2021 Las Vegas Aces season

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2021 Las Vegas Aces season
Head Coach Bill Laimbeer
Arena Michelob Ultra Arena
Attendance 2,943 per game
Results
Record 24–8
(.750)
Place 1st (Western)
Playoff Finish 2nd seed, Lost in Semifinals to Phoenix Mercury 2–3
Team Leaders
Points A'ja Wilson – 18.3 ppg
Rebounds A'ja Wilson – 9.3 rpg
Assists Chelsea Gray – 5.9 apg
Las Vegas Aces seasons
< 2020 2022 >

The 2021 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 4th year the franchise was based in Las Vegas. The regular season tipped off on May 15, 2021 at the Seattle Storm.[1]

The Aces started the season by splitting a two game set in Seattle in a rematch of last year's finals. After that set, they won four of their remaining five games in May, with their only other loss coming against Connecticut. They lost their opening game in June, but went on a five game winning streak from there. The streak was snapped in Minnesota, in overtime, in a one point loss to the Lynx. The Aces followed the loss with an overtime win against Seattle to finish out June 7–2. They carried their winning streak into July, winning the first two games of July. The streak was snapped, again in overtime, by the Mercury. They rounded out July with a loss and a win to finish 3–2 in the month. The Aces went into the Olympic break with a 15–6 overall record. They returned from the break with a 4–1 record in August, with the loss to the Sun surrounded by two wins. They closed out the season with a 5–1 record in September, including a four game winning streak. They finished the season with a 24–8 overall record, which earned the team the second seed in the 2021 WNBA Playoffs. 24 wins tied their franchise record for regular season wins with 2008.

As the second seed, the Aces earned a double bye into the Semifinals, and awaited the highest remaining seed from the Second Round. After the games of the First and Second Round, the highest remaining seed was the Phoenix Mercury. The Aces had home court advantage in the series, but lost two of their home games, despite a 13–3 home record in the regular season. The Aces couldn't win Game 5 at home, losing by three to end the series and their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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See also: 2021 WNBA draft

The Aces made the following selections in the 2021 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 12 Iliana Rupert  France Tango Bourges Basket (France)
2 14 Destiny Slocum  United States Arkansas
3 36 Kionna Jeter  United States Towson

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Details
December 9, 2020 Exercised Team Option on G Jackie Young[2]
January 13, 2021 Signed G Lindsay Allen and F Emma Cannon to Training Camp Contracts[3]
Core C Liz Cambage[4]
February 1, 2021 Re-Signed F Dearica Hamby[5]
February 2, 2021 Signed G Chelsea Gray[6]
February 11, 2021 Signed G Riquna Williams[7]
February 15, 2021 Traded G Lindsay Allen and the 24th Pick in the 2021 Draft to Indiana in exchange for the 14th Pick in the 2021 Draft.[8]
March 12, 2021 Re-Signed C Liz Cambage[9]
April 18, 2021 Signed G Destiny Slocum to a Rookie Scale Contract[10]
Signed F Lauren Manis, F Shakayla Thomas and C Kate Cain to Training Camp Contracts[11]
April 19, 2021 Signed G Kionna Jeter to a Rookie Scale Contract[12]
April 26, 2021 Waived G Kionna Jeter[13]
April 29, 2021 Waived C Kate Cain[14]
May 11, 2021 Waived F Lauren Manis and F Shakayla Thomas[15]
May 29, 2021 Waived F Emma Cannon and signed F Joyner Holmes[16]
June 28, 2021 Waived F Joyner Holmes[17]
July 2, 2021 Signed C Kiah Stokes[18]
September 2, 2021 Signed G Bria Holmes to a 7-Day Contract[19]

Roster

2021 Las Vegas Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 8 Australia Cambage, Liz 6' 8" (2.03m) 216 lb (98kg) 1991-08-18 Australia 4
G 12 United States Gray, Chelsea 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1992-10-08 Duke 6
F 5 United States Hamby, Dearica Injured 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 1993-11-06 Wake Forest 6
G 32 United States Holmes, Bria 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1994-04-19 West Virginia 4
G/F 35 United States McCoughtry, Angel Injured 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1986-09-10 Louisville 11
C 19 South Korea Ji-su, Park 6' 5" (1.96m) 206 lb (93kg) 1998-12-06 South Korea 2
G 10 United States Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 1994-08-24 Washington 3
G 24 United States Slocum, Destiny 5' 6" (1.68m) 157 lb (71kg) 1997-09-09 Arkansas R
C 41 Turkey Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 1993-03-30 Connecticut 5
G 2 United States Williams, Riquna 5' 6" (1.68m) 165 lb (75kg) 1990-05-28 Miami (FL) 8
F 22 United States Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-08-08 South Carolina 3
G 0 United States Young, Jackie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-09-16 Notre Dame 2
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Tanisha Wright (Penn State)
United States Vanessa Nygaard (Stanford)
United States Sugar Rodgers (Georgetown)
Athletic trainer
United States Michelle Anumba (Duke)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Preseason

