LAS VEGAS — Chelsea Gray had 33 points, seven rebounds and nine assists, and the Las Vegas Aces wrapped up the Commissioner’s Cup for the best regular-season record in the WNBA by defeating the Seattle Storm 109-100 in a regular-season finale Sunday.
Kelsey Plum, who had 23 points for the Aces, scored seven points in the final minute. Her 3-pointer with 58 seconds left put Las Vegas up by six, and she added two more field goals as the Aces (26-10) clinched the top seed in the playoffs.
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The Aces defeated the Chicago Sky and the Storm in consecutive games to clinch the top playoff spot, having defeated the defending champion Sky 89-78 on Thursday. The Sky will be the No. 2 seed in the playoffs.
The Storm already were assured of the No. 4 seed and will open the playoffs at home against the No. 5 Washington Mystics on Thursday.
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The Aces’ opening-round opponent will be either the New York Liberty or Phoenix Mercury, pending the outcome of the Mercury-Sky game later Sunday.
Seattle’s Jewell Loyd scored a career-high 38 points that included 8 of 14 3-pointers. The Storm (22-14) made 18 3-pointers.
A’Ja Wilson had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Aces and Riquna Williams scored 11 points. Gray was 10-for-15 from the field and 11-for-11 from the free-throw line, where the Aces made 20 of 24 as a team. Seattle was 6-for-7 from the line.
Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Storm and Gabby Williams added 11 points.
Briann January’s 3-pointer with about two minutes left in the third quarter put the Storm up by 10 before Las Vegas closed the quarter with a 12-0 run to lead 78-76 heading to the fourth.
