the Connecticut Sun in the 2022 WNBA Finals.

The Aces largely kept their team intact after their championship season, only trading away Dearica Hamby, but signing former WNBA Champions Candace Parker and Alysha Clark in the offseason. This continuity proved positive in the first month of the season as the Aces went 4–0 in May. Their winning streak continued and went to seven games before they lost their first game of the season on June 8 to the Connecticut Sun. After the loss, they went on another seven game winning streak, and finished June 10–1. The winning streak continued into July, but ended on the third game of the month with a loss to Dallas. After the nine game winning streak, the Aces again won out in the month, finishing on a seven game winning streak, and finishing July with a 10–1 record. They manged to get their winning streak to eleven before losing to the New York Liberty on August 6. Their next loss would again come at the hands of New York, but this time it was in the Commissioner's Cup Final. The aces defeated New York in the next regular season game, but would then lose to Los Angeles to end a four game regular season winning streak. The Aces won three of their next five games to finish August with a 8–4 record. During the month, they secured their playoff berth on August 2. They entered the final month of the season fighting with New York for the first seed. The Aces won all three games in September to secure the top seed on the last day of the season.

The Aces finished with a 34–6 regular season record, which was a franchise and WNBA record for number of wins.[1] This was also the first season where the WNBA played 40 games. Their .850 winning percentage was a franchise record but not a WNBA record. The Aces finished as the first seed for the playoffs.

As the first seed, the Aces faced off against the eigtht seed Chicago Sky and would host the first two games of the three game series. The Aces didn't lose a quarter in Game One and took the game 87–59. The Aces dominated Game Two in similar fashion, not losing a quarter, and winning the game 92–70 to move on to the Semifinals. In the Semifinals, the Aces faced off against the Dallas Wings. The Aces would host the first two games of the five game series, and game five, if nesseccary. The Aces dominated Game One, only losing the fourth quarter, but winning the game 97–83. Dallas managed to win two quarters in Game Two, but the Aces won the game 91–84. Game Three, was much closer in Dallas, but the Aces used a strong second half to win the game 64–61 and moved on to the 2023 WNBA Finals.

In the Finals, the Aces faced off against the second seed, New York Liberty. The teams faced each other five times during the regular season, going 2–2 against each other, but the Aces lost the Commissioner's Cup. The Aces used a strong second half to win Game One 99–82. In Game Two, they dominated the first quarter, and again dominated the second half to win 104–76. The Aces only needed to win one of the last three games to retain their title. THe Liberty clawed one game back in New York, winning Game Three 87–73. In Game Four, the Aces, as they often had in the playoffs, had a strong second half, and won the game 70–69. The Aces became the first team since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002 to win back to back WNBA Championships, taking the Finals three games to one.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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3 36 Brittney Davis Шаблон:USA Alabama

Transactions

style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width=125" |Date style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" colspan="2" |Details
January 21, 2023 Traded Dearica Hamby and a 2024 First-Round Pick to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the negotiating rights to Amanda Zahui B and a 2024 Second-Round Pick[2]
February 1, 2023 Signed Candace Parker to a 1-Year Deal[3]
Signed Alysha Clark to a 2-Year Deal[4]
Signed Cayla George to a 1-Year Deal[5]
Signed Alexis Peterson and Courtney Range to Training Camp Contracts[6]
February 5, 2023 Traded the negotiating rights to Amanda Zahui B to the Washington Mystics for 2024 and 2025 Second-Round Picks[7]
February 6, 2023 Waived Iliana Rupert[8]
Signed Sydney Colson to a Training Camp Contract[9]
February 7. 2023 Signed Kiah Stokes to a 1-Year Deal[10]
April 12, 2023 Signed Elizabeth Balogun to a Training Camp Contract[11]
April 14, 2023 Signed Brittany Davis to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 24, 2023 Waived Elizabeth Balogun[12]
May 9, 2023 Waived Aisha Sheppard, Courtney Range, and Brittany Davis[13]
May 15, 2023 Waived Alexis Peterson[14]
June 30, 2023 Signed A'ja Wilson to a Contract Extension[15]
July 19, 2023 Signed Ashley Joens to a 7-Day Contract[16]
July 26, 2023 Signed Ashley Joens to a 2nd 7-Day Contract[17]
August 6, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a 7-Day Contract[18]
August 10, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a 2nd 7-Day Contract[19]
August 16, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
August 23, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a Hardship Contract[20]