2021 pre-season game log
2021 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2021 game log
2021 season schedule

Playoffs

2021 playoff game log
Semifinals
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 28 Phoenix W 96–90 Riquna Williams (26) A'ja Wilson (9) Chelsea Gray (12) Michelob Ultra Arena
7,009		 1–0
2 September 30 Phoenix L 91–117 Kelsey Plum (25) A'ja Wilson (9) Gray
Wilson (7)		 Michelob Ultra Arena
6,432		 1–1
3 October 3 @ Phoenix L 60–87 Liz Cambage (13) Dearica Hamby (7) Jackie Young (3) Desert Financial Arena
7,090		 1–2
4 October 6 @ Phoenix W 93–76 Chelsea Gray (22) A'ja Wilson (12) Gray
Plum (6)		 Footprint Center
11,255		 2–2
5 October 8 Phoenix L 84–87 Gray
Plum (22)		 Liz Cambage (11) Chelsea Gray (6) Michelob Ultra Arena
9,680		 2–3
2021 playoff schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 x – Connecticut Sun 26 6 .813 – 12–3 15–1 11–5 9–1
2 x – Las Vegas Aces 24 8 .750 2 11–4 13–3 11–5 6–4
3 x – Minnesota Lynx 22 10 .688 4 10–5 13–3 9–7 7–3
4 x – Seattle Storm 21 11 .656 5 9–6 11–5 10–6 8–2
5 x – Phoenix Mercury 19 13 .594 7 6–9 7–9 12–4 5–5
6 x – Chicago Sky 16 16 .500 10 10–5 6–10 10–6 6–4
7 x – Dallas Wings 14 18 .438 12 7–8 7–9 7–9 3–7
8 x – New York Liberty 12 20 .375 14 6–9 7–9 5–11 5–5
9 e – Washington Mystics 12 20 .375 14 7–8 8–8 4–12 4–6
10 e – Los Angeles Sparks 12 20 .375 14 2–13 8–8 4–12 1–9
11 e – Atlanta Dream 8 24 .250 18 6–9 4–12 4–12 4–6
12 e – Indiana Fever 6 26 .188 20 4–11 4–12 2–14 2–8

Notes

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


Playoffs

Template:8TeamBracket-StepladderToSF Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games 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 game Team leader League leader

Source:[20]

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
A'ja Wilson 32 32 31.9 44.4 100 87.6 9.3 3.1 0.9 1.3 18.3
Kelsey Plum 26 0 25.5 43.7 38.6 94.4 2.5 3.6 1.0 0.0 14.8
Liz Cambage 25 24 23.8 54.3 35.7 71.0 8.2 1.3 0.9 1.6 14.2
Jackie Young 32 32 31.8 50.5 25.0 83.3 4.1 3.2 1.1 0.3 12.2
Dearica Hamby 29 0 24.5 54.5 25.0 65.5 6.7 1.7 1.1 0.1 11.6
Chelsea Gray 32 32 28.9 45.4 38.0 88.9 2.9 5.9 1.2 0.3 11.1
Riquna Williams 32 32 26.0 44.4 41.7 92.0 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.4 10.5
Park Ji-su 25 0 8.9 32.7 0.0 83.3 1.8 0.8 0.1 0.6 2.0
Kiah Stokes 15 8 20.5 58.8 0.0 50.0 6.1 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.5
Destiny Slocum 21 0 6.4 31.8 33.3 60.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 1.0
Angel McCoughtry 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
A'ja Wilson Western Conference Player of the Month - June July 1 [21]
Chelsea Gray WNBA All-Star Selection June 30 [22]
Liz Cambage
Dearica Hamby
A'ja Wilson
A'ja Wilson Western Conference Player of the Week July 6 [23]
Kelsey Plum September 20 [24]
Kelsey Plum Western Conference Player of the Month - September September 20 [25]
Kelsey Plum Sixth Woman of the Year September 30 [26]
Dan Padover Basketball Executive of the Year [27]
A'ja Wilson All-WNBA Second Team October 15 [28]

References

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