2019 Las Vegas Aces season explained

The 2019 WNBA season was the 23rd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA and the 2nd year the franchise was based in Las Vegas. The season tipped off on May 26, 2019 versus the Los Angeles Sparks.^[1]

The Aces started the season 7–5 and were never able to put together a winning streak of more than two games. However, the Aces improved in July and went 7–2 during that month. Their record included two separate three game winning streaks. One of their two losses actually occurred in August, due to an earthquake delayed game. The Aces cooled off in August, going 6–5. The record included a four game winning streak, and a three game losing streak. The Aces locked up a post season bid on August 18. The Aces went 1–1 in September to finish 21–13 on the year. This record secured them the fourth seed in the playoffs.

As the fourth seed, the Aces hosted the Chicago Sky in their second round match. The Aces won a close game 93–92 to advance to the semifinals. There they faced the top-seeded Washington Mystics. The Aces ended up losing to the Mystics, three games to one.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2019 WNBA draft.

Trades/Roster Changes

Date	Details
February 1, 2019	Re-signed F Dearica Hamby^[2] ^[3]
February 19, 2019	Signed G Saniya Chong to a Training Camp Contract^[4] ^[5]
	Signed C Ruth Hamblin to a Training Camp Contract
February 21, 2019	Signed G/F Alex Harden to a Training Camp Contract^[6]
April 17, 2019	Signed G Dominique Wilson to a Training Camp Contract^[7]
May 12, 2019	Waived C Ruth Hamblin and G Dominique Wilson^[8]
May 13, 2019	Signed G Sydney Colson^[9]
May 16, 2019	Traded G Moriah Jefferson, C Isabelle Harrison, their first and second round picks in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Dallas Wings for C Liz Cambage^[10]
August 28, 2019	Signed G Epiphanny Prince^[11]

