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[Music] in the booth with Tim Schwarz and Brian benfatmi I'm Blake suniga and we're glad to have you along for the ride and with a moment here before we get to the tip off here are tonight's starting lineups what a loaded 2023 draft I mean do you guys have a favorite player from that class well I'm going to go with the easy pick Aaliyah Boston winner in college defensively a national player of the year in college as well and offensively she's already fantastic and she's growing her game even more yeah I'm going with Boston too she's got the type of Personality that lights up a room and she's very well respected those are the kinds of qualities you want in a franchise player here's ree outside Evans six on the shot clock PED in off the glass don't be fooled by Evans 56 height Dana can more than hold her own around the hoop now the aces with it gray outside pass to Wilson uses the glass to finish the layup well you just can't give her that kind of position in the post when she gets in that good of a position and it's just so hard to stop her now here's mabery outside Evans Williams she's guarded by Wilson here's Evans that one Falls her second basket of the game she is now two for three as a big sometimes your height is a huge help passing wise it allows players like Williams to get a clear view of open players here's gray pass to Plum and Plum gets the whistle that time that's her first foul way to get there first and absorb the contact yeah clearly no flop there that was a direct shot to the chest and we're just about a minute and a half into the first [Applause] quarter outside [Applause] [Music] Evans outside Williams clock at six marinaa ma for three connects from three-point range her three-point shot will take her far ma is a great long range option capable of knocking down from Deep here's gra top of the key jumper no good well I'm going to say the defense got pretty lucky right there because she's going to make a lot more of those than she misses when she gets that much Mo here's reys it's good and she makes her first shot out of the game first quarter of ball almost 2 and 1/2 minutes [Music] in outside [Applause] [Music] Plum pass to Young six to shoot here's Wilson count the basket and Wilson likes asserting her dominance inside just brushing off the defense [Music] Williams with it tipped away Stokes with the rebound the aces trailing pass to [Music] gray kicks it out to Plum and here is Wilson releases Nails the baby Hook killer confidence stays true to herself what more do you want from Wilson she's a terrific basketball player now here's the shields quiet so far offensively searching for first points of the game high po shot good for the basket starting off one for one with that shot nice touch from the midrange R to Shields no problem letting it fly from there gray outside pass to Stokes got it good job in the low post you know she caught a glimpse of the open player on the perimeter and sent the pass right over here's ree here's the shields it's outside [Applause] Evans left side Williams can't hit that one Asia Wilson with some nice D pass to gray back to [Applause] Plum great defense that time from Marina ma Chicago in the [Applause] lead outside Evans and it's blocked by Asia Wilson we're watching an elite shot blocker go to work uh great timing by Wilson that's something she seems to have mastered now here's young she hasn't yet put up any points in this one here's Wilson off Target with the jump hook just Shields with it now young defending and we look at this 2023 draft class lots of potential Stars another exciting injection of talent into the league yeah you said it I mean it feels like every year the draft classes raise their level of play I love the first overall pick Aaliyah Boston she's a 65 Difference Maker with the tremendous motor she was the player on a national title team in college and she's just got such a deep bag of skills oh yeah Boston's going to be a star lots of players to love taking after her at 63 Diamond Miller can guard one through four and I also love Haley Jones a national title winner herself with tremendous versatility and good on both averaging over 14 points per game in her first season in the WNBA the shields entered the league with a bang now here's gray pass to Plum Wilson sets a screen Plum gets the bucket perfect screen there set her up with a terrific look that's a bad job by the defender to not fight through that screen to contest you want to see more effort there outside to Shields outside Williams here's the floater count that bucket a nice play by Ma willing to absorb some blows and it's the aces with the ball it's a five-point Game Pass to Clark [Applause] back to gray shot clock at six Alicia Clark on the wing drops in the tray moves well without the ball Clark's pretty good at losing her Defender and making them pay outside Evans to the [Applause] middle that's tip Plum with it picked up by Ma with the floater two points that one goes in and it's a tie ball game nice soft touch from Plum on the floater not putting too much power on the B and looking at the career of Asia Wilson she's already had a Hall of Fame resume and she's only in her mid 20s look get this before Asia's 27th birthday multiple MVPs Championships in college the WNBA gold at the games here's what is crazy Wilson is still getting better [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] no [Applause] man here's Williams still getting warmed up offensively no buckets yet