It wasn’t playoff upstarts Golden Knights or Marc Davis’ Raiders who won the first championship of Las Vegas’ professional sports era. It was the Las Vegas Aces, who earned a Sept. 21 parade on the Strip that stopped traffic in both directions after besting the Connecticut Suns in four games to bring home the WBNA Commissioner's Cup.
The Aces electrified the sports world during a stunning series that saw superstar play from A’ja Wilson, inspiring intensity from Chelsea Gray and the first triple-double in NBA Finals history achieved by Alyssa Thomas in Game Three. In the few short years since being formed by MGM Resorts International, the team was acquired by the Davis family, brought on charismatic coach Becky Hammon and in 2022 made a resolute commitment to winning the Finals.
Hammon was named Coach of the Year after the conclusison of Game Four, while Kelsey Plum took Most Valuable Player honors after averaging 18 points and six assists per game throughout the Finals. The exhilarating scene of celebration on court was contagious, and Davis looked lit up like a Christmas tree after being handed the Cup representing the first championship scored for his sports-team owning family in 40 years.
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