| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LV | 27 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 105 |
 POR | 28 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 89 |
A. Wilson led all scorers (32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST). C. Leite answered with 18 for the Fire, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 10-0 Aces run. It changed hands 11 times and was tied on 10 separate occasions. The Aces won the glass 42–19, and that was the margin. Aces won Q4 by 10 (27–17), the period that decided it. Field goals: Aces 50%, Fire 53%. From deep: Aces 50%, Fire 31%. Rebounds: Aces 42, Fire 19. Turnovers: Aces 14, Fire 10. Points in the paint: Aces 32, Fire 54.
The Aces sit 3rd in the Western Conference, 4 games back, winners of 3 straight, 6-4 over their last 10. The Fire sit 5th in the Western Conference, 15 games back, coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Luisa Geiselsoder makes 3-foot layup (Teja Oblak assists)Score85-79Stephanie Talbot makes two point shotScore87-79Chelsea Gray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Stephanie Talbot assists)Score90-79A'ja Wilson makes two point shotScore92-79Chelsea Gray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)Score95-79Megan Gustafson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)Score95-82Emily Engstler makes free throw 1 of 2Score95-83Emily Engstler makes free throw 2 of 2Score95-84Stephanie Talbot makes 24-foot three point jumper (A'ja Wilson assists)Score98-84Megan Gustafson makes 3-foot layup (Carla Leite assists)Score98-86Chelsea Gray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)Score101-86Sarah Ashlee Barker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)Score101-89Jackie Young makes driving layupScore103-89Jackie Young makes 14-foot driving floating jump shotScore105-89Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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