NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson is unanimous choice as WNBA MVP, winning award for the third time.
Las Vegas suffocated the Liberty in the third quarter to stay alive and force a semifinal Game 4 Sunday.
The Liberty held off the Aces with help from Sabrina Ionescu's five 3-pointers.
Hayes averaged 9.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists off the bench for Las Vegas after announcing her retirement from the WNBA last December.
For the third time in her career, A'ja Wilson is the WNBA MVP. And this time, it was unanimous — she joins Cynthia Cooper-Dyke as the only player to win the award unanimously.
After the turmoil of last season's WNBA Finals, Stewart refused to lose in Sunday's Game 4, but New York still has unfinished business.
The No. 1 New York Liberty and No. 4 Las Vegas Aces will tip off their best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC).
A'ja Wilson set the WNBA's single-season scoring record last week.
There's been a lot of record-breaking in the past seven months, so here are Yahoo Sports' ballots for end-of-season awards.
The WNBA playoffs begin Sunday in the best-of-three first-round, and there are a number of major factors on the line.
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Caitlin Clark has broken her biggest record yet.
Jason Fitz, Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab react to the San Francisco 49ers 36-24 win against the Seattle Seahawks and go into Week 5 of the "QB Room" for updates on the Jets, Falcons, Browns, and more.
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The top high-school recruits chose Duke over Miami, Florida and Kentucky.
Colorado's game vs. No. 18 Kansas State on Saturday kicks off at 10:15 p.m. ET.
The 49ers had a dominant first half, then held on for the win.
In an ideal world San Francisco wouldn't have let Seattle back in the game, it would be undefeated and be the talk of the NFL. This start hasn't been ideal but the 49ers are still pretty good.
The Guardians forced Game 5 against the Tigers on Saturday, while the Yankees advanced to the ALCS.
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