in the game for her and Kennedy Carter here we go and Williams gets it to go smart pass by Carter and Kennedy draws so much attention it allows teammates to get open and find spaces outside Plum the pass to Clark olon six to shoot up top Wilson from outside the ark got it for her fourth field goal of the game game on just five shots oh how about that one right there the rare three from Asia Wilson she hit that with ease and here's Evans back to [Applause] Carter it's over Clark and there are the sky with another bucket nice play Carter really excels in pick and roll action in fact it just might be her strongest suit pass the [Music] plum in the hoop for her third make from the field she's three for four thus far in the contest well that pick it worked like a charm nice job taking it right to the tin for the layup now here's Evans and yep it's good awesome job capitalizing inside Dana Evans pushing through the Vitality outside Plum pass to Coulson now here's Wilson and she gets it to go here's Carter and here's onion wayday Evans the three is up the rebound by Asia Wilson the acce is leading 6 seconds separating the shot and game CL Plum misses that's a surprise out of character for her to miss those when the D's not right in her face left side Evans pass Onan that three from Kennedy Carter buries the long range jumper the quality trip down the floor onion way providing the assist to a very open team one quarter in the books and it's been a close one sky out in front they lead by a bucket and quarter two will get underway just after this short break [Applause] and we got a close game here as we get back to the second quarter and when you consider how the sky are doing guys what are your thoughts a lot of trips to the line for them through the first very aggressive offensively and they're making full use of their homecourt advantage I'll tell you that much fans have really helped them the aces trailing bark outside back to gray for three it's good from long range and the lead goes right back over what a seesaw battle we've got here absolutely this game's right there for the taking but neither team can grab it somebody's got to take charge let's see how it plays out now Coulson she's been patient so far nothing yet on the scoreboard back to gray five to shoot rebounded by [Applause] Ma quarter number two and we're just about a minute in pass to onion wday Las Vegas foul Sydney first personal foul teams coach first team fou substitution for the aces number zero Jackie [Applause] y now here's Carter she has five and the layup Falls lightning quick when Carter get gets his step on you to the hoop good night Clark outside [Applause] Ray outside young clock at four there's the three rebound Chicago and they have certainly been looking locked in offensively they sure have d agressive and playing in [Music] [Applause] control outside Ma and again it's Chicago with a three that is May's biggest value to this team the ability to spot up knock down shots and there's the pick here's young juston and a foul called on the shot got her on the way up that time so and this is her first free throw of the game for the Megan [Applause] Fon the first free throw is good and when we talk about the WNBA this is a league that is flourishing absolutely I mean ratings are way up hits online way up salaries you guessed it way up I mean everything going in the right direction and the biggest reason the product these are incredible games with Incredible players the WNBA has really done a great job with giving fans what they want to see and that one goes in two from the line that time and here's Carter seven points in the game here's ma Some solid defense from Jackie young great defense right there to prevent one of the best finishers in the league from converting in close the aces with another Miss Chicago in the lead on the wing Kennedy [Applause] Carter back to Ma there's a screen a rebound by gray now the aces with it pass to Gustafson and she was fouled in the act of shooting and opportunity for a three-point play as intelligent as anyone in this league with the ball Clark Ian she's always going to find the open teammate [Applause] and a little under three and A2 minutes elapsed in the second quarter play outside Carter H me me pass to MA from Deep three-point range from Beyond the AR and then some oh once again I don't know what else to say Marina mabery proving she's one of the best Shooters in the game Ray outside [Music] in the basket for the fourth time from the field and she is a healthy four for six hard to stop guys she poses a ton of matchup problems for any opponent now here's Carter he's got seven Megan first personal fou T first second T foul substitution on the [Applause] now here's ma she's guarded by Plum outside Carter clock at six Williams with it working on Wilson well she rushed that one the D was out of position but she couldn't make him pay now here's plum not a lot of room the shot goes down and it gets this game back to even well when Kelsey primum is getting buckets inside it's scary because she already does so much damage with the playmaking and perimeter game here's reys pass to [Applause] mavy a kick out to Carter launches a three and once again Off the Mark by Chicago and they have certainly been looking locked in offensively they sure have staying aggressive and playing in control a nice shot by Wilson got to appreciate the hustle Wilson doing whatever she can to keep possessions alive I'm called here the sky decide to talk it over well guys Asia Wilson