Roster Changes

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Additions

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Amanda Zahui B Trade - January 21 Los Angeles Sparks
Candace Parker February 1 Chicago Sky
Alysha Clark February 1 Washington Mystics
Cayla George February 1 Melbourne Boomers
Alaina Coates August 2 Phoenix Mercury

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Subtractions

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Dearica Hamby Trade Los Angeles Sparks
Amanda Zahui B Trade Washington Mystics
Iliana Rupert Waived Atlanta Dream
Aisha Sheppard Waived -

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Roster

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Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench
Шаблон:Color box | PG Chelsea Gray Sydney Colson
Шаблон:Color box | SG Kelsey Plum Riquna WilliamsФайл:Cruz Roja.svg
Шаблон:Color box | SF Jackie Young Alysha Clark
Kierstan Bell
Шаблон:Color box | PF Candace ParkerФайл:Cruz Roja.svg Cayla George
Шаблон:Color box | C A'ja Wilson Kiah Stokes

Schedule

Preseason

Шаблон:WNBA game log start Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 13 | New York | W 84–77 | Kelsey Plum (22) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Peterson
Plum (3) | Michelob Ultra Arena
4,460 | 1–0 Шаблон:WNBA game log end

Regular Season

Шаблон:WNBA game log start Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 20 | @ Seattle | W 105–64 | Plum
Young (23) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Climate Pledge Arena
11,229 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 25 | @ Los Angeles | W 94–85 | Jackie Young (30) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Crypto.com Arena
7,314 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 27 | Los Angeles | W 93–65 | A'ja Wilson (23) | Kiah Stokes (9) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,191 | 3–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | May 28 | Minnesota | W 94–73 | Jackie Young (23) | Candace Parker (8) | Chelsea Gray (10) | Michelob Ultra Arena
7,970 | 4–0 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 | June 2 | @ Atlanta | W 92–87 | A'ja Wilson (21) | Kiah Stokes (7) | Chelsea Gray (4) | Gateway Center Arena
3,209 | 5–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 4 | @ Indiana | W 84–80 | A'ja Wilson (27) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse
6,131 | 6–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 6 | @ Connecticut | W 90–84 | A'ja Wilson (23) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena
4,368 | 7–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 8 | June 8 | @ Connecticut | L 77–94 | Kelsey Plum (16) | Bell
Stokes (5) | A'ja Wilson (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena
5,147 | 7–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | June 11 | Chicago | W 93–80 | A'ja Wilson (21) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Candace Parker (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,786 | 8–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 15 | Seattle | W 96–63 | Jackie Young (28) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,518 | 9–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 18 | Minnesota | W 93–62 | Jackie Young (24) | A'ja Wilson (14) | Gray
Parker (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,036 | 10–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | W 99–79 | Jackie Young (23) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Footprint Center
11,580 | 11–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 | June 24 | Indiana | W 101–88 | A'ja Wilson (28) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Chelsea Gray (12) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,310 | 12–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | June 26 | Indiana | W 88–80 | Chelsea Gray (25) | Candace Parker (12) | Chelsea Gray (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,143 | 13–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | June 29 | New York | W 98–81 | Kelsey Plum (18) | Candace Parker (6) | Kelsey Plum (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,587 | 14–1 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 | July 1 | Connecticut | W 102–84 | Kelsey Plum (25) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Candace Parker (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,596 | 15–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 5 | Dallas | W 89–82 | Jackie Young (28) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,177 | 16–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 18 | July 7 | @ Dallas | L 78–80 | Kelsey Plum (21) | Parker
Stokes (6) | Kelsey Plum (6) | College Park Center
6,251 | 16–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 9 | @ Minnesota | W 113–89 | Kelsey Plum (40) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Chelsea Gray (10) | Target Center
7,701 | 17–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | July 11 | Phoenix | W 98–72 | Jackie Young (23) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,281 | 18–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 | July 12 | @ Los Angeles | W 97–78 | A'ja Wilson (25) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Gray
Young (5) | Crypto.com Arena
8,085 | 19–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | July 20 | @ Seattle | W 79–63 | A'ja Wilson (23) | A'ja Wilson (15) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Climate Pledge Arena
