ATLANTA (May 17, 2026) – Thanks to a late shot by Chelsea Gray and strong defense in the waning moments, the Las Vegas Aces (4-1) held back a fourth-quarter rally by the Atlanta Dream (2-1) and pulled out a 85-84 victory in front of a sellout crowd and NBC national audience on Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. Chelsea Gray made 5 of 8 3-pointers and led the Aces with 21 points to go with 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Chennedy Carter and A’ja Wilson scored 20 apiece and NaLyssa Smith tallied 13. Jackie Young grabbed 7 caroms and dished out 7 assists, which led to 17 points.

Led by Allisha Gray’s game-high 25 points, Atlanta also had four score in double figures, including Madina Okot, who posted the game’s lone double-double with 14 points and 11 boards.

Stats | Gallery | Highlights

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
LVA	24	27	24	10	85
ATL	23	21	19	21	84

1st Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 24, Atlanta 23)
The Aces never trailed in the quarter, and were up by as many as 7 points in the first 4 minutes. Shooting was relatively even – the Aces made 47.6% (10-21 FGs) of their shots from the field and the Dream hit on 46.7% (7-15 FGs). The Dream shot 8 of 8 from the line and the Aces were 2 of 2. Chelsea Gray and Te-Hina Paopao scored 7 apiece to lead their respective teams.

2nd Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 51, Atlanta 44)
Atlanta took a brief lead on a 3-pointer to open the quarter, before Las Vegas scored 11 straight behind a trio of 3s for a 35-26 advantage. The Aces extended their lead to double figures, 40-30 midway through, but were unable to shake the Dream. With the score listing 49-37 in favor of Las Vegas, Atlanta scored the next 7 before a Carter bucket with 11.2 seconds left halted the run. The Aces hit on 50% of their shots from the field and 4 of 7 from 3-point and held the Dream to 38.9% of their field goal attempts and 2 of 7 from deep. Allisha Gray scored a high of 10 points and Wilson topped out with 9.

3rd Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 75, Atlanta 63)
Out of the break, Las Vegas methodically built a 19-point lead, its largest of the game (73-54) and looked to be running away with it. However, the Dream’s defense forced the Aces into shooting 2 of 7 from the floor and committing a pair of turnovers, while its offense clawed back to 73-63 with 14.8 seconds on the clock. Carter made it a 12-point lead heading in the final frame with two from the line. The Aces shot 42.1% from the field and the Dream hit just 27.3% from the floor. Atlanta scored 6 off 12 trips to the line, while the Aces went 4 of 6 from the stripe. Carter led the field with 8 points and Paopao had 5.

4th Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 85, Atlanta 84)
A 6-1 Aces run put Las Vegas up 81-64 two minutes into the quarter. From there, the Aces shooting went cold and Atlanta took advantage by stringing together 16 straight points, drawing to 81-80 with 2:16 remaining. Wilson ended the Aces 6-minute scoring drought to make it 83-80 with less than two minutes remaining. Atlanta scored the next 4 points – 2 at the line and a transition layup, moving in front for just the second time. Following a Chelsea Gray miss, Young secured the board and got tied up with Allisha Gray for a jump ball. Young tipped the ball to Steph Talbot, who dished to Chelsea Gray, who swished in the game winner with 3.6 seconds on the clock. Atlanta advanced the ball, but the Las Vegas defense forced the Dream to call another timeout. The ball was inbounded to Allisha Gray, who took a dribble to the basket before Chelsea Gray stole it away for the win. The Aces connected on just 4 of 15 (.267) from the field and 2 of 3 from the line; Atlanta shot 7 of 18 (.389) overall and 6 of 9 free throws. Allisha Gray scored 8 and Smith led the Aces with 5 points.

KEY STATS
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Atlanta led for 19 seconds in the second quarter and 33 seconds in the fourth.

Gray’s 6 assists led to 13 points.

Despite each team being whistled for 23 fouls apiece, Atlanta more than doubled Las Vegas’ trips to the charity stripe: 37 to 17.

The win upped the Aces record against the Dream to 28-18; they have now won 6 in a row and 9 of the last 10.

	FGM-A	PCT	3PM-A	PCT	FTM-A	PCT	OFF	DEF	REB	AT	PF	ST	TO	BK
LVA	31-73	.425	10-27	.370	13-17	.765	6	32	38	21	23	5	13	8
ATL	27-73	.370	5-23	.217	25-37	.676	11	34	45	15	23	9	13	5

Points scored …

	In the Paint	2nd Chance	Fast Break	Off TOs	Bench
LVA	38	17	5	16	31
ATL	42	18	11	10	14

GAME NOTES

Chelsea Gray (250) needed 1 steal to break a tie with Jia Perkins (249) and now sits alone in No. 4 in franchise history. Sophia Young-Malcolm is No. 1 with 477 and Wilson (339) and Young (276) are Nos. 2 and 3.

Today’s game marked the 6th career game for Chelsea Gray with 5 or more made 3-pointers; her career high is 7 (9/29/2019).

With her 6 rebounds, Wilson now has 2,522 career caroms, which moves her past Swin Cash (2,521) and into No. 17 on the WNBA all-time rebound chart. Brittney Griner is No. 16 with 2,537.

Wilson entered the game with 5,824 career points and with her 20, moved past Aces head coach Becky Hammon (5,841) and into No. 19 among all-time WNBA scorers. No. 18 is Griner with 5,983 points.

Wilson, who scored at least 20 points in each of her last three games, has now scored in double figures in 29 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak in the league.

Wilson now has 165 career games with at least 20 points, which lists No. 3 behind Tina Charles (190) and Diana Taurasi (259) on the all-time list.

NEXT UP

The Aces head back to Las Vegas and have a break from games until welcoming the Los Angeles Sparks (1-2) Saturday, May 23, to Michelob ULTRA Arena. The game tips at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on CBS. Prior to the tip, the Aces third championship banner will be unveiled in the rafters at “The House” and the first 7,500 fans in attendance will receive a replica WNBA championship banner in what is anticipated to be the 50^th consecutive Aces sellout at Michelob ULTRA Arena.

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