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 19| Minnesota Lynx| L 75–79| McBride (18)| Swords (8)| Plum (6)| Cox Pavilion| 0–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 26| Los Angeles Sparks| W 83–70| Wilson (21)| Hamby (14)| Plum (6)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
7,249| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 31| @ Phoenix Mercury| L 84–86| McBride (15)| Wilson (9)| Wilson (4)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,090| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 2| Connecticut Sun| L 74–80| Wilson (19)| Wilson (9)| Colson (5)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
2,747| 1–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 6| @ Atlanta Dream| W 92–69| Tied (15)| Hamby (8)| J. Young (8)| State Farm Arena
2,630| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 9| @ New York Liberty| L 78–88| McBride (25)| Cambage (10)| McBride (4)| Westchester County Center
1,447| 2–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 14| New York Liberty| W 100–65| Plum (19)| Wilson (8)| J. Young (8)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,110| 3–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 16| @ Minnesota Lynx| W 80–75| McBride (22)| Cambage (9)| Hamby (4)| Target Center
8,392| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 20| Washington Mystics| L 72–95| Wilson (28)| Tied (6)| Tied (4)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,416| 4–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 22| Dallas Wings| W 86–68| Hamby (27)| Cambage (9)| J. Young (8)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,347| 5–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| June 25| Seattle Storm| W 60–56| Cambage (14)| Cambage (13)| Colson (4)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,215| 6–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 27| @ Los Angeles Sparks| L 74–86| Cambage (18)| Hamby (10)| J. Young (9)| Staples Center
10,295| 6–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 29| Indiana Fever| W 102–97 (OT)| Wilson (39)| Wilson (11)| J. Young (10)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,581| 7–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 2| Chicago Sky| W 90–82| 3 tied (16)| Cambage (9)| J. Young (8)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
3,516| 8–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 5| Washington Mystics| L 70–99| Plum (17)| Tied (5)| Tied (5)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
N/A| 8–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 7| @ New York Liberty| W 90–58| McBride (24)| Cambage (11)| Plum (6)| Westchester County Center
1,971| 9–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 10| @ Indiana Fever| W 74–71| Cambage (19)| 3 Tied (6)| 3 Tied (3)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,247| 10–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 13| @ Washington Mystics| W 85–81| Tied (17)| Cambage (9)| 3 Tied (4)| St. Elizabeth's East Arena
4,200| 11–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 19| @ Seattle Storm| L 66–69| Cambage (16)| Cambage (14)| Tied (3)| Alaska Airlines Arena
9,000| 11–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 21| Minnesota Lynx| W 79–74| Cambage (22)| Cambage (13)| Plum (8)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,352| 12–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 23| Seattle Storm| W 79–62| Hamby (24)| Cambage (12)| Cambage (6)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,193| 13–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 30| Dallas Wings| W 86–54| Tied (18)| Hamby (11)| J. Young (7)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
3,756| 14–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| August 1| @ Los Angeles Sparks| L 68–76| McBride (19)| Hamby (11)| T. Young (6)| Staples Center
11,692| 14–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| August 3| @ Dallas Wings| W 75–70| McBride (21)| Swords (10)| J. Young (5)| College Park Center
5,882| 15–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| August 9| Chicago Sky| L 84–87| Cambage (28)| Hamby (12)| McBride (5)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,200| 15–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 11| Connecticut Sun| W 89–81| Cambage (21)| Cambage (12)| Tied (6)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,633| 16–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 13| Atlanta Dream| W 94–90| Hamby (23)| Hamby (16)| Cambage (6)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
3,532| 17–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 18| @ Chicago Sky| W 100–85| Wilson (25)| Cambage (10)| T. Young (4)| Wintrust Arena
6,072| 18–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 20| Phoenix Mercury| W 84–79 (OT)| Tied (19)| Cambage (15)| J. Young (10)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,032| 19–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 23| @ Connecticut Sun| L 85–89| Cambage (18)| Hamby (10)| J. Young (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,483| 19–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 25| @ Minnesota Lynx| L 77–98| J. Young (14)| Hamby (7)| J. Young (5)| Target Center
8,834| 19–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 27| @ Indiana Fever| L 71–86| Wilson (18)| Wilson (8)| Plum (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,958| 19–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 31| Los Angeles Sparks| W 92–86| Wilson (24)| Tied (12)| Tied (5)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
8,470| 20–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| September 5| @ Atlanta Dream| L 74–78| Wilson (19)| Wilson (8)| J. Young (9)| State Farm Arena
4,023| 20–13|- Style="background:#bbffbb;"| 34| September 8| @ Phoenix Mercury| W 98–89| Cambage (21)| Cambage (9)| Tied (4)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
13,135| 21–13

Playoffs

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| September 15| Chicago Sky| W 93–92| Cambage (23)| Cambage (17)| Plum (6)| Thomas & Mack Center
7,981| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| September 17| @ Washington Mystics| L 95–97| Wilson (23)| Cambage (12)| Plum (9)| St. Elizabeth's East Arena
3,968| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| September 19| @ Washington Mystics| L 91–103| Cambage (23)| Cambage (10)| Plum (10)| St. Elizabeth's East Arena
4,200| 0–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| September 22| Washington Mystics| W 92–75| Cambage (28)| Wilson (8)| Plum (9)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
6,175| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| September 24| Washington Mystics| L 90–94| Cambage (25)| Cambage (12)| Hamby (7)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,465| 1–3

Playoffs

See main article: 2019 WNBA Playoffs.

