– All season long, the Las Vegas Aces haven’t shied away from acknowledging the difficulties of three-peating. Following a rocky regular season and with a tough semifinal matchup against the top-seeded New York Liberty, the No. 4 Aces faced a greater uphill battle than ever as they tried to return to the mountaintop.
But Las Vegas finally ran out of gas Sunday, its quest for history falling short when it dropped Game 4 to the Liberty 76-62 and lost the best-of-five series 3-1.
New York, making its own push for history in hopes of a franchise-first title, will appear in the WNBA Finals for the sixth time and second straight. Its opponent will be determined Tuesday when Minnesota and Connecticut duke it out in the other semifinal in a winner-take-all Game 5 in Minneapolis.
