{"id":133926,"date":"2025-09-05T04:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133926\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:44:06","slug":"aja-wilson-scores-31-aces-moves-into-a-second-place-tie-in-wnba-standings-with-win-over-lynx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133926\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson scores 31, Aces moves into a second-place tie in WNBA standings with win over Lynx"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014 A\u2019ja Wilson had 31 points and eight rebounds, Jackie Young added 20 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the first-place Minnesota Lynx 97-87 on Thursday night to set a franchise record with their 13th straight victory.<\/p>\n

Wilson scored 30-plus points for 12th time this season to tie a WNBA record. <\/p>\n

Las Vegas (27-14) snapped a six-game losing streak in the series, with its last victory over the Lynx coming on May 29, 2024. The Aces moved into a second-place tie with Atlanta (27-14) and Phoenix (27-14), five games behind Minnesota (32-9).<\/p>\n

The Aces went ahead 63-55 five minutes into the third quarter after 3-pointers from Jewell Loyd and Young. Las Vegas finished the quarter up 70-66 after a buzzer-beater layup from Chelsea Gray.<\/p>\n

Wilson hit her only 3-pointer of the game halfway through the fourth to extend the lead to 81-71.<\/p>\n

Natisha Hiedeman scored 22 points off the bench for Minnesota, 11 in the fourth quarter. Courtney Williams added 14 points and Napheesa Collier had 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas shot 55.1% from the field, including 11 of 24 from 3-point range. <\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) celebrates after a play against the Minnesota Lynx during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Las Vegas. Credit: AP\/John Locher<\/p>\n

The Aces, who lost by 53 points to Minnesota in their last meeting on Aug. 2, became the seventh team in WNBA history to reach 13 wins in a row in a single season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 A\u2019ja Wilson had 31 points and eight rebounds, Jackie Young added 20 points and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[4677,1077,99,9815,434],"class_list":["post-133926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-sports","tag-wires-bot","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}