The Las Vegas team expanded the lead after outsmarting Cameroon’s Makani Monique Akoa and her Phoenix Mercury outfit in game two of the 2025 finals of the United States women’s topflight basketball championship, the WNBA.
The Las Vegas Aces have taken a two-zero lead over Cameroon women’s national team sensation, Makani Monique Akoa and her club, Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 finals of the United States women’s topflight basketball championship, the WNBA. The two-time WNBA champions expanded the lead after outsmarting Phoenix Mercury 91-78points yesterday in game two of the finals.
The comfortable victory followed the hard-earned 89-86points win that the outfit registered against the Mercury team last Saturday October 4 in game one of the finals series. As traditionally expected, Aces were led to the game two victory on Sunday by record four-time Most Valuable Player of the WNBA championship and 2025 MVP, A’ja Wilson. The 29-year-old center contributed 28points, 14 rebounds and three assists on Sunday.
The performance came in as an upgrade to the 21points, six rebounds and five assists that the acclaimed basketball sensation registered during game one of the series last Saturday. Wilson’s performances in the game-two series did just enough in pushing the Vagas outfit which had its biggest points contributions in Sunday’s game coming in from guard Jackie Young.
The 28-year-old chipped in 32points, eight rebounds and two assists during 34 minutes of game time in yesterday’s showdown. The Aces’ victory came after Makani Akoa and her teammates struggled against the outfit. The Cameroonian contributed nine points, seven assists and a rebound for the three-time champions in the game.
The performance was just slightly inferior to the 11points, three assists and two rebounds contribution that the 24-year-old had in game one when she made history by becoming the first Cameroonian to appear in the finals of the WNBA since the competition was launched close to three decades ago. The Mercury’s biggest performance on Sunday came in through 27-year-old forward, Satou Sabally who powered in 22points, two assists and nine rebounds and ace guard, Kahleah Copper who chipped in 23points and three rebounds.
The two zero lead taken by the Aces entails that Mercury needs to avoid losing the next two matches in the ongoing finals series to be able to prevent Aces from becoming the 2025 WNBA champion after game four. The next two matches in the finals are scheduled for Thursday October 9 and Saturday October 11.
If Aces wins both matches, it will claim the WNBA title. The Las Vegas’ team’s failure to win the two matches could possibly extend the finals beyond a four-game series to a maximum of a seven-game series.
