In a matchup overflowing with stars, Jackie Young was the X-factor, just as her coach predicted, in the Las Vegas Aces’ Game 1 win over the New York Liberty.
The Aces' Jackie Young, driving on the Liberty's Courtney Vandersloot, had 26 points in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon sat at the dais about 90 minutes before Sunday’s Game 1 of the WNBA Finals and casually mentioned that she thought Jackie Young could be the X-factor in this series. Her declaration wasn’t shocking exactly; the Las Vegas Aces’ coach was talking about the 2019 No. 1 draft pick and a two-time all-star in the midst of a career year.
Regardless, Young made her coach look like a soothsayer when she poured in 26 points to lead the Aces to a 99-82 victory over the New York Liberty in front of a star-studded crowd at Michelob Ultra Arena. The Liberty traded for 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones and signed Breanna Stewart, who won her second MVP award this season, and five-time all-star Courtney Vandersloot. Aces guard Kelsey Plum called this Finals matchup “inevitable.”
Sunday’s opening 20 minutes were what anyone — famous or not — would have hoped for: a high-energy, back-and-forth affair with both teams hitting shots and putting together runs but never taking complete control. Neither team led by more than eight points in the first half. Any worries about a slow start after a lengthy layoff — the Aces last played Sept. 29, the Liberty on Oct. 1 — were quickly erased.Then the Aces came out of halftime throwing haymakers to improve to 6-0 in the postseason.
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