A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces fell to the Minnesota Lynx, 100-86, on Tuesday night at the Michelob Utra Arena, giving the 5-5 club a three-game losing streak for the first time since 2019.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.have lost three games in a row. But the two-time defending champions said they are still betting on themselves to get back to top-tier status in the WNBA, even though they are currently 5-5.on Tuesday."I'm not going to press the panic button. I'm still going to bet on us.
The last time Las Vegas lost three straight was Aug. 23-27, 2019, when Bill Laimbeer was still coach. That is the second-longest span in WNBA history between single-season three-game losing streaks - 143 games -- according to Elias Sports Bureau. The longest such streak was by the Houston Comets -- 224 games -- from the launch of the WNBA in 1997 to 2003.
Minnesota, now 9-3, had all five starters score in double figures and shot 55.2% overall from the field and even slightly better from 3-point range. And that's what Plum pointed to. Aces coach Becky Hammon, in her third year in Las Vegas, acknowledged that she has had some concerns since the season started about how the team was playing.
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