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(Top) 1 Transactions 1.1 WNBA draft 1.2 Trades/Roster Changes 2 Roster 3 Game log 3.1 Pre-season 3.2 Regular season 4 Standings 5 Statistics 5.1 Regular season 6 Awards and honors 7 References 8 External links

2018 Las Vegas Aces season

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2018 Las Vegas Aces season
Coach	Bill Laimbeer
Arena	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Attendance	5,208 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	A'ja Wilson – 20.7 ppg
Rebounds	A'ja Wilson – 8.0 rpg
Assists	Kelsey Plum – 4.0 apg
Media
Television	AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain,^[1] ESPN2, NBATV
← 2017 season 2019 season →

The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's inaugural season in Las Vegas, after moving from San Antonio during the off season.^[2] The season tips off on May 20.^[3]

The team started the season slowly in May, posting an 0–4 record. June was a month of improvement, as the Aces went 6–7, including a win over Seattle away. July was the team's best month of the year. The Aces posted a 6–2 record, with their only 2 losses being to Los Angeles. The team's playoff push fell short in August, when the team posted a 2–7 record including the league's first forfeited game. Ultimately the forfeit proved costly, as the team missed out on the playoffs by 1 game and finished 9th in the league overall.

Transactions[edit]

WNBA draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	A'ja Wilson	United States	South Carolina
2	13	Jaime Nared	United States	Tennessee
3	25	Raigyne Louis	United States	LSU
3	32	Jill Barta	United States	Gonzaga

Trades/Roster Changes[edit]

Date	Details
February 1, 2018	Signed F Tamera Young^[4]
February 1, 2018	Signed C Carolyn Swords^[5]
February 1, 2018	Received Indiana Fever's 2nd round pick in 2019 WNBA draft in exchange for C Kayla Alexander and Las Vegas Aces' 3rd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.^[6]
February 2, 2018	Received C Kelsey Bone from Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 26th pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft and Las Vegas Aces' 2nd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.^[7]
February 26, 2018	Re-signed G/F Sequoia Holmes, F Cierra Burdick, Signed F Ivey Slaughter^[8]
March 13, 2018	Re-signed G Sydney Colson^[9]
March 20, 2018	Re-signed F Valeriane Ayayi^[10]
April 11, 2018	Signed G Jacki Gemelos^[11]
May 19, 2018	Signed G Lindsay Allen^[12]
May 23, 2018	Signed G Kelsey Plum and G Kayla McBride^[13]

Roster[edit]

2018 Las Vegas Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	15	Allen, Lindsay	5' 8" (1.73m)	144 lb (65kg)	03-20-1995	Notre Dame	1
C	3	Bone, Kelsey	6' 4" (1.93m)	220 lb (100kg)	12-31-1991	Texas A&M	4
F	12	Coffey, Nia	6' 1" (1.85m)	180 lb (82kg)	05-21-1995	Northwestern	1
F	5	Hamby, Dearica	6' 3" (1.91m)	189 lb (86kg)	11-06-1993	Wake Forest	3
C	20	Harrison, Isabelle	6' 3" (1.91m)	183 lb (83kg)	09-27-1993	Tennessee	2
G	4	Jefferson, Moriah	5' 6" (1.68m)	123 lb (56kg)	03-08-1994	Connecticut	2
G	21	McBride, Kayla	5' 10" (1.78m)	174 lb (79kg)	06-25-1992	Notre Dame	4
G/F	31	Nared, Jaime	6' 2" (1.88m)	160 lb (73kg)	09-14-1995	Tennessee	R
C	19	Park Ji-su	6' 5" (1.96m)	206 lb (93kg)	12-06-1998	South Korea	R
G	10	Plum, Kelsey	5' 8" (1.73m)	145 lb (66kg)	08-24-1994	Washington	1
C	8	Swords, Carolyn	6' 6" (1.98m)	215 lb (98kg)	07-18-1989	Boston College	6
C	22	Wilson, A'ja	6' 4" (1.93m)	195 lb (88kg)	08-08-1996	South Carolina	R
F	1	Young, Tamera	6' 2" (1.88m)	175 lb (79kg)	10-30-1986	James Madison	10

Head coach: Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches: Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
Kelly Raimon (Connecticut)

Athletic trainer: Vacant

Strength and conditioning coach: Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI))

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Game log[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

2018 pre-season game log

May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 6	China	W 98–63	Wilson (20)	Tied (7)	Tied (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center	1–0
2	May 13	@ Dallas	L 55–68	Young (11)	Wilson (12)	Slaughter (3)	College Park Center	1–1

