Los Angeles Sparks vs. Las Vegas Aces | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | May 18, 2024
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- The Las Vegas Aces outlast the Los Angeles Sparks 89-82 to move to 2-0 on the season!
A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young both led the way with 22 PTS
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As an Iowa fan, I was glad to see Kate Martin make the team, let alone play 26 min and have 3 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists! Excited to see how she plays as the season goes on! Great addition to the Las Vegas Aces.
dont forget the block
There is also Megan Gustafson with her. She was a teammate at Iowa during Kate's freshman year while Megan played her senior year with Iowa. Megan Gustafson is also a great addition to the Aces bench.
They were going at her, it was good to see her hold her ground for the most part.
😂
That block was awesome!@@josiahgarcia7624
RICKEA JACKSON LOOKS LIKE SHES READY🔥🔥
Rookie of the year so far
She deserves more minutes. The girl can hoop
I think she should start.
Off the bench with 13…I like how she moves without the ball
She's so well rounded...decent handle, great shooting form, good size
Women's basketball is some of the purest basketball you'll ever see. Because they can't rely solely on athleticism like the NBA, they're some of the best all around players you'll see. Pretty much 1-5 can shoot, pass, dribble somewhat, and their IQ to get open shots is extremely underrated. You got elite shooters like Kelsey Plum and Sabrina Ionescu, A'ja with her elite footwork at her size, and Breanna Stewart's straight up bucket getting ability. The WNBA is lit!!!
Settle down. It was a struggle for me at first watching the WNBA. But I will say Stewart is the best player I've watched so far. A great 2'way player. Can shoot the 3, hit the mid range jumper, take it to the rim and plays great aggressive defense. Her stat line in today's game was impressive.
Your joking the defense is nearly nonexistent and the tactics like picks and rolls are barely there. You don't see many charges being drawn or stiff offensive picks that take people out. I saw plenty of possessions with no one guarding the perimeter. Most teams do run and gun probably cause there's no defense to stop them. But this results in every team having nearly identical play styles. And the lack of athleticism is worse then i had expected. Everything happens so far below the rim even layups and jump shots are more hops then actual jumps. Probably because of the lack of height you don't see many fades or circus shots. There's also less coordination between players its a lot of iso ball if its not a quick shot/layup. Lacks the coordination seen in the nba.
I should add that they have great ball handling skills and are very good shooters so its not all negative.
@@MrArrow54 If we're being real, the defense in the NBA is pretty non existent as well. Teams average 120-130 points per game so there's that. And the WNBA is a completely different game than the NBA BECAUSE of the difference in size, which in turn decreases the level of athleticism. Idk if you're expecting some woman to go out there and windmill on a fast break, but sorry to let you know that's just not gonna happen. And the average size of a woman in the W is between what 5'7-6'5, anything above 6'5 is an outlier. In the NBA 6'4-6'7 you're a 1 or 2 guard, so we're talking apples and oranges when it comes to the difference in size and athleticism in the two leagues. And that affects everything from spacing, how they run fast breaks, layups, defense, literally everything. Which was my original point, players in the WNBA are more sound fundamentally in my opinion, they have to be more efficient in how they score because they're not gonna outrun you, or jump outta the gym like players in the NBA. There are sooo many players who are on an NBA roster that can jump out of the gym, but can't make a free throw, like make that make sense lol.
@@who.is.kswervo True they have way better fundamentals on average but they lack the excitement from having specialists. You mentioned the guys who can jump but can't shoot that's because you need high-flyers to play at the rim. To dunk, block or get touches on shots to redirect them. They aren't the best at the basics but their athleticism is required to defend certain plays and it excites the crowds which is the point of entertaining sports. Having a team of players with different specialties is more fun to watch then a team full of generalists who can do it all well. The wnba is pretty much position-less outside the pg and the center and even those seem pretty flexible. It's probably the height thing you mentioned but it just seems like a squad of guards with one big.
A'ja Wilson
22 Pts, 10 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk, 3 Stl
(Double-Double)
*#AW* *#LasVegas* *#Aces* *#WNBA*
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
👍🏽
She is a beast
Is she good?
Aja is the future WNBA GOAT SHE CAN DO THAT WITH HER EYES CLOSES
@@ZeldonSinghIsFly27. I believe currently she is the goat.
Jackie Young
22 Pts, 6 Reb, 11 Ast, 2 Stl
(4-9, 4-3PT) (Double-Double)
*#JY* *#LasVegas* *#Aces* *#WNBA*
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
pass to cameron ffs!!!
Alysha Clark
13 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl (3-5, 3-3PT)
*#AC* *#LasVegas* *#Aces* *#WNBA*
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Rickea Jackson is doing really well. Kudos to her and all the rookies coming in. Exciting times😊. This was a Good game altogether 🏀. God's Love and Blessings 🙌 ✝️ 💜.
