reen WM Think Gry DNICT 21 ACES Yo PARKS 3 Wilson ACES 22 21 HEB Colema KEESUS 35
3.0ck 0 SPALDING CONTENTS Contrasting Home Cities Moving to Texas Semifinals but No Further Into the Depths Favorable Odds of Winning Index LEGENDS OF THE HARDWOOD The Tall and Short of It Beyond Imagining It's Raining Buckets Off the Bench Too Slow Too Short Too Good Staying the Course ACES US 9 13 17 21 22 32 10 15 16 20 25 27 STARS
T AT 8 Dearica Hamby ACES LAS VEGAS ACES
9 CONTRASTING HOME CITIES The Las Vegas Aces trailed the Chicago Sky by two points in the second round of the 2019 Women's National Basketball Association WNBA playoffs The winner would advance to the league semifinals The loser would go home With 15 sec onds remaining Chicago star guard Courtney Vandersloot took an inbounds pass She tried to dribble away the remaining time in the Sky backcourt Two Aces players converged on her Vandersloot left her feet and passed toward a teammate Aces forward Dearica Hamby picked it off just past midcourt Nine seconds remained That was plenty of time to set up a game tying or winning shot But Hamby had lost track of the clock She thought time was about to expire She dribbled once and flung up a desperation three point shot attempt with 7.6 seconds left It went in The Aces won 93-92 I honestly panicked she said Had I missed it I never would have been able to live with it Hamby's lucky shot was appropriate in a city that relies on luck Her team's LAS VEGAS ACES
