One of the so-called superteams lived up to the nickname Sunday in the opening games of the WNBA semifinals. The other didn't come close.
The Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 97-83, shooting 53.6% from the field and outrebounding the bigger Wings 36-29. The Aces had a week between the conclusion of their first-round series and Game 1 of the semifinals but showed no rust. It was business as usual for the top-seeded defending champions.
The opposite was true for the No. 2 seed New York Liberty, who lost 78-63 to the Connecticut Sun, with season lows in points and shooting percentage (33.