# 2019 Las Vegas Aces season

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.
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

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 1 | Jackie Young | United States | Notre Dame |

### Trades/Roster Changes

| Date | Details |
| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed F Dearica Hamby |
| February 19, 2019 | Signed G Saniya Chong to a Training Camp Contract |
| February 19, 2019 | Signed C Ruth Hamblin to a Training Camp Contract |
| February 21, 2019 | Signed G/F Alex Harden to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 17, 2019 | Signed G Dominique Wilson to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 12, 2019 | Waived C Ruth Hamblin and G Dominique Wilson |
| May 13, 2019 | Signed G Sydney Colson |
| 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 |
| August 28, 2019 | Signed G Epiphanny Prince |

## Game log
### Pre-season

2019 pre-season game log :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
Minnesota Lynx
L 75–79
McBride (18)
Swords (8)
Plum (6)
Cox Pavilion
0–1 :
2019 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2019 game log Total: 21–13 (Home: 13–4; Road: 8–9) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 26
Los Angeles Sparks
W 83–70
Wilson (21)
Hamby (14)
Plum (6)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 7,249
1–0
2
May 31
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 84–86
McBride (15)
Wilson (9)
Wilson (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,090
1–1 :
June
: 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
June 2
Connecticut Sun
L 74–80
Wilson (19)
Wilson (9)
Colson (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 2,747
1–2
4
June 6
@ Atlanta Dream
W 92–69
Tied (15)
Hamby (8)
J. Young (8)
State Farm Arena 2,630
2–2
5
June 9
@ New York Liberty
L 78–88
McBride (25)
Cambage (10)
McBride (4)
Westchester County Center 1,447
2–3
6
June 14
New York Liberty
W 100–65
Plum (19)
Wilson (8)
J. Young (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,110
3–3
7
June 16
@ Minnesota Lynx
W 80–75
McBride (22)
Cambage (9)
Hamby (4)
Target Center 8,392
4–3
8
June 20
Washington Mystics
L 72–95
Wilson (28)
Tied (6)
Tied (4)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,416
4–4
9
June 22
Dallas Wings
W 86–68
Hamby (27)
Cambage (9)
J. Young (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,347
5–4
10
June 25
Seattle Storm
W 60–56
Cambage (14)
Cambage (13)
Colson (4)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,215
6–4
11
June 27
@ Los Angeles Sparks
L 74–86
Cambage (18)
Hamby (10)
J. Young (9)
Staples Center 10,295
6–5
12
June 29
Indiana Fever
W 102–97 (OT)
Wilson (39)
Wilson (11)
J. Young (10)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,581
7–5 :
July
: 7–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 2
Chicago Sky
W 90–82
3 tied (16)
Cambage (9)
J. Young (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,516
8–5
14
July 5
Washington Mystics
L 70–99
Plum (17)
Tied (5)
Tied (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center N/A
8–6
15
July 7
@ New York Liberty
W 90–58
McBride (24)
Cambage (11)
Plum (6)
Westchester County Center 1,971
9–6
16
July 10
@ Indiana Fever
W 74–71
Cambage (19)
3 Tied (6)
3 Tied (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,247
10–6
17
July 13
@ Washington Mystics
W 85–81
Tied (17)
Cambage (9)
3 Tied (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
11–6
18
July 19
@ Seattle Storm
L 66–69
Cambage (16)
Cambage (14)
Tied (3)
Alaska Airlines Arena 9,000
11–7
19
July 21
Minnesota Lynx
W 79–74
Cambage (22)
Cambage (13)
Plum (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,352
12–7
20
July 23
Seattle Storm
W 79–62
Hamby (24)
Cambage (12)
Cambage (6)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,193
13–7
21
July 30
Dallas Wings
W 86–54
Tied (18)
Hamby (11)
J. Young (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,756
14–7 :
August
: 6–5 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
August 1
@ Los Angeles Sparks
L 68–76
McBride (19)
Hamby (11)
T. Young (6)
Staples Center 11,692
14–8
23
August 3
@ Dallas Wings
W 75–70
McBride (21)
Swords (10)
J. Young (5)
College Park Center 5,882
15–8
24
August 9
Chicago Sky
L 84–87
Cambage (28)
Hamby (12)
McBride (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,200
15–9
25
August 11
Connecticut Sun
W 89–81
Cambage (21)
Cambage (12)
