Aces begin WNBA title defense with 41-point win over Storm - ESPN

20.05.2023 - 22:39 espn.com

SEATTLE — Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum both scored 23 points, and the Las Vegas Aces opened defense of their WNBA championship with a 105-64 win over the Seattle Storm on Saturday.

The 41-point margin of victory was the third largest on the road and the largest in a season opener in WNBA history, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

The rematch of last year's WNBA semifinal series won by the Aces in four games on their way to the title featured several changes and absences from that playoff series.

Most notable, Las Vegas was without head coach Becky Hammon following her two-game suspension by the league earlier this week following an investigation into former Aces player Dearica Hamby saying she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant.

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