Phoenix Mercury @ Las Vegas Aces

WNBA Semifinals - Game 5 • PHX wins series 3-2

19-13, 12-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercury PHX	20	24	14	29	87
Aces LV	14	28	24	18	84

Las Vegas AcesAcesLV

24-8, 13-3 Home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#5
Skylar DigginsDiggins-Smith#4
bench
Kia VaughnK. Vaughn#1
Bria HartleyB. Hartley#14
Alanna SmithA. Smith#11
Megan WalkerM. Walker#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	11	1	1	4	3	2	9	5	+3
38	28	11-18	0-1	6-8	9	0	3	1	1	1	8	2	+4
36	24	7-14	3-9	7-8	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	4	+2
32	15	5-12	0-5	5-6	5	2	1	3	0	2	3	2	+11
39	14	5-13	2-4	2-2	1	8	3	1	0	0	1	1	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1
13	2	0-4	0-2	2-2	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	-7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	87	30-65	5-21	22-26	29	16	11	9	6	5	24	17
		46%	24%	85%

Las Vegas Aces

starters
Liz CambageL. Cambage#8
A'ja WilsonA. Wilson#22
Riquna WilliamsR. Williams#2
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Jackie YoungJ. Young#0
bench
Dearica HambyD. Hamby#5
Kiah StokesK. Stokes#41
Kelsey PlumK. Plum#10
Ji-Su ParkJ. Park#19
Destiny SlocumD. Slocum#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	10	4-10	0-1	2-2	11	1	2	3	0	3	8	3	+15
38	21	7-15	0-0	7-7	10	3	4	1	0	3	7	1	-4
30	5	2-6	1-5	0-0	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	-7
33	22	8-17	2-6	4-4	4	6	2	1	0	0	4	1	+16
25	4	1-6	0-1	2-2	3	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	-1
11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	-17
29	22	7-15	3-7	5-5	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	-9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	84	29-69	6-20	20-20	38	16	16	8	0	12	26	18
		42%	30%	100%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Mercury
90
Aces
96

Game 1

9/28

Mercury
117
Aces
91

Game 2

9/30

Aces
60
Mercury
87

Game 3

10/3

Aces
93
Mercury
76

Game 4

10/6

Mercury
87
Aces
84

Game 5

10/8

Michelob ULTRA Arena

9:00 PM, October 8, 2021Coverage: ESPN2

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 9,680

Referees:
Billy Smith
Maj Forsberg
Tim Greene
Che Flores

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	34	10	.773	-	W1
Las Vegas	30	14	.682	4	W16
Phoenix	27	17	.614	7	L3
Seattle	23	21	.523	11	W1
Golden State	23	21	.523	11	L3
Los Angeles	21	23	.477	13	L1
Dallas	10	34	.227	24	W1

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

As both sides continue negotiations ahead of the Jan. 9 deadline, housing emerged as an issue in the latest proposal.

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say

The WNBA's latest proposal to the players' union includes a maximum salary base of $1 million, sources told ESPN's Alexa Philippou. The new offer reflects incremental increases from the league's previous proposal.

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Phoenix Mercury @ Las Vegas Aces

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2024-25 Western Conference Standings

WNBA News

What we're hearing on the WNBA's CBA negotiations

Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing

WNBA's proposal ups max salary base to $1M, sources say