{"id":631117,"date":"2026-04-27T03:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631117\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:48:07","slug":"without-aja-wilson-chennedy-carter-leads-las-vegas-aces-in-win-vs-team-japan-in-wnba-preseason-opener-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631117\/","title":{"rendered":"Without A\u2019ja WIlson, Chennedy Carter leads Las Vegas Aces in win vs. Team Japan in WNBA preseason opener | Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chennedy Carter scored 18 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Japan National Team 94-78 on Sunday at Michelob Ultra in their WNBA preseason opener.<\/p>\n<p>After a season away from the WNBA, it was Carter\u2019s first WNBA game since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Young added 17 points and Chelsea Gray scored 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Aces were without four-time league MVP A\u2019ja Wilson, who was listed as out with a right arm injury. Aces coach Becky Hammon said there were no long-term concerns and that her absence was precautionary.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson participated in the full warmup prior to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Mai Yamamoto led Japan with 18 points, including 4-of-5 shooting from the 3-point line in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Callie Fin at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/aces\/without-mvp-chennedy-carter-leads-as-aces-beat-team-japan-to-open-wnba-preseason-action-3793150\/mailto:cfin@reviewjournal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cfin@reviewjournal.com.<\/a> Follow @Callie__Fin on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chennedy Carter scored 18 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Japan National Team 94-78 on Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-631117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}