Las Vegas never had a professional sports champion — until Sunday.
Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson holds up the championship trophy as the team won the WNBA basketball finals against the Connecticut Sun.Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title, and the city’s first pro title, in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4.
“We champs! We champs! We champs!” Wilson screamed at teammates as they pulled on their championship hats and T-shirts before the trophy ceremony. “When you come up short it certainly, really hurts,” Sun coach Curt Miller said. “But that means that there was something that mattered, and something special among that group of players.”
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