Seattle Storm (8-34, 1-20 Western Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (28-13, 14-6 Western Conference)
Las Vegas; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Las Vegas Aces hosts the Seattle Storm after Jackie Young scored 35 points in the Las Vegas Aces' 114-77 win over the Seattle Storm.
The Aces are 14-6 against Western Conference opponents. Las Vegas ranks seventh in the WNBA with 33.7 rebounds led by A'ja Wilson averaging 9.4.
The Storm are 1-20 against Western Conference opponents. Seattle is sixth in the WNBA with 8.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Dominique Malonga averaging 2.5.
Las Vegas makes 48.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.8 percentage points higher than Seattle has allowed to its opponents (43.6%). Seattle's 42.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.1 percentage points lower than Las Vegas has given up to its opponents (44.4%).
The teams square off for the third time this season. The Aces won 114-77 in the last matchup on Sept. 18. Young led the Aces with 35 points, and Flau'jae Johnson led the Storm with 25 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Chelsea Gray is averaging 11.9 points and 6.8 assists for the Aces. Wilson is averaging 21.9 points over the last 10 games.
Natisha Hiedeman is averaging 15.1 points and 4.8 assists for the Storm. Malonga is averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Aces: 6-4, averaging 89.2 points, 32.5 rebounds, 20.2 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 85.6 points per game.
Storm: 2-8, averaging 80.6 points, 35.5 rebounds, 19.0 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 39.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 89.0 points.
INJURIES: Aces: Janiah Barker: out for season (leg), NaLyssa Smith: out for season (leg).
Storm: Zia Cooke: out (knee), Ezi Magbegor: out for season (acl), Jordan Horston: out (shoulder), Katie Lou Samuelson: out for season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
