Aces rout Liberty to extend series lead in WNBA Finals

It's rare that the Las Vegas Aces leave their coach Becky Hammon speechless. After Wednesday night's dominant performance in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, she was in awe.

A'ja Wilson scored 26 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and the Aces routed the New York Liberty 104-76 to take a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-five series.

"The character of this team and their absolute buy into the person to the left or right's success is authentic," Hammon said. "And it's tough to deal with when you share the ball and people are skilled and competitive. They were good tonight. They don't leave me speechless very often, but they executed defensively, offensively shared it — everything we've been asking them to do."

Wilson finished 10 of 16 from the field on her way to recording her 26th double-double this season — including her fourth of the playoffs. She's the third player in WNBA Finals history to have at least 25 points and 15 rebounds in a game.

The defending champion Aces are now one win away from becoming the first team since the 2001-02 Los Angeles Sparks to repeat as champions. Game 3 is Sunday in New York. No team has ever rallied from a 0-2 deficit in the WNBA Finals.

"We know what's on the line and we had to make sure we came out and took care of home court," Wilson said.

Chelsea Gray also had a double-double with 14 points and 11 assists, throwing some beautiful no-look passes for easy baskets. Jackie Young finished with 24 points and Kelsey Plum had 23. It was the second straight game that the guard trio dominated the Liberty.

"Vegas is playing their best basketball at the moment," New York coach Sandy Brondello said. "They're playing with a lot of confidence, you see the chemistry that they have. And for us, we haven't taken the