Statistics

Regular season

style= width="16%"	Player	style= width="6%"	GP	style= width="6%"	GS	style= width="6%"	MPG	style= width="6%"	FG%	style= width="6%"	3P%	style= width="6%"	FT%	style= width="6%"	RPG	style= width="5%"	APG	style= width="6%"	SPG	style= width="6%"	BPG	style= width="6%"	PPG
A'ja Wilson	26	25	28.4	47.9	0	79.2	6.4	1.8	0.5	1.7	16.5
Liz Cambage	32	30	25.2	50.4	16.7	74.8	8.2	2.1	0.6	1.6	15.9
Kayla McBride	34	34	29.1	42.5	42.8	90.6	4.2	2.6	1.2	0.1	13.3
Dearica Hamby	34	9	24.8	48.8	32.1	71.8	7.6	1.9	1.0	0.4	11.0
Kelsey Plum	34	30	25.5	36.5	35.7	87.2	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.1	8.6
Jackie Young	34	34	22.6	32.2	31.8	80.8	3.3	4.5	0.8	0.4	6.6
Tamera Young	34	4	18.5	38.0	31.3	63.9	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	5.3
Epiphanny Prince	3	0	9.3	50.0	42.9	0	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	4.3
Sugar Rodgers	33	0	11.6	36.0	35.7	60.0	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.4	3.4
Sydney Colson	33	0	11.5	44.0	45.0	81.8	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	3.3
Carolyn Swords	29	4	8.9	43.8	0	84.6	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	2.6
Park Ji-su	25	0	6.5	21.6	0	44.4	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
A'ja Wilson	WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week	June 24, 2019	^[12]
		July 1, 2019	^[13]
Kayla McBride	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 15, 2019	^[14]
A'ja Wilson
Liz Cambage
Bill Laimbeer	WNBA Coach of the Month - July	August 1, 2019	^[15]
Dearica Hamby	Sixth Woman of the Year	September 15, 2019	^[16]
Jackie Young	WNBA All-Rookie Team	September 16, 2019	^[17]

External links

• The Official Site of the Las Vegas Aces

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Las Vegas Aces Schedule. aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 20, 2019.
2. Web site: Las Vegas Re-Signs Forward Dearica Hamby. aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2019. February 20, 2019.
3. Web site: Las Vegas Aces re-sign free-agent wing Dearica Hamby. Sam. Gordon. Las Vegas Review Journal. February 1, 2019. February 20, 2019.
4. Web site: Aces Ink Chong, Hamblin To Training Camp Contracts. aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2019. February 20, 2019.
5. Web site: Las Vegas Aces Sign Chong and Hamblin to 2019 Training Camp Contracts. highposthoops.com. Tyler. Berry. February 19, 2019. February 20, 2019.
6. Web site: Aces Sign Alex Harden To Training Camp Contract. aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 21, 2019. February 22, 2019.
7. Web site: Aces Sign Former NC State Standout Dominique Wilson To Training Camp Contract. wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2019. April 19, 2019.
8. Web site: Aces Waive Ruth Hamblin & Dominique Wilson. wnba.com. WNBA. May 12, 2019. May 14, 2019.
9. Web site: Aces Sign Guard Sydney Colson. wnba.com. WNBA. May 13, 2019. May 14, 2019.
10. Web site: Wings trade MVP runner-up Cambage to Aces. espn.com. ESPN. May 16, 2019. May 16, 2019.
11. Web site: Aces Sign Two-Time All-Star Guard Epiphanny Prince. wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2019. August 29, 2019.
12. WNBA. 1143218402112221185. June 24, 2019. Congrats to @De11eDonne and @_ajawilson22 for being named this week's #PlayerofTheWeek .
13. Web site: Delle Donne, Wilson Earn Players Of The Week. wnba.com. WNBA. July 1, 2019. July 1, 2019.
14. Web site: Seven-Time Selection Charles, Dupree, Highlight Reserves For All-Star. wnba.com. WNBA. July 15, 2019. July 16, 2019.
15. WNBA. 1156992395021627392. August 1, 2019. Congrats to @LVAces Head Coach Bill Laimbeer on being named #WNBA Coach of the Month! .
16. Web site: Las Vegas’ Dearica Hamby Named 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman Of The Year. wnba.com. WNBA. September 15, 2019. September 20, 2019.
17. Web site: Rookie of the Year Collier Headlines 2019 All-Rookie Team. wnba.com. WNBA. September 16, 2019. September 16, 2019.