Detroit girl 313 ❤
Nice to see Brink and Martin getting some valuable minutes.
what?
Kate Martin must have earned the coach's trust as she had her in there for a large portion of the game and in crunch time. These are quality minutes which will pay off later in the season. She played well and I hope that with confidence she starts looking for her shot as well as dishing the ball. She is a great story. I like Brink too. I am sure that she will admit that she didn't play her best. I thought there were many times down low that they should have gotten the ball to her.
She s +/- 8 in the floor for aces👌
i remember watching CC at Iowa and noticing Kate Martin more. Shes pretty good.
A'JA Wilson Las Vegas ACES let's go
Yess!! Love to see Kate Martin getting mins! She seems like a great fit. The glue!! 💰
what?
The depth of the Aces is incredible. This season is going to be a very interesting, to see if they can pull off another Chip🏆
Wilson is a winner not a stat chaser.
Good win for the Aces. It was funny seeing Dearica trying to get some redemption. She played well and props to her. It was also nice to Kate get mainstream minutes. It says a lot about the work she must be putting in to earn that kind of trust. As the game slows down, she'll be even better.
Curt Miller has got to find a way to put both of his top 4 draft choices in the game at the same time, preferably in the starting lineup. Brink should be at the 4 and Jackson at the 3. Hamby looked awesome today and hope to see more of that from her. GO SPARKS!!!!!
Rickea Jackson is the sparks perfect replacement for Nneka
Kelsey Plum
17 Pts, 1 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl (3-7, 3-3PT)
*#KP* *#LasVegas* *#Aces* *#WNBA*
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best team in the W. Do they beat them Houston teams with Cynthia Cooper, Tina Thompson and Sheryl swoops?
@@chuckyblack3578That's a good question!Those Comets were tough.Coop was unstoppable.I give the Aces a slight edge.
@@chuckyblack3578I doubt it
@@chuckyblack3578Kim Perot before she died.
@@nellydavis7645 I think so. It'll go 7
The wnba needs to find away to get more of these games on TV it’s actually kinda entertaining
That last Sparks lineup should be the Starting lineup
The Sparks coach have to play Rickea and Brink at the sametime and get them more touches.
GET THE BALL TO BRINK AND RICKEA NEEDS TO PLAY MORE MINUTES
Rickea is the best player on the team besides Brown... yea,, start Rickea and get the ball to her! Let Brinks get the rebounds and the blocks.. facts
Now this is what a real squad looks like 💯
Wow, 26 mins of play as a rookie? She is special. Some Rookies didn't get that mins instantly. Coach made a great decision.
Derica Hamby might be the most improved player of the year if she keeps doing what she’s doing
She was going toe to toe with A'ja. If her supporting cast gave her a little more offensive output, they could have walked out with the upset.
Nah frfr she wanted smoke with them lol
I'm still salty we traded her to sign a washed Candice parker who retired after one season.
@@canismkit666 worked out best for Derica anyways 😁
@@victorvazquez5901can't say it worked out for her when shes wasting her prime years on a rebuilding squad.
The WNBA is really good and getting better. I really enjoy seeing good half-court play, mid-range shooting and good defense. You get all of that and more with the WNBA!
It’s more physical 💯only thing that kills me is the missed layups or two handed layups☹️
Plum has best handles ive ever seen in the WNBA.her shot form is pure
Pure shot form,yes. Best handles... not even close to Chelsea Gray.
Simone Augustus 🥱
Here to support Lexie Brown, 16 pts, 2 rebounds and 2 Assists
Seemed like she had a lot more, she was cookin out there
I’m tryna hit😋😋😜
What a game
Here for Cameron Brink
She’s top tier sexy💯🔥🔥🔥🥳
Big Aces fan, their offense is clunky without Chelsea. She needs to come back ASAP
Also a big fan of Rickea Jackson
The pro’s are not passing to the rookies😢 Cameron Brink is just running around with her hands in the air 🙌
Its a long season Cam and Rickea gonna get plenty of touches as the season goes on. The Sparks not going nowhere without those two contributing heavy
I saw the same thing.
yeah theyll soon realize how dumb they were. caitlin is the same. her teamates dont pass her the ball. watch as she soon asks to get traded and destroy fever. then theyll regret not passing it to her when they had the chance
@@ryanciani3324clark is not going to ask to get traded. She was hoping Indiana fever got the #1 pick before they got it. Reason being is her boyfriend of 1year who also played for Iowa mens basketball team works for the Indiana pacers as some type of starter entry level coaching position. Her leaving Indiana would just make it harder for them to be together as they more than likely live together atm.
