The Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm square off in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night. In doing so, 2020 league MVP A’ja Wilson will make her finals debut and look to cap her dominant season with a title, which would be both her first and the franchise’s first. While Las Vegas advanced past the Connecticut Sun in five games to reach the league’s most important series, the Storm swept the Minnesota Lynx to return to their second WNBA finals in three years.
Seattle, led by 2018 league MVP Breanna Stewart and 11-time All-Star Sue Bird, won the 2018 title, but were bounced in the second round of last year’s playoffs.