SEATTLE–- With the season on the line, rookie Dominique Malonga gave the Seattle Storm the ninth and final lead change of Game 2 with an old-fashioned three-point play that put her team up 84-83 over the Las Vegas Aces with 31 seconds remaining. Veteran guard Skylar Diggins extended the lead to 86-83 with a 19-foot pull-up jump shot over Aces guard Jackie Young with 4.2 second left in regulation to practically ice the game.

One missed Jewell Loyd three-point attempt later, the Storm lived to play another game.

"When I have that mindset, nobody can stay in front of me," Diggins, who finished the game with 26 points and seven rebounds, said about her cold-blooded mentality.

In the first game of the best-of-three first-round series, the No. 2 Aces crushed the No. 7 Storm 102-7

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