The Las Vegas Aces were 89-86 winners in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Phoenix Mercury. However, they returned from the first half with a five-point deficit, with the game seeing a total of 12 lead changes and nine ties. It remained close until the fourth quarter, when Becky Hammon 's team eventually took control.

Afterwards, the Aces head coach revealed a crucial defensive change that allowed her team to keep up.

“We score too much, it’s our brand. So we just wanna mix it up. I thought we did get the ball in paint, whether it was off the pass, or penetration was really hurting us, you know, putting us very vulnerable on the backside of those threes,” she said, per The Arizona Republic's Jeff Metcalfe. Hammon effectively claimed that the Aces’ defense was getting exposed be

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