{"id":877218,"date":"2026-10-10T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877218\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:38:14","slug":"aces-game-3-preview-with-james-gray-father-of-aces-point-guard-chelsea-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877218\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces Game 3 preview with James Gray , father of Aces point guard Chelsea Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas (KSNV) \u2014 ACES GAME 3 PREVIEW \u2014 JAMES GRAY JOINS BRYAN SALMOND<\/p>\n<p>The stakes couldn\u2019t be higher as the Las Vegas Aces return home to face the Golden State Valkyries in Game 3 of their WNBA Semifinals series! After dropping the first two games in the Bay Area, the defending champions are back in Las Vegas with their season on the line, looking to protect home court and keep their championship hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Director Bryan Salmond catches up with a special guest before tipoff \u2014 James Gray, the father of Aces star point guard Chelsea Gray. The two discuss the Aces\u2019 first two playoff battles in the Bay Area, the challenges of facing a tough Valkyries squad, and what it means for Las Vegas to return home with everything on the line.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation also celebrates A\u2019ja Wilson making WNBA history by capturing her record-setting fifth MVP award, further cementing her legacy as one of the greatest players in the game. Plus, James shares his thoughts on what Chelsea Gray can bring to the floor in this must-win Game 3 as the Aces look to rally in front of their home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Can Chelsea Gray and the Aces find the spark they need to extend the series, or will the Valkyries pull off the sweep? Bryan Salmond has the pregame conversation as Las Vegas prepares for a pivotal night of playoff basketball!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas (KSNV) \u2014 ACES GAME 3 PREVIEW \u2014 JAMES GRAY JOINS BRYAN SALMOND The stakes couldn\u2019t be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-877218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877218","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=877218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}