Kelsey Plum's 2nd-half showcase leads Aces past Sun in battle of WNBA's best

Kelsey Plum scored 14 of her 22 points after halftime, Chelsea Gray tied her season highs with 21 points and nine assists and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Connecticut Sun 91-83 Sunday in a matchup between two of the top teams in the WNBA.

Las Vegas (18-7) has won three games in a row and is second in the league standings, one game behind the defending champion Chicago Sky. Connecticut (16-9), which is 4-5 in its last nine games, fell a half-game behind the Seattle Storm into fourth.

A'ja Wilson scored 20 points, Jackie Young added 12 and Riquna Williams hit three of six from three-point range and finished with 11 points for Las Vegas.

Connecticut led for much of the first half and had a 37-35 advantage at the end of the second quarter before Gray opened the third with a three that gave the Aces the lead for good. Plum followed with back-to-back three-pointers just 23 seconds apart and then made two free throws before finding Wilson for a 14-foot jumper to make it 48-39 and cap a 13-2 run.

A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, and Kelsey Plum proved why they are the number one scoring team in the league, combining for 63 points in the <a href="https://twitter.com/LVAces?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LVAces</a> win