WNBA Finals Game 2 updates: How Aces beat the Mercury - ESPN

The No. 2 Las Vegas Aces defeated the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury 91-78 in Game 2 of the 2025 WNBA Finals to go up 2-0 in the series.

Jackie Young had 32 points while four-time MVP A'ja Wilson had 28 points and 14 rebounds.

Despite a quiet scoring performance, Alyssa Thomas passed Courtney Vandersloot to become the all-time leader in WNBA postseason assists, with 386.

Here's what you need to know about everything that happened on Sunday. The best-of-seven series shifts to Phoenix for Game 3 on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

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Las Vegas' big three of A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray have played together for five seasons. That experience and connectedness really showed when Las Vegas took control of the game with a 22-10 second-quarter advantage and then essentially buried the Mercury by scoring 30 points in the third, when Young had 21 points, a WNBA Finals record for a quarter.

Gray was the epitome of her «Point Gawd» nickname on Sunday with 10 assists, along with 10 points and eight rebounds. She is so familiar with finding Wilson and Young on court, anticipating their moves. Once the Aces started clicking, the Mercury looked a step behind the rest of the game.

The Aces will always say their offense is predicated on defense, and that showed in the second quarter when the Mercury struggled to get any of the looks they wanted. Then even when Phoenix started to create better opportunities, it was too late to matter.

They couldn't guard Wilson without Alyssa Thomas getting into foul trouble, and they couldn't guard Young at all. That said, they started the game strong and had a 27-24 lead after the first quarter. Even then, though, it felt as if Phoenix was in trouble because the offense