2022 Las Vegas Aces season

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2022 Las Vegas Aces season
WNBA champions
Coach Becky Hammon
Arena Michelob Ultra Arena
Attendance5,607 per game
Results
Record2610 (.722)
Place1st (Western)
Playoff finishWNBA Champions (Defeated Connecticut Sun 3–1 in WNBA Finals)
Team Leaders
Points Kelsey Plum – 20.2 ppg
Rebounds A'ja Wilson – 9.4 rpg
Assists Chelsea Gray – 6.1 apg

The 2022 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 26th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 5th year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. The regular season began on May 6, 2022, at the Phoenix Mercury. [1]

Contents

On December 31, 2021, the Aces named former WNBA great and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon as their new head coach. [2]

The Aces started the season under Hammon in strong fashion, winning their first two games before losing a game. The team then went on a seven game winning streak to end May 9–1. The winning streak ended on the first of June, but the Aces then won their next four straight games. The end of June was not as kind to the team, as they lost three of their last four games, to finish the month 5–4. July got off to a rocky start, with the team losing two of its first three games, but then they won three of their next four before finishing the month on a four game winning streak. The winning streak would be five if you include the Commissioner's Cup Final. The Aces beat the Chicago Sky 93–83 to win their first Commissioners Cup. Excluding that cup, the team finished July 8–3, and secured a berth into the 2022 WNBA Playoffs on July 24. The started the final month of the season on a two game losing streak, but won their last four games to finish the month 4–2 and secure the first seed in the playoffs. Their win in the penultimate game of the season gave them the better head-to-head record with Chicago and secured the tiebreaker for the top seed. Their final record of 26–10 in the regular season, was the highest win total in franchise history and their winning percentage of .722 was the second highest.

As the first seed in the playoffs, they had home court advantage against the eight seed Phoenix Mercury in the first round. The Aces won the first game 79–63 and cruise to a game two victory 117–80 to win the series two games to zero. In the second round they faced off against the fourth seeded Seattle Storm. Las Vegas lost the first game at home 73–76. However, they won game two 78–73 to send the series to Seattle tied. The Aces prevailed in over time in game three of the series and also won game four in Seattle to take the series three games to one. The Aces would again have home court advantage in the WNBA Finals where they matched up against the third seed Connecticut Sun. Las Vegas won the first two games at home 67–64 and 85–71 respectively. The Aces lost game three in Connecticut 76–105. However, they came back and won game four to win the series three games to one and finish as WNBA Champions. This was the first championship in franchise history.

During the postseason, A'ja Wilson was named MVP, Jackie Young won Most Improved Player, Chelsea Gray was Finals MVP, and Coach Becky Hammon was named Coach of the Year in her first season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
18 Mya Hollingshed Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Colorado
111 Kierstan Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States Florida Gulf Coast
213 Khayla Pointer Flag of the United States.svg  United States LSU
223 Aisha Sheppard Flag of the United States.svg  United States Virginia Tech
335 Faustine Aifuwa Flag of the United States.svg  United States LSU

Trades and Roster Changes

DateDetails
December 31, 2021Hired Becky Hammon as head coach
January 7, 2022Extended Qualifying Offers to A'ja Wilson and Ji-Su Park [3]
January 15, 2022Renounced the rights to Clarissa dos Santos [4]
February 2, 2022Re-Signed A'ja Wilson to a Two-Year Deal [5] [6]
February 3, 2022Re-Signed Kiah Stokes to a One-Year Deal [7]
Re-Signed Riquna Williams to a Two-Year Deal [8]
February 15, 2022Signed Kalani Brown to a training-camp contract [9]
February 24, 2022Hired Natalie Nakase as an Assistant coach [10]
March 2, 2022Signed Sydney Colson to a training-camp contract [11]
March 3, 2022Signed Theresa Plaisance to a training-camp contract [12]
March 14, 2022Hired Tyler Marsh as an Assistant coach [13]
April 8, 2022Waived Destiny Slocum [14]
Hired Natalie Williams as General Manager [15]
April 10, 2022Traded a First and Second Round pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the #8 and #13 Picks in the 2022 WNBA draft [16]
April 13, 2022Signed Kierstan Bell, Aisha Sheppard, Faustine Aifuwa, and Mya Hollingshed to rookie-scale contracts
Signed Deja Winters to a training-camp contract [17]
April 16, 2022Signed Khayla Pointer to a rookie-scale contract
Signed Nancy Mulkey to a training-camp contract [18]
Hired Charlene Thomas-Swinson as assistant coach [19]
April 18, 2022Waived Kalani Brown [20]
April 19, 2022Waived Faustine Aifuwa and Deja Winters [21]
May 2, 2022Waived Mya Hollingshed, Khayla Pointer, and Nancy Mulkey [22] [23]
May 3, 2022Signed Victoria Macaulay to a training-camp contract [24]
May 5, 2022Waived Victoria Macaulay
Temporarily Suspend Kiah Stokes due to Overseas Commitments
May 16, 2022Signed Jackie Young to a contract extension [25]
May 17, 2022Activated Kiah Stokes from her Temporary Suspension
May 23, 2022Signed Chelsea Gray to a Contract Extension [26]
June 19, 2022Signed Iliana Rupert to a rookie-scale contract [27]
June 29, 2022Signed Dearica Hamby to a Contract Extension [28]
July 17, 2022Signed Kelsey Plum to a 2-Year Contract Extension [29]

