The Las Vegas Aces received their championship rings and then unveiled and raised their WNBA championship banner, lifting it into place on Tuesday night alongside their first title banner won two seasons ago.
received their championship rings and then unveiled and raised their WNBA championship banner, lifting it into place on Tuesday night alongside their first title banner won two seasons ago."We're back," owner Mark Davis told the sellout crowd."Not only are we back, we're back-to-back world champions.
Davis, who sat next to Aces minority owner and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, greeted coach Becky Hammon and the players when they were introduced to the crowd. "We're so grateful to have a fanbase that is supportive of us," Wilson told the fans."We're blessed to be in this situation. We worked our butts off to get to this point, so we just want to say thank you."
The Las Vegas Aces received their championship rings as they celebrated back-to-back titles ahead of Wednesday night's regular-season opener. "The favorite part of my job is handing out the trophy and then the following year helping hand out the rings," Engelbert said before the ceremony."So this is important -- back-to-back champions."
The Aces are hoping to be the first team since the Houston Comets in 1997-2000 to win at least three titles in a row and the second club to ever accomplish that feat. Las Vegas became the first team since the
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