7,873 | 20–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | July 22 | @ Minnesota | W 98–81 | A'ja Wilson (35) | A'ja Wilson (14) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Target Center
7,801 | 21–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 | July 25 | @ Chicago | W 107–95 | Kelsey Plum (27) | Kiah Stokes (17) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Wintrust Arena
9,025 | 22–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | July 30 | Dallas | W 104–91 | Kelsey Plum (28) | A'ja Wilson (7) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,213 | 23–2 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 | August 1 | Atlanta | W 93–72 | Jackie Young (24) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,366 | 24–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 27 | August 6 | @ New York | L 61–99 | Jackie Young (16) | A'ja Wilson (7) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Barclays Center
11,418 | 24–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 | August 8 | @ Dallas | W 104–84 | A'ja Wilson (28) | A'ja Wilson (14) | Kelsey Plum (8) | College Park Center
5,193 | 25–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | August 11 | Washington | W 113–89 | A'ja Wilson (40) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Gray
Plum (10) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,364 | 26–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 | August 13 | Atlanta | W 86–65 | A'ja Wilson (21) | Kiah Stokes (12) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,564 | 27–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | Commissioner's Cup Final | August 15 | New York | L 63–82 | Jackie Young (16) | Gray
Stokes (6) | Kelsey Plum (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,967 | — |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 | August 17 | New York | W 88–75 | Chelsea Gray (22) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,230 | 28–3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 32 | August 19 | Los Angeles | L 72–78 | A'ja Wilson (25) | A'ja Wilson (9) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,348 | 28–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 | August 22 | @ Atlanta | W 112–100 | A'ja Wilson (53) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Chelsea Gray (12) | Gateway Center Arena
3,209 | 29–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 | August 24 | @ Chicago | W 94–87 | Jackie Young (24) | Wilson
Young (10) | Chelsea Gray (10) | Wintrust Arena
8,084 | 30–4 |- style="background:#fcc" | 35 | August 26 | @ Washington | L 62–78 | Kelsey Plum (21) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Chelsea Gray (4) | Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200 | 30–5 |- style="background:#fcc" | 36 | August 28 | @ New York | L 85–94 | Jackie Young (24) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Barclays Center
11,615 | 30–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 37 | August 31 | Washington | W 84–75 | A'ja Wilson (26) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Kelsey Plum (10) | Michelob Ultra Arena
8,619 | 31–6 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 38 | September 2 | Seattle | W 103–77 | A'ja Wilson (30) | Kiah Stokes (11) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,319 | 32–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 39 | September 8 | @ Phoenix | W 94–73 | A'ja Wilson (30) | A'ja Wilson (9) | Chelsea Gray (12) | Footprint Center
13,206 | 33–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 40 | September 10 | Phoenix | W 100–85 | A'ja Wilson (36) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (8) | T-Mobile Arena
17,406 | 34–6 |- Шаблон:WNBA game log end

Playoffs

Шаблон:WNBA game log start Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 13 | Chicago | W 87–59 | Chelsea Gray (20) | Kiah Stokes (15) | Chelsea Gray (7) | T-Mobile Arena
12,927 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | September 17 | Chicago | W 92–70 | A'ja Wilson (38) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,000 | 2–0 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | September 24 | Dallas | W 97–83 | A'ja Wilson (34) | Jackie Young (10) | Jackie Young (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,784 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | September 26 | Dallas | W 91–84 | A'ja Wilson (30) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena
9,286 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | September 29 | @ Dallas | W 64–61 | Chelsea Gray (15) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Kelsey Plum (7) | College Park Center
6,251 | 3–0 Шаблон:WNBA game log section |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | October 8 | New York | W 99–82 | Plum
Young (26) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,300 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | October 11 | New York | W 104–76 | A'ja Wilson (26) | A'ja Wilson (15) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Michelob Ultra Arena
10,232 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 15 | @ New York | L 73–87 | Kelsey Plum (29) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Jackie Young (5) | Barclays Center
17,143 | 2–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 | October 18 | @ New York | W 70–69 | A'ja Wilson (24) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Jackie Young (7) | Barclays Center
16,851 | 3–1 Шаблон:WNBA game log end

