The Aces try to save their season against New York, while the Suns look to beat the Minnesota Lynx.
Two-time champion Las Vegas beats New York 2-0 in best-of-five series. The Suns split the first two games in Minnesota.
While the Aces will need a historic comeback to reach the Finals for the third year in a row, they are not panicking. "At the end of the day, we didn't lose the championship and we didn't win the championship. We didn't win anything tonight," Las Vegas coach Becky Harmon said. "Do we have an uphill battle? Of course we do. All New York did was do what New York was supposed to do - defend its home court. This is a streak and we're going to go five games. We have to take it quarter by quarter. The defensive end must be solid.
No team has ever come back from 2-0 down in a WNBA playoff series. "I like being in the history books, let's try to start with that," Aces defenseman Chelsea Gray said. “That will be our mentality. We have to win to keep our streak going.
New York insists nothing has been achieved. Liberty just defended her homeland. One more win was needed in the next three games to eliminate the Aces. The series moves to Las Vegas for Game 3 on Friday. If the Aces win their next game, Game 4 will take place on Sunday.
"It's great to be up 2-0, but we haven't won anything yet," said Sabrina Ionescu, who scored 24 points in the 88-84 victory. "Everybody knows that. We did what we had to do, we protected home turf. Two wins at home. We don't pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves how lucky we are. We are not satisfied with two home wins, we are a hungry team.
The Suns beat the Bobcats in Minnesota on Tuesday night and dropped Game 1 77-70 in Game 2.
“That's what TV dramas are like, right? Obviously, our goal is to win every game, but if you can steal a game on their opponent's court, that's great," Connecticut coach Stephanie White said. "I think we're two experienced teams, we're two very similar teams. your defenses are always changing. Whether you're at home or on the road, I'm not sure it matters.
Minnesota and Connecticut are good defensive teams, and White knows the team with the higher shooting percentage will likely win the series.
“We are doing well. We are ready to go. We will make adjustments and wait for Friday," she said. Cheryl Reeves, who won the league's coach of the year award with Minnesota, had held the position before. She has complete trust in her team. "I believe that in order to be successful, you have to go through adversity. You have to go through adversity, go through it, go through ups and downs, ups and downs, everything to get to the promised land," Reeves said. who won four WNBA championships with the Bobcats. "It's the only way. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
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