2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season[edit]

2018 game log
Total: 14–20 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–11)

May: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 20	@ Connecticut	L 65–101	Young (23)	Wilson (10)	Bone (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,637	0–1
2	May 22	@ Washington	L 70–75	Wilson (16)	Wilson (8)	Allen (6)	Capital One Arena 4,509	0–2
3	May 27	Seattle	L 98–105	Wilson (27)	Wilson (8)	Allen (6)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 7,662	0–3
4	May 31	@ Seattle	L 74–101	Wilson (21)	Tied (6)	Plum (6)	KeyArena 5,235	0–4

June : 6–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	June 1	Washington	W 85–73	Wilson (26)	Wilson (12)	Tied (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,575	1–4
6	June 3	@ Chicago	L 90–95	Wilson (22)	Park (6)	Allen (8)	Wintrust Arena 5,052	1–5
7	June 8	Atlanta	L 83–87	Wilson (20)	Wilson (9)	Allen (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,913	1–6
8	June 10	@ Phoenix	L 66–72	Wilson (17)	Park (11)	Plum (6)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,471	1–7
9	June 12	@ Indiana	W 101–92 (OT)	Wilson (35)	Wilson (13)	Young (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,437	2–7
10	June 13	@ New York	W 78–63	Hamby (17)	Tied (4)	Allen (7)	Westchester County Center 1,419	3–7
11	June 15	@ Dallas	L 67–77	McBride (22)	Young (9)	Young (4)	College Park Center 4,549	3–8
12	June 17	Phoenix	L 80–92	Wilson (21)	Coffey (12)	Plum (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,432	3–9
13	June 19	@ Seattle	W 87–77	Wilson (25)	Wilson (15)	Tied (6)	KeyArena 6,395	4–9
14	June 22	New York	W 88–78	McBride (27)	Wilson (14)	Wilson (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,478	5–9
15	June 24	Minnesota	L 73–88	McBride (18)	Wilson (7)	Plum (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,814	5–10
16	June 27	Dallas	L 91–97	McBride (38)	Wilson (15)	Wilson (8)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,246	5–11
17	June 29	Los Angeles	W 94–78	Wilson (29)	Tied (9)	Tied (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,124	6–11

July : 6–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	July 1	@ Los Angeles	L 71–87	Young (16)	Park (6)	Young (8)	Staples Center 12,003	6–12
19	July 5	Chicago	W 84–80	McBride (28)	Swords (12)	McBride (7)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,699	7–12
20	July 7	Connecticut	W 94–90	Wilson (34)	Wilson (14)	Plum (10)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,363	8–12
21	July 10	@ Chicago	W 98–74	McBride (18)	Tied (8)	3 Tied (4)	Wintrust Arena 7,696	9–12
22	July 13	@ Minnesota	W 85–77	McBride (24)	Wilson (15)	McBride (9)	Target Center 9,813	10–12
23	July 15	Los Angeles	L 78–99	McBride (18)	Tied (8)	Jefferson (3)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,810	10–13
24	July 19	@ Phoenix	W 85–82	McBride (27)	Wilson (12)	McBride (3)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,587	11–13
25	July 22	Indiana	W 88–74	Wilson (24)	Tied (10)	3 Tied (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,368	12–13

August : 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
26	August 1	Phoenix	L 93–104	Wilson (29)	3 Tied (6)	Tied (5)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,129	12–14
27	August 3	@ Washington	L via forfeit^[14]	–	–	–	Capital One Arena 0	12–15
28	August 5	@ Connecticut	L 88–109	Wilson (24)	5 Tied (3)	Tied (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,791	12–16
29	August 7	@ Atlanta	L 100–109	Plum (20)	Swords (9)	Plum (13)	McCamish Pavilion 4,033	12–17
30	August 9	Minnesota	L 73–89	Wilson (18)	Swords (7)	Young (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,497	12–18
31	August 11	Indiana	W 92–74	Plum (20)	Wilson (8)	Tied (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,213	13–18
32	August 15	New York	W 85–72	Wilson (19)	Young (8)	Young (4)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 7,159	14–18
33	August 17	@ Dallas	L 102–107	Wilson (34)	Wilson (7)	McBride (12)	College Park Center 6,209	14–19
34	August 19	Atlanta	L 78–93	Wilson (21)	Hamby (8)	Plum (8)	Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,737	14–20

