Minnesota Lynx vs. Las Vegas Aces preview: WNBA's top two teams meet for Vegas showdown
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- Minnesota Lynx (10-2) host the Las Vegas Aces (9-3) Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS — the WNBA's top two teams — with both clubs unbeaten in Commissioner's Cup play (Lynx 3-0, Aces 4-0).
- Chelsea Gray tied the WNBA single-game record with nine 3-pointers in a 105-89 win at Portland on Thursday, combining with A'ja Wilson for 61 points.
- A'ja Wilson became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 career points, hitting the milestone in 278 games — 13 ahead of Diana Taurasi's previous record of 291 — and leads the league in scoring (26.4 ppg) and blocks (2.3 bpg) as its only four-time MVP.
- Rookie Olivia Miles, the No. 2 pick in this year's draft, is averaging 17.3 points on 53.2% shooting with 6.3 assists per game and models her game after Gray, who called Miles "dynamic" and "very, very poised."
- The Aces are 2.5-point home favorites (FanDuel) at Michelob ULTRA Arena; Minnesota went 3-1 against Las Vegas in 2025, but the Aces ended last season with their third WNBA title in four years.
- The Lynx average 91.1 points per game, second in the WNBA behind Las Vegas' 91.4, and are coming off a 100-76 win over Dallas in which Miles, Kayla McBride and Natasha Howard each scored at least 20.
Why it matters: Saturday is a midseason litmus test between the WNBA's two best teams and likely 2026 Finals favorites, per the source. Both are unbeaten in the Commissioner's Cup, and despite being defending champions, the Aces are only 2.5-point home favorites — bookmakers are treating this as a near toss-up that could reshape the league's perceived power balance before the Cup closes June 17.