continues to demonstrate why she's a top Defender the 2022 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Asia Wilson takes defense very seriously and she expects ask her teammates to do the same you just got to love how she sets the tone [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] both teams deciding to change it up him a hand [Applause] [Applause] you now here's Carter she's started by Plum outside Evans pass to the shields just five on the clock solid as a rock from 20 ft out and the aces with possession outside young back to Plum puts the move on just five to shoot and the basket is good Chicago trailing here pass to Williams shoots over Wilson and she can't bang that one in bodied her up and made her alter the trajectory of the shot that time definitely some very sound defense played on that trip down now here's Clum throw points for her here's Canon intercepted to Shields with it now young defending here's Carter up and in for basket number four and that makes her four for five look how explosive Carter is in transition gets down the court so fast knocked loose outside Evans outside Carter the shields six on the shock clocks over clark oh and she misses the go-ahead basket to the inside shots good by Canon Canon special delivery right there fellas just a wonderful entry feed outside Evans [Applause] this one for three it's h in by Canon the aces [Music] leading outside young [Applause] Plum a shot from the low post is good really coming into her own the last couple of Seasons Kelsey Plum is now a problem for defenses [Applause] outside the shield back to [Applause] Carter close one and the layup is good a shot every player in this league under six like Kennedy Carter should perfect the floater it neutralizes bigs now here's Young he hasn't scored yet that I'm sure will [Applause] change now here's Plum d right on her clar offensive rebound and that one's good Wilson breathing life into the league since the day she was drafted Wilson brings passion and intensity every night back to Carter [Applause] outside Williams here's Evans off Target with the three they don't need to rush it they can play for one shot they should wait until about the 5sec mark before getting started absolutely outside Plum here's Wilson and it's good assisting on the play was Kelsey Plum well there's the court vision from Kelsey Plum I mean it's just off the charts oh no good trying to beat the buzzer and so we've reached the end of the first half of play B is ahead leading by six and we'll see you right after halftime for the beginning of the third quarter e e spe [Applause] [Music] we have a close ball game on our hands as we get set for the second half to get underway and you know Asia Wilson has been really making it happen I know we've said it about a million times already but I'll say it again she's had a great half scored a lot of points and in the end I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about what a great second half she had she can usually keep it going for all four quarters well both sides have assessed what they need to do over the break and we'll see if one can pull away in the third Ray outside pass the plump the three yes great play by Chelsea BR set it up when Plum takes the three she means it she doesn't force her own shot from range and it's obvious where Kelsey Plum gets her athleticism I mean just look at her family yeah her mom was a volleyball player in college while her dad played football and baseball now you put all that together and you see that Kelsey Plum has carved out her n on the hard now the aces with it [Music] here's the three another three for Las Vegas but when you get in the pick and roll Plum can shoot out of it drive pass how do you defend that pass Reese and there's the call on young that'll be her second foul of the game first [Music] second half of basketball just over a minute played so far now Ma tried to come right back with the three of her own but it's no good pass to gray back to [Music] [Applause] [Music] Young and that's collected by Diamond to Shields [Music] Evans up [Applause] [Music] top that's an open look and hits sticking that mid-range J I love watching Evans use this area of the floor outside Plum gray Evans covering pass to Wilson Chicago with the rebound outside ma Williams the screen to the paint terrific assist and a nice finish just a solid Play All Around what movement from Williams she's dangerous in the pick and roll going to the hoop outside Plum pass the gray yes great play by Chelsea gr set it up it's nice to see she's found her Rhythm here in the third quarter and you can see her confidence everything she's putting up from long range it seems to be going down timeout called the sky and your break get through 2 [Music] [Applause] [Applause] go the Lakers dance through [Applause] [Applause] M with it he's got 11 pass to Reese to Shields right side Evans six to shoot on the wing Diamond to Shield hits the three-point bomb a player you just need to run off of her shot when the shields gets comfortable shooting she's that much better gray up top Evans covering here's gray outside Plum good and it's Chelsea Gray who picks up the assist well if you hit a three on Plum's team you just know Kelsey wants to respond in kind outside ma Williams she's guarded by Wilson here's ma down through the hoop it goes and that's her fifth make on nine shots from the floor you know she's done a ton to help this team but uh if they're going to come back she needs to do even more now here's Plum 26 points