2023 Las Vegas Aces season

The 2023 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the sixth year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This was also the second season under head coach Becky Hammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the Connecticut Sun in the 2022 WNBA Finals.

The Aces largely kept their team intact after their championship season, only trading away Dearica Hamby, but signing former WNBA Champions Candace Parker and Alysha Clark in the offseason. This continuity proved positive in the first month of the season as the Aces went 4–0 in May. Their winning streak continued and went to seven games before they lost their first game of the season on June 8 to the Connecticut Sun. After the loss, they went on another seven game winning streak, and finished June 10–1. The winning streak continued into July, but ended on the third game of the month with a loss to Dallas. After the nine game winning streak, the Aces again won out in the month, finishing on a seven game winning streak, and finishing July with a 10–1 record. They manged to get their winning streak to eleven before losing to the New York Liberty on August 6. Their next loss would again come at the hands of New York, but this time it was in the Commissioner's Cup Final. The Aces defeated New York in the next regular season game, but would then lose to Los Angeles to end a four game regular season winning streak. The Aces won three of their next five games to finish August with a 8–4 record. During the month, they secured their playoff berth on August 2. They entered the final month of the season fighting with New York for the first seed. The Aces won all three games in September to secure the top seed on the last day of the season.

The Aces finished with a 34–6 regular season record, which was a franchise and WNBA record for number of wins. This was also the first season where the WNBA played 40 games. Their .850 winning percentage was a franchise record but not a WNBA record. The Aces finished as the first seed for the playoffs.

As the first seed, the Aces faced off against the eighth seed Chicago Sky and would host the first two games of the three game series. The Aces didn't lose a quarter in Game One and took the game 87–59. The Aces dominated Game Two in similar fashion, not losing a quarter, and winning the game 92–70 to move on to the Semifinals. In the Semifinals, the Aces faced off against the Dallas Wings. The Aces would host the first two games of the five game series, and game five, if nesseccary. The Aces dominated Game One, only losing the fourth quarter, but winning the game 97–83. Dallas managed to win two quarters in Game Two, but the Aces won the game 91–84. Game Three, was much closer in Dallas, but the Aces used a strong second half to win the game 64–61 and moved on to the 2023 WNBA Finals.

In the Finals, the Aces faced off against the second seed, New York Liberty. The teams faced each other five times during the regular season, going 2–2 against each other, but the Aces lost the Commissioner's Cup. The Aces used a strong second half to win Game One 99–82. In Game Two, they dominated the first quarter, and again dominated the second half to win 104–76. The Aces only needed to win one of the last three games to retain their title. The Liberty clawed one game back in New York, winning Game Three 87–73. In Game Four, the Aces, as they often had in the playoffs, had a strong second half, and won the game 70–69. The Aces became the first team since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002 to win back to back WNBA Championships, taking the Finals three games to one.

Preseason

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 * 1
 * May 13
 * New York
 * W 84–77
 * Kelsey Plum (22)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Peterson Plum (3)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 4,460
 * 1–0

Regular Season

 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 1
 * May 20
 * @ Seattle
 * W 105–64
 * Plum Young (23)
 * A'ja Wilson (13)
 * Chelsea Gray (6)
 * Climate Pledge Arena 11,229
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 2
 * May 25
 * @ Los Angeles
 * W 94–85
 * Jackie Young (30)
 * A'ja Wilson (13)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Crypto.com Arena 7,314
 * 2–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 3
 * May 27
 * Los Angeles
 * W 93–65
 * A'ja Wilson (23)
 * Kiah Stokes (9)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,191
 * 3–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 4
 * May 28
 * Minnesota
 * W 94–73
 * Jackie Young (23)
 * Candace Parker (8)
 * Chelsea Gray (10)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 7,970
 * 4–0


