🏀 Back-To-Back?
Game 2 of the WNBA Finals tips off tonight, with the Las Vegas Aces up 1-0. LV is looking to become the first team to go back-to-back since 2001, while the Liberty are just trying to steal one before heading back to New York to play in front of a sold out crowd. Exciting stuff as WNBA numbers continue to rise 📈 (2 min read)
Justin Schnell
October 11, 2023
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals is here, featuring two teams pretty much everyone expected to face off for this year’s title. The Aces and Liberty combined to lose 14 regular season games this season, while the third place Sun finished with 13 losses of their own. The off season addition of Breanna Stewart has had immediate results, as Stewie became the first MVP in Liberty history 🏆
“I want everybody to see my greatness and now they are” 🗣
We sat down with 2023 WNBA Kia MVP, @breannastewart after she earned her second career MVP award, the first in @nyliberty franchise history
Watch the full interview:
— WNBA (@WNBA)
Oct 1, 2023
This is as about as star studded a finals as possible, with three of the last four MVPs since 2018 taking the court. A’ja Wilson brought home the award in 2020 and 2022, and the other Liberty addition - Jonquel Jones - won in 2021 as a member of the Connecticut Sun. The result? The most watched WNBA Finals Game 1 since 2000 📺
Liberty-Aces WNBA Finals opens with most-watched Game 1 since 2000. Up 31% from Game 1 last year.
As one would expect due to NFL competition, it was not the top game of the season, placing second behind Wings-Sparks in June
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— Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw)
Oct 10, 2023
The Liberty won Game 1 pretty easily on Sunday, with their core four of A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Grey, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young combining for 89 points, more than the entire Liberty team. Outside of Stewie’s 21 points, the lone bright spot for New York was easily backup PG Marine Johannes hitting some ridiculous shots that even had LeBron tweeting 👀
She got a CANNON!!!! The 1 leg going left got me out my seat!! 🔥🔥🔥
— LeBron James (@KingJames)
Oct 9, 2023
The Aces, who topped the Sun in last year’s Finals, are heavy favorites (-440) to become just the third franchise in the WNBA’s 26-year career to win back-to-back titles, and the first since the Sparks in 2001-’02. In addition, the first WNBA Finals games in Barclays Center’s history is outselling any single WNBA game ever at over $200 per ticket on the secondary market 👏
Ticket prices to attend the 2023 WNBA Finals between the superteam Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty have reached record levels
Full story @FOS 👇
— Doug Greenberg (@DougGreenberg)
Oct 8, 2023
While “super-teams” might be bad for the NBA, it looks like it’s something the WNBA needs. Viewership is up, ticket prices are rising, and we should assume sponsorship dollars will follow. Great news for the sport, and hopefully the Liberty avoid a sweep and force at Game 4 at Barclays 🤝
LV Aces 3-0: +175
LV Aces 3-1: +280
LV Aces 3-2: +300
NY Liberty 3-1: +850
NY Liberty 3-2: +600
Trivia Question: How many players on the Aces and Liberty made the All-Star game this season?
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I think the Aces will definitely win this series, but as a New Yorker I like the Liberty to grab one win in front of a huge home crowd. Look for a bounce back game from Sabrina Ionescu and another dominant performance from Stewie in a Game 2 shoutout tonight at 9PM EST on ESPN 👇
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Trivia Answer: 7 players from this year’s WNBA Finals made the All-Star game (Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Courtney Vandersloot, A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Grey)
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