for her here's Stokes misses the baby hook Sky Trail it's Marina ma with the drive half to Reese up top Williams Evans Marina Ma on the wing and again it's the sky from deep as she's got the ability to take over a game ay having herself a night outside young one with it knocked [Applause] away pass to gray takes the three another three for Las Vegas making a statement gray saw that three go in on one end had to answer on the other just so competitive now here's mabery 16 points for her now here's Evans [Applause] Williams she's guarded by Wilson back to Evans fires the three and again it's Chicago with a three well Evans can absolutely knock it down she's very patient and make sure she gives the shot everything she has here's gray using the post moves to get the two points the tear drop is one of those oh no oh no oh yes shot time called here the sky decide to talk it over well Brian Chelsea Gray is the whole package and and really a true point guard well she's consistent with her scoring and she can really move the ball around one of the better Shooters as far as percentage in the WNBA [Music] a [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] go the Lakers dance crew [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Chicago with the ball right side Carter pass to Williams and she drops in the layup off GL well this is where she makes her money in the paint Williams can score many different ways down low now toes now here's Plum Evans covering another three for Las Vegas now get your popcorn ready her performance from long range has been something to behold something to admire yeah no doubt about it I mean that's been her shot today now here's Evans 11 points in the game shot clock at five the second chance effort and she sinks the layup how of bodies on the glass right there and they paid for it and it'll happen again and again if they don't put more effort into boxing out and that's what it's all about Brian rebounding effort here's Stokes she gets that one now Carter pass to Reese to Shield [Applause] with some Mark and she takes it up and lays it in you know a guard that's on the smaller side Dana Evans nothing short of ferocious gray outside Plum Evans [Applause] covering now here's Plum he's covered [Applause] closely FY gr for three rebound Chicago she may have been surprised to find herself so open and maybe that's why she missed here's the Shields and it's Chicago with another a hard worker who understands the nuances of the game the shields loves to learn and is comfortable running the pick and roll now here's Plum he's got 29 Points for the [Applause] game crafty move and it's finished off Inside by gray you love to see a guard like Chelsea Gray take contact and still complete the play that's toughness pass to Williams to Shields Carter with it here's Reese that's in coming off an assist from Kennedy Carter give an assist there uh not for a pass but for the solid screen set on the inside that bed her up and really just made that layup possible now here's [Applause] Plum out to gray it's alled in by Williams even though she missed it she couldn't pass up that chance yeah they would come much easier than that kelse second personal foul second team foul it's our first trip to the line line for Chicago Dana Evans the first one Falls well with her three-point shooting an explosive playmaking ability danana Evans provides valuable depth to this team and is the type of player that can fit on any roster [Applause] [Applause] so she gets them both now here's Gray she's got [Applause] 10 from past the ark Chelsea great missing again again outside [Applause] Evans right side [Applause] maber hey back to Evans for the tie drilled it right as the clock hit all zero what a clutch shot she's got neres to steal well you got to have some nerve to hit a shot like that at the buzzer third quarter comes to a close and a battle brings it to a tie and coming up as soon as we return from the break the fourth quarter gets [Applause] underway come on okay fourth quarter of action getting underway we've had a great one with both sides coming to play so far [Applause] and here's Carter outside ma back to [Applause] Carter outside ma to take the lead Plum comes up with the rebound and mayy picks up the foul Marina that is her first of the game foul first [Applause] foul here's Coulson defended by [Music] Carter pass to gustofson just three to shoot three-pointer Kelsey Plum it's rebounded by Kennedy Carter yeah the great Shooters they know when they've got enough opening to go through the three I didn't think it was a bad choice there yeah not very good defensive coverage that time the D got lucky Las Vegas trailing outside young Olson back to Young there's a screen jacks up a three Carter with the rebound and so it's Chicago with it here in the fourth quarter their defense has been very strong allowing no baskets now here's Onan W outside Carter pass onu good on the bucket more than happy to mix it up inside on a physical big here's Las Vegas outside [Applause] young and here's pson outside young watches it drills it from outside the defense on both sides has been invisible on this one that's the word for it this game has had the look of a layup line for the most part put me in coach put me in too now here's [Applause] ma solid play on the low block and that one's good what a display of offense we've seen today and it's only getting better and it's only getting better as both these defenses are showing signs of wearing down yeah the defensive effort has not been