Roster

2022 Las Vegas Aces roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Bell, Kierstan 6' 1" (1.85m)176 lb (80kg)03-16-2000 Florida Gulf Coast R
G 51 Flag of the United States.svg Colson, Sydney 5' 8" (1.73m)140 lb (64kg)1989-08-06 Texas A&M 7
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Chelsea 5' 11" (1.8m)170 lb (77kg)1992-10-08 Duke 7
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m)189 lb (86kg)1993-11-06 Wake Forest 7
F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Plaisance, Theresa 6' 5" (1.96m)200 lb (91kg)1992-05-18 LSU 8
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m)145 lb (66kg)1994-08-24 Washington 4
C 21 Flag of France.svg Rupert, Iliana 6' 4" (1.93m)189 lb (86kg)07-12-2001 France R
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Sheppard, Aisha 5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)1993-03-30 Virginia Tech R
C 41 Flag of the United States.svg Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m)191 lb (87kg)1993-03-30 Connecticut 6
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Riquna 5' 6" (1.68m)165 lb (75kg)1990-05-28 Miami (FL) 9
F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m)195 lb (88kg)1996-08-08 South Carolina 4
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Jackie 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)1997-09-16 Notre Dame 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Becky Hammon (Colorado State)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Nakase (UCLA)
Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Marsh (Birmingham–Southern)
Flag of the United States.svg Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Anumba (Duke



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Kiah Stokes Iliana Rupert
PF A'ja Wilson Dearica Hamby
Theresa Plaisance
SF Jackie Young Kierstan Bell
SG Kelsey Plum Riquna Williams
Aisha Sheppard
PG Chelsea Gray Sydney Colson

