LAS VEGAS — – Jewell Loyd became the 16th player to reach 6,000 points, scoring 15 Tuesday night to help extend the Aces’ winning streak to 15 games with a 92-61 victory over the Chicago Sky that put Las Vegas in contention for the second seed in the WNBA playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Aces (29-14) will clinch that seed and home-court advantage through at least the semifinals if they win at Los Angeles on Thursday or Atlanta (29-14) loses at Connecticut on Wednesday. Las Vegas owns the tiebreaker over the Dream.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas’ franchise-record winning streak tied the 1998 Houston Comets for third longest. The 2001 Los Angeles Sparks own the record at 18 games and the 2014 Phoenix Mercury won 16 in a row.<\/p>\n
Jackie Young also scored 15 points, one of six Aces players in double figures.<\/p>\n
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus made her Las Vegas debut<\/a> with eight points in eight minutes. Parker-Tyus, who gave birth to her second child July 1, signed with the Aces after spending the previous 10 seasons with the Sky and Atlanta Dream.<\/p>\n Kamilla Cardoso had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Sky (10-33), who close their season by hosting defending champion New York on Thursday. Michaela Onyenwere also scored 13 points.<\/p>\n Chicago’s Angel Reese didn’t play for the second game in a row. She was suspended for the first half of Sunday’s game<\/a> at Las Vegas for making comments<\/a> that were deemed “detrimental to the team” in which she questioned the Sky’s talent in an interview with the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n But Reese also didn’t play the second half of that game because of a back injury, according to the team. She also did not play in this game for the same reason.<\/p>\n The Aces blew open the game late in the third quarter, going on an 11-point run to take a 57-38 lead.<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n