Is Breanna Stewart's shooting slump over? Will the regular-season results predict the champ? Our experts split on whether the Aces or Liberty raise the trophy.
Seven of 18 WNBA Finals have gone the distance since the best-of-five format started in 2005. With the top two seeds and preseason favorites playing for the 2023 WNBA championship, will we see an eighth rendition of a winner-take-all Game 5 when the-- as two teams with the top talent and what appears to be the best chemistry meet. The Finals will begin Sunday in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN App..
The fan bases come at this from a different perspective. The Aces' franchise dates to the start of the WNBA in 1997 as the Utah Starzz, but their time in Las Vegas has been short and successful. They moved from San Antonio to the Strip in 2018, and they are appearing in the Finals for the third time.
It's the Finals matchup we all expected. But what's one thing that has surprised -- good or bad -- about the Liberty and/or Aces?Stewart's shooting woes have been a surprise. She was at 46.5% overall and 35.5% from behind the arc in the regular season. In the Liberty's six playoff games, those percentages have dropped to 35.6 and 20.7. Of course, if she got a lot of her misses out of the way before the Finals, that's good news for the Liberty.
The Aces and Liberty ranked 1-2 in offensive rating and 1-3 in defensive rating this season. Which team will win the series: the team that plays better offensively or defensively?Given the firepower on both sides, I think it's more about which team can consistently get stops. New York was 15-0 in the regular season when holding opponents to 95 points per 100 possessions or fewer. One of those games was the Aug.
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