Schedule

Preseason

2022 pre-season game log
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 1@ Minnesota L 86–89 Kelsey Plum (16) A'ja Wilson (7) Kelsey Plum (5) Target Center
N/A
0–1
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2022 game log
Total: 26–10 (Home: 13–5; Road: 13–5)
May: 9–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 3–1)
June : 5–4 (Home: 2–3; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
11June 2 Connecticut L 90–97 Jackie Young (26) Hamby
Wilson (7)
Kelsey Plum (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
3,801
9–2
12June 5 Dallas W 84–78 Kelsey Plum (32) Dearica Hamby (8) Hamby
Plum (5)
Michelob Ultra Arena
4,814
10–2
13June 11@ Los Angeles W 89–72 A'ja Wilson (35) A'ja Wilson (11) Kelsey Plum (8) Crypto.com Arena
8,200
11–2
14June 15@ Dallas W 92–84 Kelsey Plum (27) Dearica Hamby (12) Chelsea Gray (8) College Park Center
4,375
12–2
15June 19 Minnesota W 96–95 A'ja Wilson (25) A'ja Wilson (8) Chelsea Gray (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
4,603
13–2
16June 21 Chicago L 95–104 Jackie Young (23) A'ja Wilson (11) Gray
Plum (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena
4,951
13–3
17June 25 Washington L 86–87 (OT) Plum
Young (20)
A'ja Wilson (14) Chelsea Gray (6) Michelob Ultra Arena
7,171
13–4
18June 27@ Los Angeles W 79–73 Kelsey Plum (29) A'ja Wilson (11) Jackie Young (7) Crypto.com Arena
4,200
14–4
19June 29@ Seattle L 78–88 A'ja Wilson (17) A'ja Wilson (16) Chelsea Gray (8) Climate Pledge Arena
9,499
14–5
July : 8–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 6–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
20July 1@ Minnesota W 91–85 Chelsea Gray (21) A'ja Wilson (12) Kelsey Plum (10) Target Center
6,104
15–5
21July 3@ Minnesota L 71–102 Kelsey Plum (12) A'ja Wilson (7) Kelsey Plum (5) Target Center
7,603
15–6
22July 6 New York L 107–116 A'ja Wilson (29) A'ja Wilson (9) Chelsea Gray (6) Michelob Ultra Arena
8,405
15–7
23July 12@ New York W 107–101 Kelsey Plum (27) A'ja Wilson (14) Jackie Young (7) Barclays Center
5,201
16–7
24July 14@ New York W 108–74 A'ja Wilson (25) Dearica Hamby (7) Jackie Young (9) Barclays Center
9,896
17–7
25July 17@ Connecticut W 91–83 Kelsey Plum (22) Hamby
Wilson (7)
Chelsea Gray (9) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,814
18–7
26July 19 Atlanta L 76–92 A'ja Wilson (22) A'ja Wilson (10) Kelsey Plum (7) Michelob Ultra Arena
5,952
18–8
27July 21 Indiana W 90–77 A'ja Wilson (23) Dearica Hamby (9) Chelsea Gray (12) Michelob Ultra Arena
5,737
19–8
28July 23 Los Angeles W 84–66 Kelsey Plum (29) Jackie Young (9) Jackie Young (6) Michelob Ultra Arena
7,522
20–8
CC Final July 26@ Chicago W 93–83 Kelsey Plum (24) A'ja Wilson (17) Kelsey Plum (6) Wintrust Arena
8,922
N/A
29July 29@ Indiana W 93–72 Plum
Wilson (22)
Jackie Young (7) Gray
Young (5)
Hinkle Fieldhouse
1,828
21–8
30July 31@ Indiana W 94–69 Kelsey Plum (26) Kiah Stokes (10) Chelsea Gray (7) Hinkle Fieldhouse
1,822
22–8
August : 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
31August 2@ Washington L 73–83 A'ja Wilson (22) A'ja Wilson (12) Kelsey Plum (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
22–9
32August 4@ Dallas L 80–82 Chelsea Gray (28) A'ja Wilson (9) Kelsey Plum (7) College Park Center
3,492
22–10
33August 7@ Seattle W 89–81 A'ja Wilson (29) Kiah Stokes (9) Chelsea Gray (9) Climate Pledge Arena
18,100
23–10
34August 9 Atlanta W 97–90 A'ja Wilson (24) A'ja Wilson (14) Kelsey Plum (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
5,151
24–10
35August 11 Chicago W 89–78 Kelsey Plum (25) Kiah Stokes (7) Kelsey Plum (5) Michelob Ultra Arena
6,055
25–10
36August 14 Seattle W 109–100 Chelsea Gray (33) A'ja Wilson (10) Chelsea Gray (9) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,015
26–10
2022 season schedule

Playoffs

2022 playoff game log
First Round vs. Phoenix Mercury
Won Series: 2–0
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1August 18 Phoenix W 79–63 Kelsey Plum (22) Kiah Stokes (13) Gray
Plum (4)
Michelob Ultra Arena
8,725
1–0
2August 21 Phoenix W 117–80 Chelsea Gray (27) Riquna Williams (5) Chelsea Gray (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
9,126
2–0
Second Round vs. Seattle Storm
Won Series: 3–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1August 28 Seattle L 73–76 Chelsea Gray (21) A'ja Wilson (12) Gray
Young (5)
Michelob Ultra Arena
9,944
0–1
2August 31 Seattle W 78–73 A'ja Wilson (33) A'ja Wilson (13) Chelsea Gray (7) Michelob Ultra Arena
9,755
1–1
3September 4@ Seattle W 110–98 (OT) A'ja Wilson (34) Kiah Stokes (12) Chelsea Gray (12) Climate Pledge Arena
15,431
2–1
4September 6@ Seattle W 97–92 Chelsea Gray (31) A'ja Wilson (13) Chelsea Gray (10) Climate Pledge Arena
11,328
3–1
Finals vs. Connecticut Sun
Won Series: 3–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1September 11 Connecticut W 67–64 A'ja Wilson (24) A'ja Wilson (11) Chelsea Gray (3) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,135
1–0
2September 13 Connecticut W 85–71 A'ja Wilson (26) A'ja Wilson (10) Chelsea Gray (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,211
2–0
3September 15@ Connecticut L 76–105 Jackie Young (22) Kiah Stokes (7) Chelsea Gray (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,745
2–1
4September 18@ Connecticut W 78–71 Chelsea Gray (20) A'ja Wilson (14) Jackie Young (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,652
3–1
2022 playoff schedule

