Ben Pickman’s Sports Illustrated analysis examines the Aces’ 2022 championship through their leading players and coach Becky Hammon. A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray are central to an account of how individual strengths became a title-winning team.
Read it alongside the straight game report. One records the result; the other explains the relationships and basketball decisions that made it possible. Women’s professional sport belongs at the centre of the city’s modern history, and this piece provides more than a date and a trophy. It captures a particular team at the moment it reached a major franchise milestone.
Fueled by Their Stars, Aces Win First-Ever WNBA Championship
Sports Illustrated
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