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Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 13h

sometimes I feel like I hallucinated the 2019 and 2020 WNBA playoffs, because it's impossible to reconcile that version of Chelsea Gray with this one

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 13h

Nate Tibbetts slapped the scorers table after A'ja Wilson was fouled. He didn't receive a second tech.

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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 13h

I give Loyd a lot of credit for the way she's locked in on all the detail-oriented, role-player stuff the second half of this season. Lots of stars who fall further down the option list later in their careers are really resistant to doing that work. She's done all the extra crap really well. #WNBA

Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 13h

Jewell Loyd is getting beat up tonight. Makes her performance even more impressive.

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 13h

Looks like Jewell Loyd has a nose bleed here. It happened while defending Kahleah Copper. The officials are reviewing the call for a possible upgrade on the offensive foul.

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 14h

We’ve got some Abracadabra from the Mercury’s Golden Grannies.

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Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social · 14h

The Aces went for the jugular with this box-and-one. Adjusting like *they're* the ones down 2-0. Impressive, terrifying stuff.

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lincoln @dovienya.bsky.social · 15h

We've reached the point of the 7 game series where both teams throw out the book on what these teams were in the regular season and start messing with the matchups and playing around

Sabally guarding Smith + Thomas guarding Gray has caught my eye early in this one

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Madeline Kenney @madkenney.bsky.social · 16h

With the Aces boasting one of the most efficient offenses in the league, Becky Hammon said some of her influences include Brad Stevens, Pop, Kerr and Sandy Brondello.

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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 14h

Wow, what an opening for us fans of the chess match. Vegas come out in a box-and-1 out of nowhere, after playing no zone at all in Game 2; Phoenix come out switching AT all the way over from Wilson to Gray. Big changes, surprising gambles. #WNBA

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 15h

Almost show time!

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Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 23h

Talked with the UNLV professor who made waves at the WNBA Finals with his Becky Hammon costume and what inspired his fandom of the Aces head coach.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Dana Evans with Becky Hammon look-a-like

Megan Gustafson with Becky Hammon look-a-like

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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 1d

Our @classicjpow.bsky.social checks in live from the #WNBA Finals with a breakdown of exactly how hiring of WNBA coaches is changing, and what it all means. Plus: hear from DeWanna Bonner and Satou Sabally ahead of Game 3! www.theixsports.com/basketball/w...

Breaking down the 'gentrification' of WNBA head coaches - The IX Sports

Breaking down the 'gentrification' of WNBA head coaches — Hear from DeWanna Bonner, Satou Sabally all in Basketball Wednesday.

www.theixsports.com

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maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 2d

excited to cover these desert Finals for Defector! a dispatch from the most crowded and eagerly awaited WNBA press conference I've ever been to... defector.com/the-hottest-...

The Hottest Ticket In Vegas? Cathy Engelbert's Press Conference | Defector

LAS VEGAS — An Aces game overloads the senses well before the game itself begins. The national anthem features indoor fireworks. Seats rumble from the bass of the speakers. There’s so much to look at,...

defector.com

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Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 1d

Some WNBA broadcast news -- Kate Scott (you might know her from the Pac 12 network, the 76ers, and more) will be the lead voice for USA Network in its debut into WNBA coverage. www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

USA Network names 76ers announcer Kate Scott as lead broadcaster for WNBA coverage

Scott recently made history as the first woman to announce an NFL regular-season game for Westwood One Radio Network.

www.nytimes.com

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The IX Basketball @theixbasketball.bsky.social · 3d

The IX Basketball is live once again from the WNBA Finals!

To break down Game 2, @classicjpow.bsky.social is joined by Alissa Hirsh from the Chicago Sun Times to talk about what went right for the Aces, wrong for the Mercury and what to expect in Game 3.

www.thenexthoops.com/podcast/live...

Live from the WNBA Finals: Las Vegas Aces dominate in Game 2 - The IX Basketball

Host Jackie Powell and guest Alissa Hirsh discuss the outcome of Game 2 of the WNBA Finals and what Phoenix needs to do to a win in Game 3.

www.thenexthoops.com

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"Weird Al" Pastor @emilyadler.bsky.social · 3d

"the WNBA isn't turning a profit" is a fundamental misunderstanding of how investment capital works that is used to peddle misogyny

Spooky Joseph Boo-cker @josephzucker.bsky.social · 3d

Why even include this aside?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

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Meghan L. Hall @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 3d

Becky Hammon talked who she leaned on during the Aces’ season this year.

Hammon, after thinking: “Jesus.”

(Q: @classicjpow.bsky.social)

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

Nate Tibbetts on how AT is officiated: "The thing that I just get disappointed in is hearing our officials say that she's hard to officiate because she plays so physical."

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 3d

The most points in a quarter in WNBA Finals history:

21 PTS — Jackie Young (10/5/2025)

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

I always appreciate when Buckets does his best Freddie Mercury impression. There’s a special wrinkle at the end when he shows the crowd a sign that says:

Freddie Mercury > Phoenix Mercury

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

Usher, an all time favorite artist of many of the Aces is in the house.

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

What I've noticed this afternoon is the ways in which A'ja Wilson is getting her touches. It's not just okay get A'ja the ball. It's more how Vegas has moved the defense to find the proper mismatch or space on the floor where Wilson has a situation where she can exploit.

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

Teams the Mercury faced throughout this playoff run have struggled so much to counter that inverted PNR. But the Aces have guards with more girth and are able to handle AT coming off the picks set for her.

Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 3d

Not related to zone, but 3 of Alyssa Thomas's 5 turnovers in G1 came on those middle-screen plays where the PG sets a back screen for her. Each time, it was from the opposing guard digging in and disrupting her handle after the pick. Vegas found one thing that at least helps vs those sets. #WNBA

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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 3d

Not related to zone, but 3 of Alyssa Thomas's 5 turnovers in G1 came on those middle-screen plays where the PG sets a back screen for her. Each time, it was from the opposing guard digging in and disrupting her handle after the pick. Vegas found one thing that at least helps vs those sets. #WNBA

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 3d

I appreciate the Michelob Ultra DJ who played Frank Sinatra's "Strangers In the Night" by Frank Sinatra to introduce the Mercury as they came onto the floor. Quite an apropos song choice.

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