Standings

# W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1xLas Vegas Aces 2610.72215–313–513–59–1
2xChicago Sky 2610.72215–314–412–69–1
3xConnecticut Sun 2511.6941.011–713–512–65–5
4xSeattle Storm 2214.6114.010–813–59–96–4
5xWashington Mystics 2214.6114.011–712–610–85–5
6xDallas Wings 1818.5008.08–108–1010–85–5
7xNew York Liberty 1620.44410.010–89–97–116–4
8xPhoenix Mercury 1521.41711.07–1111–74–143–7
9eMinnesota Lynx 1422.38912.08–107–117–114–6
10eAtlanta Dream 1422.38912.05–138–106–123–7
11eLos Angeles Sparks 1323.36113.06–127–116–123–7
12eIndiana Fever 531.13921.02–163–152–162–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

Round One:
Best-of-3
Semifinals:
Best-of-5
Finals:
Best-of-5
         
1 Las Vegas Aces 2
8 Phoenix Mercury 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
4 Seattle Storm 1
4 Seattle Storm 2
5 Washington Mystics 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
3 Connecticut Sun 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
7 New York Liberty 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
3 Connecticut Sun 3
3 Connecticut Sun 2
6 Dallas Wings 1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Kelsey Plum 363632.8.460.420.8392.75.11.00.120.2
A'ja Wilson 363630.0.501.373.8139.42.11.41.919.5
Jackie Young 343433.2.476.431.8594.43.91.40.215.9
Chelsea Gray 353529.7.491.340.9103.26.11.60.313.7
Dearica Hamby 343226.5.466.219.7207.11.11.10.19.3
Riquna Williams 21018.0.381.366.7622.01.20.40.16.7
Theresa Plaisance 31212.9.371.348.7002.60.50.30.44.0
Iliana Rupert 17013.1.463.368.3332.30.90.40.03.8
Kiah Stokes 31415.3.426.208.8134.40.60.50.82.3
Sydney Colson 1806.8.313.2731.0000.41.00.10.01.6
Aisha Sheppard 2307.6.238.273.7500.60.30.20.01.5
Kierstan Bell 2115.8.303.1361.0000.90.30.10.11.3


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Chelsea Gray 101034.0.611.544.8333.87.01.20.621.7
A'ja Wilson 101037.2.552.143.79110.42.01.02.420.3
Kelsey Plum 101033.3.409.286.8913.93.80.90.017.1
Jackie Young 101034.5.432.474.9264.13.00.80.112.5
Riquna Williams 10020.3.348.3581.002.71.00.80.26.9
Kiah Stokes 101025.9.486.2001.007.20.40.60.83.7
Kierstan Bell 404.8.667.6000.001.30.30.00.02.8
Iliana Rupert 707.0.313.3570.000.40.00.00.12.1
Theresa Plaisance 405.0.400.3330.001.30.50.30.51.3
Dearica Hamby 608.5.6000.000.251.50.80.20.21.2
Sydney Colson 404.80.000.000.001.01.00.00.00.0
Aisha Sheppard 404.00.000.000.000.00.80.00.00.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
A'ja Wilson Western Conference Player of the Week May 16 [30]
May 31 [31]
June 21 [32]
July 25 [33]
August 15 [34]
Western Conference Player of the Month - May June 1 [35]
Western Conference Player of the Month - July August 2 [36]
WNBA All-Star Starter & Co-CaptainJune 22 [37]
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year August 30 [38]
All-Defensive First Team [39]
WNBA MVP September 7 [40]
All-WNBA First Team September 15 [41]
Jackie Young Western Conference Player of the Week May 23 [42]
WNBA All-Star Starter June 22 [37]
WNBA Most Improved Player August 29 [43]
Kelsey Plum Western Conference Player of the Week June 6 [44]
August 1 [45]
WNBA All-Star Starter June 22 [37]
All-Star Game MVP July 10 [46]
All-WNBA First Team September 15 [41]
Dearica Hamby WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [47]
Chelsea Gray Commissioner's Cup Final MVPJuly 26
WNBA Finals MVP September 18
Becky Hammon WNBA Coach of the Month - May June 1 [48]
WNBA Coach of the Year August 26 [49]

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