On October 5, Beijing time, the WNBA playoffs semifinals staged a G3 battle, and the ace sat at home to play against the liberty.
The Aces finished the regular season with a 27-13 record and ranked fourth in the league, averaging 86.4 points scored per game and 80.9 points conceded per game, with a 13-7 home record.
The Liberty finished the regular season with a 32-8 record and ranked first in the league, averaging 85.6 points per game and 76.5 points per game, with a 16-4 record on the road.
Entering the playoffs, the Aces and the Liberty both picked out their first-round opponents with a score of 2-0, the Aces eliminated the Storm, and the Liberty took the dream of catching the last train of the playoffs.
Coming to the semifinals, the Liberty took advantage of the home advantage to take a 2-0 lead, and the aces were only one defeat away from going out, and the situation was precarious.
The G2 aces had a chance to pull one back, but unfortunately failed to seize the opportunity in the final quarter, losing 84-88, the aces scored five double-doubles, Wilson contributed 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Jackie Young 17 points, Gray 14 points, Clark 13 points, Hayes 10 points, United States women's basketball national Plumm only 6 points on 2-of-9 shooting.
Four players in double figures as a team of liberty players contributed 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists, Stewart had 15 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, Jones had 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Van der Sloot had 12 points, Thornton had nine points and Lenny had eight points.
The gap between the two teams in the regular season is mainly reflected in the defense, the Aces rank first in the league in points per game, the Liberty ranks second in the league, the average difference is 0.8 points per game, the Liberty ranks the third fewest in the league, and the Ace ranks the sixth least in the league, with a 4.4-point difference between the two sides, and the Aces are also the team that concedes the most points per game in the playoff semifinals.
In the regular season, Wilson averaged 26.9 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 steals per game, creating WNBA history with a number of statistics, and was unanimously elected as the MVP of the regular season. But entering the playoffs, Wilson's performance has also been up and down, averaging 22.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 0.2 steals per game.
Gray's playoff performance has improved, but Wilson's performance has also slipped from the regular season.
Stewart, the core of the liberty, still averaged 20.5 points per game after entering the playoffs, and Ionescu soared from 18.3 points per game to 24.5 points per game.
This season, the Ace and the Liberty have played each other 5 times, 3 times in the regular season, 2 times in the playoffs, and all 5 games were won by the Liberty without exception.