good ofly now here's Plum over Evans here's gusterson that drops and it comes off an assist from Kelsey Plum it's a tie ball game and add another three-pointer to their second half total they came out of the break dropping bombs and are just not letting up you love to see that now here's Plum onion wayday covering pass to Coulson Cannon here's guson and she converts the layup dul in passing to make that basket possible here in the fourth quarter just under 2 and 1/2 minutes gone by [Applause] and she uses the glass on the layup they'll take as many of those looks as they can get trust [Applause] me here's Coulson Plum Evans covering now [Music] [Applause] Coulson down low young great pass to set up the land High degree of difficulty shot Jackie young not easy to deny outside Evans pass to [Applause] M it's alled in by the [Applause] aces outside [Music] young inside Victor clean to the paint here's onion W and she takes it in for the layup off a very nice speed well mayy has a pretty sharp passing game she won't let an open shot go to waste to the right side Plum Evans covering outside Plum shot fock at six they set the pick gustaffson can't hit Chicago with the ball to the inside back to ma to take the lead the shot off that time you might have wore herself out with the performance in the last quarter she hasn't had nearly the same kind of success in this [Music] one and here's Coulson [Music] it's over Carter hson with the bucket here's [Music] [Applause] Carter to the middle and the layups good off the glass just a huge hole in the defense and she didn't waste any time going through it and the aces call time here [Applause] [Applause] here's gray I got your help [Applause] pass to Wilson it's hauled in by Williams man these guys have had some good motion on offense nice assist when everybody's involved offensively it's in a way helping you defensively too you know I like it when Ma looks to share the ball it helps with his team's chemistry the AC is trailing gray with [Applause] it pass the [Applause] plum down low Wilson and it's good assisting on the play was Kelsey Plum when you need Wilson the most she almost always delivers has a sense for the important moments now here's mabery there's a screen by [Applause] mabery here's Reese outside Evans Williams here's Young and the bank shot is good Capal Bucket from Young put in so many huge college Gams winning a national championship was ready for the bright light to the WNBA outside to Shields Williams sets the screen pass to Evans to the middle there's the steal F break Las Vegas here's young he shoots again yes it's good just a tremendous rebounder out of the back court it's young with the board and the bucket outside NE to the paint it's hauled in by the aces they held a 12-point lead earlier Ray outside the 10-footer she's now made half of her 10 shots in the game and that's her fifth basket and gray getting it done on the inside like seeing her be so aggressive looking to score from that spot on the court now here's ma outside Evans pass to [Applause] Williams to Shields guarded by Young back to Williams Wilson with the steal now here's young he's guarded closely and here is gray Wilson the [Applause] screen and it's good assisting on the play was kelse PL nice decision by Kelsey Plum she can equally score or pass out of the pick and roll time called here the sky decide to talk it over [Applause] hands [Music] [Applause] [Applause] dance cre man [Applause] now here's mayy to the inside Williams nice pass led him to the rack perfectly for the layup that's the type of lead pass we've really come to expect from her and so they foul intentionally first person foul first second two here's Las Vegas six-point lead and that's an intentional foul second personal foul third team foul at the line for the A Team kelse CL good on the first and that makes it a seven-point lead the top pick of the 2017 draft Kelsey Plum was a good player her first couple of years but she's become a great one after a few off Seasons credit Kelsey for continuing to improve her game now here's ma outside Evans beond The Arc Nails it oh and that cuts the lead to just five what composure from Evans in the clutch totally zeroed in on finding the bucket and an intentional foul right there he have to foul but I'm sure they would have liked to foul someone different no other option though they did a good job getting it in her hands and making sure she was the one who'd go to the line take a break take a break two [Applause] shots he hits the first one and that increases their lead to six a dead eye outside shooter Ray's confidence on the offensive end is what makes her so dangerous and so she drops a bat and it's a seven-point ball game good work at the line to stretch that lead out a little bit time called here the sky decide to talk it over your thoughts guys this one is Out Of Reach and I really don't know what they're thinking at the time out here neither do I I mean maybe they're going over their plans for after the game and in the meantime ruining our plans for after the game [Music] he go the Reapers dance [Applause] through three-pointer Reese no good now here's gray Evans covering now [Music] gray so the aces win it this was a hard fought well- earned victory for them they really had to work for this one yeah weaker teams they might have buckled at the end really with that crowding and stuff everyone in the building rooting against them but they stood tall and pulled it out and that's a wrap everyone [Music] [Music] [Music] e for