Riquna Williams scored 17 points off the bench, including eight in just over a minute late in the game, and the Las Vegas Aces outlasted the Connecticut Sun 78–71 on September 18,  to win the WNBA championship in Uncasville, Conn.
The Aces won the best-of-five series in four games over the determined Sun and had to have a stellar performance by its supporting cast to get the job done.
It’s the third time in the past four seasons that the WNBA has crowned a first-time champion. The Aces are the first professional sports team from Las Vegas to win a championship.
MVP Chelsea Gray paced the Aces with 20 points, with Kelsey Plum adding 15, Jackie Young scoring 13 and A’ja Wilson racking up 11 points and 14 rebounds….