2018 season schedule

Standings[edit]

#	Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm (1)	26	8	.765	–	13–4	13–4	11–5
2	Phoenix Mercury (5)	20	14	.588	6	9–8	11–6	8–8
3	Los Angeles Sparks (6)	19	15	.559	7	11–6	8–9	9–7
4	Minnesota Lynx (7)	18	16	.529	8	9–8	9–8	9–7
5	Dallas Wings (8)	15	19	.441	11	10–7	5–12	7–9
6	e –Las Vegas Aces	14	20	.412	12	8–9	6–11	4–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name

x – Qualified for playoffs

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
A'ja Wilson	33	33	30.6	46.2	0.0	77.4	8.0	2.2	0.8	1.7	20.7
Kayla McBride	31	31	32.3	44.9	39.3	91.7	3.9	3.5	1.1	0.1	18.2
Tamera Young	33	25	26.7	40.8	30.8	70.7	5.1	2.8	1.0	0.2	9.9
Kelsey Plum	31	27	25.5	46.7	43.9	87.5	2.4	4.0	0.8	0.2	9.5
Dearica Hamby	33	0	14.4	52.6	28.9	74.2	3.6	1.2	0.7	0.3	7.4
Moriah Jefferson	16	0	15.7	37.9	20.0	81.0	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.0	5.4
Nia Coffey	28	10	13.8	38.0	40.0	61.8	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	5.3
Carolyn Swords	26	12	14.5	55.7	0.0	87.5	4.7	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.9
Lindsay Allen	24	6	14.9	38.4	6.3	70.8	1.3	2.9	0.6	0.0	3.1
Kelsey Bone	32	10	10.8	50.0	0.0	50.0	2.2	1.2	0.1	0.1	2.8
Ji-Su Park	32	11	13.0	38.8	0.0	61.9	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.6	2.8
Jaime Nared	31	0	9.1	30.0	22.6	85.7	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	2.5

Awards and honors[edit]

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
A'ja Wilson	WNBA Rookie of the Month - June	July 2, 2018	^[15]
A'ja Wilson	WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week	July 9, 2018	^[16]
Kayla McBride	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 17, 2018	^[17]
A'ja Wilson	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 17, 2018	^[17]
A'ja Wilson	WNBA Rookie of the Month - July	August 1, 2018	^[18]
	WNBA Rookie of the Month - August	August 20, 2018	^[19]
	WNBA Rookie of the Year Award	September 9, 2018	^[20]

References[edit]

^ "Las Vegas Announces Telecast Agreement With AT&T SportsNet". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

^ "San Antonio Stars moving to Las Vegas, bought by MGM Resorts". usatoday.com. Associated Press. October 17, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "2018 Las Vegas Aces Schedule". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Signs 10-Year Veteran Forward Tamera Young". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Signs Five-Year Veteran Carolyn Swords". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Acquires 2019 Second Round Pick From Indiana". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Acquires All-Star Kelsey Bone From Phoenix Mercury". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Holmes, Burdick, Signs Free Agent Ivey Slaughter". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Guard Sydney Colson". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. March 13, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Forward Valeriane Ayayi". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Signs Free Agent Guard Jacki Gemelos". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Signs Lindsay Allen". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. May 19, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

^ "Aces Welcome McBride, Plum To Las Vegas, Waive Schimmel, Louis". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. May 23, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas Aces Forfeit Game vs. Washington Mystics". wnba.com. WNBA. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson Named Rookie of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

^ "Elena Delle Donne, A'ja Wilson Named Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.

^ "2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains". wnba.com. WNBA. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas' Wilson Named WNBA Rookie Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

^ "Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson Named August WNBA Rookie Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.

^ "Aces' A'ja Wilson Unanimously Selected 2018 WNBA Rookie Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

External links[edit]

The Official Site of the Las Vegas Aces

Las Vegas Aces

Formerly the Utah Starzz, the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the San Antonio Stars
Founded in 1997
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada

Franchise

Arenas

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Owners: Larry H. Miller; Peter Holt; MGM Resorts International; Mark Davis; Tom Brady

General Managers: Tim Howells; Jay Francis; Dan Hughes; Ruth Riley; Bill Laimbeer; Dan Padover; Natalie Williams

Presidents: Nikki Fargas

All-Stars

Seasons

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WNBA Championships

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Media

TV:

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Radio:

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Announcers

Television: Anne Marie Anderson; Carolyn Peck
Radio: TC Martin

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