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Aces Head into All Star Break with Loss

The Las Vegas Aces saw a nine-point lead evaporate during the final 3:43 of the game to suffer a heartbreaking 100-99 defeat to the Washington Mystics Wednesday night in the nation's capital.

Despite a dominant performance by four-time Most Valuable Player, A'ja Wilson, the Aces had several defensive lapses down the stretch which Washington capitalized on enabling the home team to come away with the victory. Wilson finished with a game high 38 points connecting on 12 of 16 shots from the field and making 12 of 13 free throws but it went for not.

Leading 97-88 midway through the fourth quarter, the Aces were outscored 29-21 in the final period culminating on a three-point play by Washington's Shakira Austin with :13 to play to be the game winner. Austin had 25 points while here team outrebounded the Aces by a wide margin of 47-28.

After dropping two games to the Indiana Fever over a seven-day span, the Las Vegas got back on track with a blowout road victory at Toronto disposing of the expansion Tempo 109-83 on Monday night. However, they could not sustain the momentum from that victory. The Aces are now 4-4 in their last eight games.

Las Vegas heads into the All-Star break with a record of 18-8 which puts them in third place behind the Minnesota Lynx (22-6) and Golden State (19-8). Wilson and Young will participate in the game on Saturday in Chicago. The Aces resume play next Tueasday at home vs Portland.