She’ll certainly ask to be traded. She has no reason to be there. She’s being treated badly. So your wrong
MAMBA MENTALITY LA SPARKS NATION SOLID💪🏆🙏🌟
A'ja just too good 🔥
Cam Brink will eventually get her post game right but 8 boards and 5 blocks is solid.
This was the A'ja Wilson show. She was awesome!🏀
That Jackie Young Dagger was TOUGH
She was tough the whole game.
they basically let her shoot it
It ain't just them south Carolina girls balling 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀 THEM IOWA GIRLS IS COMING 🏀🏀🏀 CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THEM LSU GIRLS 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
GG Aces
ACES🔥
Go Aces 🏀
Great game 2-0
Not sure if it's just the highlights but the Sparks interior defense disappeared in the third. So many points scored inside by the Aces.
The Aces started moving and cutting better off the double team or trap and the Aces started to hit from outside. Oh yeah Brink got in foul trouble.
Idk but my lady Rickea Jackson needs to start.
A good game
better than Indiana game
Yeah it was. Crazy how I'm chosing to record the Mavs game so I can watch The Backboard Barbie. Never in my life would I admit I sat down and watched three W games in one day.
The Fever were picking first for a reason. They just aren't a good team.
@@christopherweise438Larry bird improved the Celtics by 29 wins when he was a rookie
better by a lot. fever cant even get a close game. every game they lose by over 10 points and its never close unless its the first 3 minutes of the game. you can tell sparks were trying and they almost tied the game at the very end. its no contest. sparks would destroy fever in every game they play each other this year.
@@gregorylewis7620 - I get it, but this isn't 1979, and this isn't the NBA. Bird had more to work with around him than Clark does. She's making great passes that her teammates are dropping.
This was her 3rd career game on a shitty team. Give it a minute.
She's getting bodied alot more than she was in college. She'll figure it out.
The girls are actually good
*Women
of course these girls are good. its wnba.
let’s go aces❤️❤️❤️
Khia balled against her old team
Good GAME!💥
Brink and Jackson needs the ball more, the coach of LA needs to game plan for those rookies its obvious
This was an intense game
Let's go lexie!buckets
Still can’t believe The Sparks passed on Reese twice. She’s been the most solid rookie so far.
Nice to see beautiful athletic competition
Yay ACES!
Martin 🔥
❤❤❤
Let's go cam and rickea... Solid picks for the LA SPARKS... Must give post ups to cam and iso for rickea... Love to see them on the court with LA...
My LA Sparks need to bring Cameron Brink off the bench! We ain't gettin" any offense from her position. Its almost like we playing 5 on 4.
Leave my boo alone🤓
what kinda defense was that on that last 3? jeez
Let's be real, do we really see anyone beating the Aces in a full series? Like they're seriously close to a three peat
No🤷🏿♂️
Rickea Jackson 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. She should be starting. #DetroitVsEverybody 💪🏾
If you didn't watch the game and only seen the highlights, or box score, you'd come away with the impression C. Brink didn't have a good showing. That couldn't be further from the truth. The Aces felt her presence, in fact the Aces didn't get their first points in the paint until late in the first quarter. When Brink learn to play defense better with her feet, she'll easily be DPOY in the future. But boy is A' ja a load to deal with and Young playing the way she did, the Aces are a tough out. Oh and shout out to Hamby too, I see you.
yes go liberty!
Very impressive play by Kate Martin despite she is only the rookie. She plays such like a veteran of WNBA. Much contribution on defensive end and what a off the ball movements with high basketball IQ.
I still want her to come in Indiana Fever via trade.
Sorry to say this, Las Vegas Ace is already too strong team so please give her chance to play with Caitlin Clark again in Indiana.
Kate Martin is really needed piece for Indiana Fever to rebuild the team around Caitlin Clark. ❤
Yeah, Fever looks slow and disorganized. Funny stat is that CC’s Fever is 0-2 while KM’s Aces is 2-0.
@@chevyyyyyyyof course one of them is on the worst team in the league and the other is on the best 😂
Cam needs more love
RJ...is about her bidness..watch out
3PEAT HERE WE COME
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Dearica Hamby has an opportunity to truly shine on the Sparks. She is playing at a high level and the best player currently on that team. So far she is playing like a candidate for MVP, MIP & DPOY with 24.5 PTS / 11.5 RBS / 2 AST / 2.5 STL / 61.3 FG%! With that being said let’s go Aces!
Im still salty the aces traded her to sign a washed Candice parker who retired after one season with the team.
Why is it so quiet when they’re winning?
