The Aces’ Dearica Hamby earned WNBA All-Star honors this week for the first time in her seven-year career. The versatile reserve is averaging 11.3 points and 6.1 rebounds.
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Cambage and Hamby will play against teammates A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray of Team USA on July 14 in the WNBA All-Star game at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Las Vegas Aces approach the midway point of the 2021 season as the best offensive team and second best defensive team in the WNBA.
Point guard Chelsea Gray keyed a fourth-quarter comeback and made the go-ahead jumper late in overtime as the Aces defeated the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm.
The clubs split the first two meetings in May, and sport the two best records and offensive ratings in the WNBA.
Las Vegas erased a nine-point deficit late in regulation at the Target Center in Minneapolis, but fell in overtime.
Three-on-three basketball is played on a half court with a 12-second shot clock. Baskets inside the arc are a point and outside are two.
Both Las Vegas Aces players will be competing in their first Olympic Games. The 12-player roster was announced Monday for the Tokyo Olympics.
Six players scored in double figures for the Aces, who easily defeated the New York Liberty on Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Aces are already the best offensive team in the WNBA through more than a third of the 2021 season.
The game coincides with the Olympic break, and a team comprised of WNBA All-Stars will play a team from the USA national team, which will be training in Las Vegas.
A’ja Wilson scored 19 of her 28 points in the second half of a victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday to power Las Vegas to its sixth win in seven games.
Sugar Rodgers concluded her playing career with the Aces last seasonand is adjusting to her new role as an assistant coach on Bill Laimbeer’s coaching staff.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum is available Thursday after missing the previous six games.
Liz Cambage scored 28 points Tuesday afternoon, but the Aces fell to the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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