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 5
 * June 2
 * @ Atlanta
 * W 92–87
 * A'ja Wilson (21)
 * Kiah Stokes (7)
 * Chelsea Gray (4)
 * Gateway Center Arena 3,209
 * 5–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 6
 * June 4
 * @ Indiana
 * W 84–80
 * A'ja Wilson (27)
 * A'ja Wilson (10)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * Gainbridge Fieldhouse 6,131
 * 6–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 7
 * June 6
 * @ Connecticut
 * W 90–84
 * A'ja Wilson (23)
 * A'ja Wilson (10)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * Mohegan Sun Arena 4,368
 * 7–0
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 8
 * June 8
 * @ Connecticut
 * L 77–94
 * Kelsey Plum (16)
 * Bell Stokes (5)
 * A'ja Wilson (4)
 * Mohegan Sun Arena 5,147
 * 7–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 9
 * June 11
 * Chicago
 * W 93–80
 * A'ja Wilson (21)
 * A'ja Wilson (10)
 * Candace Parker (7)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,786
 * 8–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 10
 * June 15
 * Seattle
 * W 96–63
 * Jackie Young (28)
 * A'ja Wilson (12)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,518
 * 9–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 11
 * June 18
 * Minnesota
 * W 93–62
 * Jackie Young (24)
 * A'ja Wilson (14)
 * Gray Parker (5)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,036
 * 10–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 12
 * June 21
 * @ Phoenix
 * W 99–79
 * Jackie Young (23)
 * A'ja Wilson (12)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Footprint Center 11,580
 * 11–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 13
 * June 24
 * Indiana
 * W 101–88
 * A'ja Wilson (28)
 * A'ja Wilson (10)
 * Chelsea Gray (12)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,310
 * 12–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 14
 * June 26
 * Indiana
 * W 88–80
 * Chelsea Gray (25)
 * Candace Parker (12)
 * Chelsea Gray (5)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,143
 * 13–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 15
 * June 29
 * New York
 * W 98–81
 * Kelsey Plum (18)
 * Candace Parker (6)
 * Kelsey Plum (8)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,587
 * 14–1


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 16
 * July 1
 * Connecticut
 * W 102–84
 * Kelsey Plum (25)
 * A'ja Wilson (13)
 * Candace Parker (8)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,596
 * 15–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 17
 * July 5
 * Dallas
 * W 89–82
 * Jackie Young (28)
 * A'ja Wilson (13)
 * Chelsea Gray (6)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,177
 * 16–1
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 18
 * July 7
 * @ Dallas
 * L 78–80
 * Kelsey Plum (21)
 * Parker Stokes (6)
 * Kelsey Plum (6)
 * College Park Center 6,251
 * 16–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 19
 * July 9
 * @ Minnesota
 * W 113–89
 * Kelsey Plum (40)
 * A'ja Wilson (10)
 * Chelsea Gray (10)
 * Target Center 7,701
 * 17–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 20
 * July 11
 * Phoenix
 * W 98–72
 * Jackie Young (23)
 * A'ja Wilson (8)
 * Chelsea Gray (11)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,281
 * 18–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 21
 * July 12
 * @ Los Angeles
 * W 97–78
 * A'ja Wilson (25)
 * A'ja Wilson (12)
 * Gray Young (5)
 * Crypto.com Arena 8,085
 * 19–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 22
 * July 20
 * @ Seattle
 * W 79–63
 * A'ja Wilson (23)
 * A'ja Wilson (15)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Climate Pledge Arena 7,873
 * 20–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 23
 * July 22
 * @ Minnesota
 * W 98–81
 * A'ja Wilson (35)
 * A'ja Wilson (14)
 * Chelsea Gray (11)
 * Target Center 7,801
 * 21–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 24
 * July 25
 * @ Chicago
 * W 107–95
 * Kelsey Plum (27)
 * Kiah Stokes (17)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Wintrust Arena 9,025
 * 22–2
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 25
 * July 30
 * Dallas
 * W 104–91
 * Kelsey Plum (28)
 * A'ja Wilson (7)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,213
 * 23–2


