Only one WNBA game is played on Saturday 2 August, but it will be a good one. The leading-leading Minnesota Lynx (23-5) will visit the Las Vegas Aces (14-13) in a matchup that will be broadcast nationally on ABC; Tip-off is planned at 3 p.m. et.
The Lynx has been the crème most of the majority of the 2025 season, which is comfortable on top of the WNBA classification and look like a team that is hungry to reject last year’s loss. While most top teams of the competition stagnated or got worse, Minnesota has improved. The question now seems less about how many teams are real contenders and more about how many of them can take in a play -off series against the Lynx.
The aces are one of those teams. Las Vegas is located in the middle of a medium season and falls from the near-dynasty status to one of the also rans hanging around the bottom of the threshold after the season. Their selection is still
Nevertheless, the Azen will enter the Saturday match as the Underdogs. De Lynx has already beat them twice this season thanks to their proven formula of aggressive defense and selfless attack, and they will have Momentum by their side after one Inspiring victory About the title defender New York Liberty. This is what we are looking forward to in the third meeting of Lynx ‘and ACES from 2025.
MVP candidates Wilson and Collier Square Off
Every time two superstars take the court, the entrance fee has already been paid. The aces’ A’ja Wilson and the Napheeesa Collier of the Lynx, considered by many as the two best players in the Wnba, will meet again on Saturday.
Wilson is perhaps the reigning most valuable player of the competition, who set up historical statistics in 2024, but Collier seems to come for her crown. A popular choice of advance for the most prestigious prize in the WNBA, Collier puts together an incredible year and leads the competition in scoring (23.8 points per match) on a career-best 53.7 percent shooting from the field. That is a supplement to her usual great defense: Collier is an average of 1.8 steals and a career-high 1.7 blocks per game, and given that the lynx plays it Best defense in the WNBA (95.9 points allowed per 100 assets), there is a chance that she will also earn a second-right defensive player of the year.
That does not mean that Wilson still no longer earns hardware. She has an average of 22.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and a competition-leading 2.4 blocks per match-it-fifth season in a row She has led the WNBA in that category and she has been the bit of the unmistakable power that fans are used to watching over the years.
Team performance factors, however, often in individual prices, and while the ACEs as a whole have been one of the biggest disappointments of the WNBA, the Lynx have been the best of the best. Minnesota is currently enjoying a lead of five games about the second place New York Liberty, while Las Vegas is only about to miss the late season for the first time since 2018.
It is therefore logical that a uppery victory on the Lynx would not only help the aces in the rankings, but would also benefit Wilson in her search to win an unprecedented fourth MVP prize. If the lynx does business again against the aces, not much of a case has been left against Collier.
Do the aces have an answer for the Lynx defense half?
Wilson’s matchup vs. Collier is not the only determining factor in Saturday’s game. To win, the aces must have a strong game plan against Courtney Williams and the rest of the Lynx guards.
Williams, who made her second All-Star team as a member of the Lynx in 2025, is the pivot of the violation of Minnesota. She has on average a career-high 6.4 assists per game, and she was crucial in both previous victories of Minnesota on Las Vegas earlier in the season and scored a team-high 20 points (albeit in inefficient shooting) on June 17 and 23 points on July 25.
The ACEs were known for the game with high octane behavior during their back-to-back championship runs in 2022 and 2023, and although that may no longer be the case of Kelsey Plum in the Los Angeles Sparks last season and Chelsea Gray still had a van de Wnba-Zeze Jackie Young. Young is not a typical primary ball handler, but she drives to win in many ways, as evidenced by the Triple-Double that she recently recorded in a ACES ACES About the Los Angeles Sparks.
It is clear that Wilson’s SuperNova version is no longer enough to wear the aces to long-term success, and that is mainly true against a well-completed team like Minnesota. They need Young to keep up with her strong game to upset the hopeful championship.
Game information
Minnesota Lynx (23-5) vs. Las Vegas Aces (14-13)
When: Saturday, August 2 at 3 p.m.
Where: Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, NV
How to look: ABC
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