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Las Vegas Aces Started The New Season Soaring

Author DJ THUMP
The las Vegas Aces are on a mission to three-peat, and their first victims were the Phoenix Mercury. Pulling out their first win of the season with the score of 89-80

The two-time defending world champion Las Vegas Aces kicked off this season with an impressive win against the Phoenix Mercury 89-80 Tuesday night at Michelob Ultra Arena. At the game’s first timeout, the sell-out crowd of 10,419 in attendance was encouraged to sing along with “We Are The Champions” by Queen. That was the largest crowd for the Las Vegas Aces in franchise history.

Las Vegas Aces Soared With The Stars

A’ja Wilson and company sent a clear message that the Aces are coming to play again this season. With 30 points and 13 rebounds, Wilson seemed unstoppable. Jackie Young added 23 points and Kelsey Plum hit 19. I would guess the Las Vegas Aces were even more motivated to win after receiving their championship rings before the game started, and fans watched as the banner was unveiled, raised, and placed next to the 2022 championship banner.

The Las Vegas Aces are standing on the court at The Michelob Ultra Arena before game one of the 2024 season watching the 2023 championship banner being raised.
Ethan Miller / Staff via getty images
The Las Vegas Aces are blinging with more ice on their finger, as they received their second WNBA championship ring and another banner being raised and placed next to the previous banner.

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The atmosphere shifted in the Ace’s favor quickly after the presentation, with a star-studded-filled arena. according to Marca.com “NFLĀ legendĀ Tom BradyĀ was in attendance for theĀ Aces’Ā season opener,” who recently acquired a minority stake in theĀ Las Vegas Aces. Ā 

The Aces debuted their new silver and black uniforms, looking similar to the uniform colors of Davis’ other Las Vegas team, the Las Vegas Raiders.

The Stars Were In The Building

Mark Davis was joined by Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce, punter AJ Coles, and Las Vegas Golden Knights goalie Logan Thompson.

The Las Vegas Aces rallied early with a 21-3 run with Wilson hitting 17 of those points, but the Mercury didn’t go out without a fight as they went into halftime down by only one point, with the score of 42-41.

Phoenix hit 8 of 17 from behind the arc with Diana Taurasi finishing with 23 points, Kaleah Cooper recording 19 points, and both Natasha Cloud and Rebecca Allen each finished with 14 points. Unfortunately for the Mercury, it wasn’t enough to give the Aces their first L for the season. Both teams suffered with injuries as Aces point guard Chelsea Gray is still recovering from a lower left leg injury suffered in last year’s WNBA Finals. Phoenix’s Brittney Griner is out for the season with a broken toe.

Regardless, The Las Vegas Aces are on a new mission with a new focus. “Let’s Go Aces!”

Marlon "DJ Thump" Rice is a morning show host on Jamminā€™ 105.7 "Thump In The Morning!" He has been with the station for the past six years and has been inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame class of 2019. DJ Thump has toured with R&B legend Al B. Sure! As his music director. As a content creator for Jamminā€™ 105.7, DJ Thump writes articles on sports, preferably the Las Vegas Raiders and the world champion Las Vegas Aces. DJ Thump writes about the local community (which he is heavily involved in) as well as local Black-owned businesses.

Welcome To Win City Las Vegas

Sin City Las Vegas has been known for it’s tourism, gambling, and bright lights. You know the saying…”What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Well as of lately, Sin City has turned into “Win City”. The Defending Champions Las Vegas Aces, Founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as theĀ Utah StarzzĀ before the league’s inauguralĀ 1997 season. Then moved to San Antonio, TexasĀ before theĀ 2003 seasonĀ and became the San Antonio Silver Stars, later shortened to theĀ San Antonio StarsĀ in 2014.

The team relocated to Las Vegas before the 2018 season and won 2 conference titles and a WNBA championship. And the way things are looking, they will repeat this year.

And of course a huge congratulations to our Las Vegas Golden Knights for bringing home the Stanley Cup. beating the Florida Panthers 4 games to 1. This is the eighth time these two teams have met this season. Overall , TheĀ Florida PanthersĀ have a record ofĀ 4-5-1 versus the Golden Knights . Jack Eichel has 27 goals and 39 assist prior to the final game. Jonathan Marchessault has also been a great contributor to the team with eight goals and six assist to help the Knights get to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Unfortunately theĀ  Golden Knights’ incredible season had ended with a 4-3 loss in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final Ā to the Washington Capitals in 2017-18.

Earning their way back to the Stanley cup finals this season, The Golden Knights have added another championship to the Vegas Valley. So the saying “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” has a whole new meaning. No longer will Las Vegas be known as Sin City. With the Las Vegas Aces And The Las Vegas Golden Knights, we are now considered Win City!

According to sportingnews.com “The exact parade route for the Golden Knights has not been revealed, however it’s expectedĀ  to follow the same path as the Aces.”

If we could only get the Las Vegas Raiders to bring Las Vegas a championship… That looks like that may take a few more seasons.

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