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 26
 * August 1
 * Atlanta
 * W 93–72
 * Jackie Young (24)
 * A'ja Wilson (11)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,366
 * 24–2
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 27
 * August 6
 * @ New York
 * L 61–99
 * Jackie Young (16)
 * A'ja Wilson (7)
 * Chelsea Gray (6)
 * Barclays Center 11,418
 * 24–3
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 28
 * August 8
 * @ Dallas
 * W 104–84
 * A'ja Wilson (28)
 * A'ja Wilson (14)
 * Kelsey Plum (8)
 * College Park Center 5,193
 * 25–3
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 29
 * August 11
 * Washington
 * W 113–89
 * A'ja Wilson (40)
 * A'ja Wilson (12)
 * Gray Plum (10)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,364
 * 26–3
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 30
 * August 13
 * Atlanta
 * W 86–65
 * A'ja Wilson (21)
 * Kiah Stokes (12)
 * Chelsea Gray (6)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,564
 * 27–3
 * - style="background:#fcc;"
 * Commissioner's Cup Final
 * August 15
 * New York
 * L 63–82
 * Jackie Young (16)
 * Gray Stokes (6)
 * Kelsey Plum (6)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,967
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 31
 * August 17
 * New York
 * W 88–75
 * Chelsea Gray (22)
 * Chelsea Gray (11)
 * Chelsea Gray (11)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,230
 * 28–3
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 32
 * August 19
 * Los Angeles
 * L 72–78
 * A'ja Wilson (25)
 * A'ja Wilson (9)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,348
 * 28–4
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 33
 * August 22
 * @ Atlanta
 * W 112–100
 * A'ja Wilson (53)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Chelsea Gray (12)
 * Gateway Center Arena 3,209
 * 29–4
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 34
 * August 24
 * @ Chicago
 * W 94–87
 * Jackie Young (24)
 * Wilson Young (10)
 * Chelsea Gray (10)
 * Wintrust Arena 8,084
 * 30–4
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 35
 * August 26
 * @ Washington
 * L 62–78
 * Kelsey Plum (21)
 * A'ja Wilson (11)
 * Chelsea Gray (4)
 * Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
 * 30–5
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 36
 * August 28
 * @ New York
 * L 85–94
 * Jackie Young (24)
 * A'ja Wilson (8)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Barclays Center 11,615
 * 30–6
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 37
 * August 31
 * Washington
 * W 84–75
 * A'ja Wilson (26)
 * A'ja Wilson (11)
 * Kelsey Plum (10)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 8,619
 * 31–6
 * 31–6


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 38
 * September 2
 * Seattle
 * W 103–77
 * A'ja Wilson (30)
 * Kiah Stokes (11)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,319
 * 32–6
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 39
 * September 8
 * @ Phoenix
 * W 94–73
 * A'ja Wilson (30)
 * A'ja Wilson (9)
 * Chelsea Gray (12)
 * Footprint Center 13,206
 * 33–6
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 40
 * September 10
 * Phoenix
 * W 100–85
 * A'ja Wilson (36)
 * A'ja Wilson (8)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * T-Mobile Arena 17,406
 * 34–6

Playoffs

 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 1
 * September 13
 * Chicago
 * W 87–59
 * Chelsea Gray (20)
 * Kiah Stokes (15)
 * Chelsea Gray (7)
 * T-Mobile Arena 12,927
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 2
 * September 17
 * Chicago
 * W 92–70
 * A'ja Wilson (38)
 * A'ja Wilson (16)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,000
 * 2–0


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 1
 * September 24
 * Dallas
 * W 97–83
 * A'ja Wilson (34)
 * Jackie Young (10)
 * Jackie Young (7)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,784
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 2
 * September 26
 * Dallas
 * W 91–84
 * A'ja Wilson (30)
 * A'ja Wilson (11)
 * Chelsea Gray (8)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 9,286
 * 2–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 3
 * September 29
 * @ Dallas
 * W 64–61
 * Chelsea Gray (15)
 * A'ja Wilson (13)
 * Kelsey Plum (7)
 * College Park Center 6,251
 * 3–0


 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 1
 * October 8
 * New York
 * W 99–82
 * Plum Young (26)
 * A'ja Wilson (8)
 * Chelsea Gray (9)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,300
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 2
 * October 11
 * New York
 * W 104–76
 * A'ja Wilson (26)
 * A'ja Wilson (15)
 * Chelsea Gray (11)
 * Michelob Ultra Arena 10,232
 * 2–0
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 3
 * October 15
 * @ New York
 * L 73–87
 * Kelsey Plum (29)
 * A'ja Wilson (11)
 * Jackie Young (5)
 * Barclays Center 17,143
 * 2–1
 * - style="background:#bbffbb;"
 * 4
 * October 18
 * @ New York
 * W 70–69
 * A'ja Wilson (24)
 * A'ja Wilson (16)
 * Jackie Young (7)
 * Barclays Center 16,851
 * 3–1

Regular Season
‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season