Las Vegas guard Dana Evans drilled a go-ahead three-pointer with 3:40 remaining and the Aces held on to beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in game one of the WNBA Finals in Las Vegas on Friday.

A see-saw battle featuring 12 lead changes came down to the wire, with Mercury star Alyssa Thomas's driving layup with 51.5sec to play pulling Phoenix within one point.

But Thomas missed a pair of free throws and Jackie Young made two foul shots to push the Aces' lead to three with 13.5 seconds left.

Mercury forward Satou Sabally missed a three-pointer in the waning seconds and Young came up with the rebound to seal it for the Aces, who host game two of the championship series -- extended to best-of-seven for the first time this year -- on Sunday.

Evans finished with 21 points off the bench, connect

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