Standings

Шаблон:2023 WNBA standings

Playoffs

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Statistics

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Regular Season

style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="16%" | Player style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | GP style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | GS style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | MPG style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | FG% style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | 3P% style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | FT% style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | RPG style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="5%" | APG style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | SPG style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | BPG style="Шаблон:WNBA color cell" width="6%" | PPG
A'ja Wilson 40 40 30.7 .557 .310 .812 9.5 1.6 1.4 2.2 22.8
Kelsey Plum 39 39 32.4 .475 .389 .912 2.4 4.5 1.1 0.0 18.7
Jackie Young 40 40 31.5 .523 .449 .867 4.0 3.8 1.3 0.1 17.6
Chelsea Gray 40 40 32.2 .490 .421 .897 4.0 7.3 1.4 0.6 15.3
Candace Parker 18 18 23.6 .465 .333 .893 5.4 3.7 1.5 0.9 9.0
Alysha Clark 39 1 22.5 .444 .386 .818 3.4 1.1 0.6 0.2 6.7
Kierstan Bell 36 0 11.8 .346 .244 .600 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.7
Cayla George 32 0 8.5 .288 .234 .000 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 2.3
Kiah Stokes 40 22 19.8 .434 .185 .500 5.9 0.6 0.7 1.0 2.2
Sydney Colson 28 0 4.8 .444 .375 .833 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.3
Alaina Coates 10 0 3.0 .800 .000 .250 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.9
Ashley Joens 2 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Playoffs

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A'ja Wilson 9 9 33.2 .554 .500 .831 11.8 1.2 1.4 2.3 23.8
Kelsey Plum 9 9 36.8 .417 .403 .875 3.2 3.8 1.3 0.0 18.3
Jackie Young 9 9 34.8 .421 .415 .914 5.6 5.0 1.6 0.1 16.7
Chelsea Gray 8 8 35.9 .436 .355 1.00 4.8 6.8 1.5 1.0 15.6
Alysha Clark 9 1 24.1 .529 .318 .929 4.4 1.3 0.3 0.1 8.2
Kiah Stokes 8 8 26.1 .563 .500 1.00 7.9 1.3 1.0 0.3 2.8
Cayla George 8 1 6.0 .200 .250 1.00 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.6
Kierstan Bell 8 0 6.3 .167 .000 1.00 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3
Sydney Colson 7 0 4.9 .250 .000 .000 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3
Alaina Coates 6 0 1.8 1.00 .000 .000 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3

Awards and honors

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A'ja Wilson WNBA All-Star Starter & Captain June 25 [21]
Western Conference Player of the Week June 27 [22]
July 25 [23]
August 15 [24]
August 29 [25]
Player of the Month - June July 5 [26]
Player of the Month - July August 2 [27]
Player of the Month - August September 6 [28]
Defensive Player of the Year September 22 [29]
All-Defensive First Team September 22 [30]
All-WNBA First Team October 15 [31]
WNBA Finals MVP October 18 [32]
Jackie Young WNBA All-Star Starter June 25 [21]
All-WNBA Second Team October 15 [31]
Chelsea Gray WNBA All-Star Starter June 25 [21]
Western Conference Player of the Week August 2 [33]
All-WNBA Second Team October 15 [31]
Kelsey Plum WNBA All-Star July 1 [34]
Becky Hammon Coach of the Month - June July 5 [26]
Alysha Clark Sixth Player of the Year September 18 [35]

References

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External links

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