Skylar Diggins scored 26 points, Including a rider in the track with 4.2 seconds on the leftNneka Ogwumike collected 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Seattle’s storm forced a decisive match 3 with an 86-83 victory against Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday evening.
Seattle won her first eliminatory match since 2022. The storm will play in Las Vegas Thursday for a place in the WNBA semi-finals.
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Las Vegas had closed the season on a sequence of 16 consecutive victories, before winning Match 1 Sunday.
The storm dragged 79-70 before closing on a 16-4 race.
Dominique Malonga was the victim of a fault by making a lay-up in transition with 31 seconds to do and she launched the frank to give Seattle her first advance, 84-83, because she was 37-36. Chelsea Gray had a turnover at the other end trying to find Jackie Young on the track.
Ogwumike took an inbound pass with 27.7 seconds to play and held the ball near the mid-haul area to give it to Diggins with about 14 to go. Diggins rolled up the track and sank a shot near the free throw line for a three -point lead.
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Las Vegas had the chance to tie him to the buzzer, but the 3 -point pointer from Jewell Loyd struck the right side of the rim.
Malonga finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Erica Wheeler also scored 11 for Seattle.
The young person directed Las Vegas with 25 points. A’ja Wilson collected 21 points and 13 rebounds for his 22nd double-two eliminatory.
Ogwumike scored 11 points in the first quarter, Diggins added 15 points in the second and Seattle was 45-44 at the break after closing on a sequence of 7-0. Diggins sank a 3 -point with 51.4 seconds to the left after its flight, and it added two free throws to 32.3.
Diggins had only 12 points in the defeat of Seattle on Sunday in the opening of the series, and Ogwumike had 11.