Tied (6)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,633
16–9
26
August 13
Atlanta Dream
W 94–90
Hamby (23)
Hamby (16)
Cambage (6)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,532
17–9
27
August 18
@ Chicago Sky
W 100–85
Wilson (25)
Cambage (10)
T. Young (4)
Wintrust Arena 6,072
18–9
28
August 20
Phoenix Mercury
W 84–79 (OT)
Tied (19)
Cambage (15)
J. Young (10)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,032
19–9
29
August 23
@ Connecticut Sun
L 85–89
Cambage (18)
Hamby (10)
J. Young (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,483
19–10
30
August 25
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 77–98
J. Young (14)
Hamby (7)
J. Young (5)
Target Center 8,834
19–11
31
August 27
@ Indiana Fever
L 71–86
Wilson (18)
Wilson (8)
Plum (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,958
19–12
32
August 31
Los Angeles Sparks
W 92–86
Wilson (24)
Tied (12)
Tied (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 8,470
20–12 :
September
: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
33
September 5
@ Atlanta Dream
L 74–78
Wilson (19)
Wilson (8)
J. Young (9)
State Farm Arena 4,023
20–13
34
September 8
@ Phoenix Mercury
W 98–89
Cambage (21)
Cambage (9)
Tied (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,135
21–13 :
2019 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2019 playoff game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2) :
Second Round: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 15
Chicago Sky
W 93–92
Cambage (23)
Cambage (17)
Plum (6)
Thomas & Mack Center 7,981
1–0 :
Semifinals: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 17
@ Washington Mystics
L 95–97
Wilson (23)
Cambage (12)
Plum (9)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,968
0–1
2
September 19
@ Washington Mystics
L 91–103
Cambage (23)
Cambage (10)
Plum (10)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
0–2
3
September 22
Washington Mystics
W 92–75
Cambage (28)
Wilson (8)
Plum (9)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 6,175
1–2
4
September 24
Washington Mystics
L 90–94
Cambage (25)
Cambage (12)
Hamby (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,465
1–3 :
2019 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Los Angeles Sparks (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 15–2 | 7–10 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces (4) | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Seattle Storm (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 10–6 |
| 4 | Minnesota Lynx (7) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 7–9 |
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury (8) | 15 | 19 | .441 | 7 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 5–11 |
| 6 | e – Dallas Wings | 10 | 24 | .294 | 12 | 8–9 | 2–15 | 5–11 |
Notes
    (#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Playoffs

| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) |
| | | | | | | 1 | Washington Mystics | 97 | 103 | 75 | 94 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 93 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 95 | 91 | 92 | 90 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Chicago Sky | 105 | 5 | Chicago Sky | 92 | | | | | | | 1 | Washington Mystics | 95 | 87 | 94 | 86 | 89 |
| 8 | Phoenix Mercury | 76 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Connecticut Sun | 86 | 99 | 81 | 90 | 78 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun | 84 | 94 | 78 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | 92 | 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks | 75 | 68 | 56 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Seattle Storm | 84 | 6 | Seattle Storm | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota Lynx | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | 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 |
| A'ja Wilson | WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week | June 24, 2019 |
| A'ja Wilson | WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week | July 1, 2019 |
| Kayla McBride | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| A'ja Wilson | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Liz Cambage | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Bill Laimbeer | WNBA Coach of the Month - July | August 1, 2019 |
| Dearica Hamby | Sixth Woman of the Year | September 15, 2019 |
| Jackie Young | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 16, 2019 |