Sooo excited to see KATE MARTIN play an ample amount of time! Her example was exemplary in how someone can hustle from start to finish and remain at tough defense the whole time. Sometimes we need to deflect and not always look at the superstars in the limelight but look at those very HUNGRY athletes like Kate that cherishes each moment allotted on the court and proves to be a force to reckon with! I have great respect for their coach because she has the “it” factor that sees way ahead of time and knows how to develop athletes and most importantly fosters a sense of CONFIDENCE in the entire team players. Where Kate may have looked at herself as “just a support” I hope when given more chance to play that she will know she too can shoot the ball when open near the paint! “Never second class” seems to be how Becky allows all teammates to feel. They are all worth their salt and may the recent sponsorship prove to each of them that those coming off the bench will play with fire in their bones…and great confidence. Kudos KATE MARTIN, I so saw and appreciated your intensity and was glad you had the playing time you did. Coach Becky has a great backup so she can rest other players in view of the rigors of the schedule at hand. Love you all but just happy to see the rookies shine in the spotlight.❤❤
These girls get 22 and there great. Clark got 22 and u haters still crap on her
Maybe because she gets a parade just for doing what they are doing with less TOs. The girl on the aces had a double double...
They really let these moving screens go in the WNBA. Around the 40 second mark, that one looked crazy.
Matter fact it looks like they let them play more physical overall. I think I prefer that.
@@DecaturQue I was watching the NY Fever game and was thinking that NY plays more physical than the NBA.
WNBA is legit more physical than the NBA. I love to see it. Let's them actually play some defense.
In thw wnba they play each team twice?
Jackie “Been Like That” Young
Look at the attendance, and they want a nike deal too😂
My love for Jackie is scary. 😭😭😭
Notes from the sparks
Rough game offensively for brink, but she was still herself defensively, and against wilson, that says alot.
Rickea had her coming out game tonight, she isnt gonna let CC, AR, and Brink hog all the rookie spotlights, save some for her lol.
If Hamby keeps playing like this? yea all star and all wnba selections incoming.
Notes for the aces
I mean... what can you say. They got first stint lebron out there in Wilson. Too strong, too big, too tall, too fast, too agile. The perfect wnba body matched with extreme skill. Except instead of having the lame supporting cast lebron had she got 3 all wnba players with her. They're just unfair lmao. At this point, CC, Brink and AR gonna have to team up to beat them smh.
Also great showing from Kate Martin. As she is now, she's a great rotational role player, 8-10th woman in the lineup who will do the little things to keep the game moving in the right direction. Her ceiling could be 6th woman of the year which is so crazy considering no one really expected her to get drafted.
Lexie just know we watching if you get cooked Gil’s arena ain’t so nice!
lol
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Vegas too much fire power.
I like the WNBA this game was good but I still wish the girls played a lot more defense.
Les go sky, New York is traumatized, Dallas now knows who's boss, Aces your time will come
L.A. coach need to get it together its too much talent on that team to start out 0-2.
What happened to Lexi Brown??
Sparks need a good point guard like Mabrey,Sabrina,Vandersloot! And a strong Center like Jacquel Jones!
Damn, she look short and still taller than the start farm guy..
But Brink could have removed it off.
they almost came back.
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4:51 Travis Kelce watched them miss two free throws.
7:57 Mahomes and Maauto let’s go.
Why didn't the ref call offensive foul in that moving screen by no. 22 ? That's not physicality that's cheating much worse than call on Edwards moving screen 🤦🏻♂️ .
CB should of played more she took AW then made her miss I think coach messed up smh
Why do the WNBA commentators act like viewers have never watched/played basketball before?
Something is off with the Aces. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something off. There’s no ball movement and a lot of players are going iso. Last year when the aces went up by 20, they’d win by 20 or more. Now they can’t hold a lead anymore and the perimeter defense has been atrocious. Just not something I saw last year. What’s really going on here?
The point gawd Chelsey Gray is still out from the foot injury. They’re learning to play without her so the offense isn’t as crisp. We’ll get better and keep winning until she returns. #GOACES ❤🖤❤️
Yeepp I noticed the same thing
@@Glenda_M._Francis you beat me to it.
its called beginning of the season lmao
@@mentalprograming5365 No, it’s not that.. I thought it was that too, but it’s not. I feel some of the starters are starting to ego trip.. just a little bit. Just based on the way they’re playing, it’s not team basketball anymore, it’s “watch me try to shake my defender for 18 seconds before I pass it” basketball. Something’s off
Where is the tuff crowd out there supporting Lexie though ??! Bj , mccants, Gil … bet you anything they will be at the Indiana game feet on wood .
forreal tho... they said they was gonna be at this game too but yet again no show
THE ACES NEED TO PLAY DYSHIA FAIR 😤😡
De Erica is hooping
Honestly... I ONLY care about the Rookies. Martin, Rickea, Brink.
Did Fair play at all?
Pale Girl magic is on the decline. 😂😂😂😂
Spur play
sparks got no chemistry .... man they needa unleash Z
Aces too strong easy win