2020 Las Vegas Aces season

The 2020 Las Vegas Aces season will be the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 3rd year the franchise was based in Las Vegas. The regular season will tip off on July 26, 2020 versus the Chicago Sky.[1]

2020 Las Vegas Aces season
Coach	Bill Laimbeer
Arena	Originally: Mandalay Bay Events Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	8–2 (.800)
Place	2nd (Western)
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This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

The Aces will make the following selection in the 2020 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
3	33	Lauren Manis	United States	Holy Cross

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 10, 2020	Signed G Angel McCoughtry[6]
February 16, 2020	Signed G Danielle Robinson[7]
February 18, 2020	Re-signed G Sugar Rodgers[8]
March 2, 2020	Re-signed G Lindsay Allen[9]
April 11, 2020	Engaged in a three team trade where they acquired the Sugar Rodgers and sent Nia Coffey to Atlanta.[10]
April 22, 2020	Re-signed C Liz Cambage.[11]
May 7, 2020	C Park Ji-su will sit out the season and stay in Korea.[12]
May 15, 2020	Re-signed G Kelsey Plum.[13]
May 19, 2020	Re-signed C Carolyn Swords[14]
June 16, 2020	Signed G Alex Bentley[15]
July 4, 2020	C Liz Cambage announced that she will be sitting out the 2020 season.[16]
	Signed C Avery Warley[17]

Roster

Las Vegas Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 15 Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 189 lb (86kg) 03-20-1995 Notre Dame 2 F 11 Burdick, Cierra 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 09-30-1993 Tennessee 3 C 8 Cambage, Liz 6' 8" (2.03m) 216 lb (98kg) 08-18-1991 Australia 4 F 5 Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 11-06-1993 Wake Forest 5 F 5 Huff, Megan 6' 4" (1.93m) 04-17-1996 Utah R G 21 McBride, Kayla 5' 10" (1.78m) 174 lb (79kg) 06-25-1992 Notre Dame 6 G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 09-10-1986 Louisville 10 G 10 Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-24-1994 Washington 3 G 3 Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m) 137 lb (62kg) 05-10-1989 Oklahoma 8 G 14 Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 137 lb (62kg) 12-08-1989 Georgetown 7 C 4 Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 215 lb (98kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College 8 F 22 Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 08-08-1996 South Carolina 2 G 0 Young, Jackie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 09-16-1997 Notre Dame 1	Head coach Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech) Tanisha Wright (Penn State) Athletic trainer Vacant Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 8–2
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 26 Chicago Sky L 86–88 McCoughtry (25) Wilson (11) Allen (7) IMG Academy 0–1 2 July 29 Atlanta Dream Wilson (21) Wilson (11) Tied (3) IMG Academy 1–1 3 July 31 Phoenix Mercury L 95–102 McCoughtry (18) Wilson (8) Tied (4) IMG Academy 1–2
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 2 Dallas Wings W 79–70 Wilson (19) Tied (8) Hamby (4) IMG Academy 2–2 5 August 5 Washington Mystics W 83–77 Tied (20) Hamby (13) Robinson (3) IMG Academy 3–2 6 August 7 Los Angeles Sparks W 86–82 Wilson (26) Wilson (11) McCoughtry (5) IMG Academy 4–2 7 August 9 New York Liberty W 78–76 Wilson (31) Young (7) Tied (3) IMG Academy 5–2 8 August 11 Indiana Fever W 98–79 McCoughtry (20) Wilson (11) Tied (4) IMG Academy 6–2 9 August 13 Minnesota Lynx W 87–77 Wilson (23) Wilson (8) Allen (7) IMG Academy 7–2 10 August 15 Washington Mystics W 88–73 Young (16) Swords (7) Robinson (7) IMG Academy 8–2 11 August 18 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0–0 12 August 20 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0–0 13 August 22 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0–0 14 August 25 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0–0 15 August 27 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0–0 16 August 29 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 1 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy 0–0 18 September 3 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0–0 19 September 5 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy 0–0 20 September 8 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0–0 21 September 10 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0–0 22 September 12 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	9	1	.900	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	6	4	.600	3	2–1
5	Phoenix Mercury	6	4	.600	3	2–2
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5	3–1
7	Connecticut Sun	4	6	.400	5	2–2
9	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6	2–3
9	Dallas Wings	3	7	.300	6	0–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	8	.200	7	1–2
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 15, 2020

Source

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
A'ja Wilson	WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week	August 10, 2020	[18]

References

1. "2020 Las Vegas Aces Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
4. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
5. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. "Aces Dive Head First Into The Free Agency Pool, Signing Five-Time WNBA All-Star And Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Angel McCoughtry". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
7. "Aces Sign Three-Time All-Star Guard Danielle Robinson". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
8. "Las Vegas Re-Signs All-Star Guard Sugar Rodgers". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
9. "Aces Re-Sign Guard Lindsay Allen". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. March 2, 2020.
10. "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
11. "Aces Re-Sign Three-Time All-Star Center Liz Cambage". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
12. "Aces' JiSu Park to skip 2020 WNBA season, return to Korea". AP News. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
13. "Las Vegas Aces Re-Sign Guard Kelsey Plum". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
14. "Aces Re-Sign Eight-Year WNBA Veteran Carolyn Swords". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
15. "Las Vegas Aces Sign All-Star Guard Alex Bentley". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
16. "Aces Center Liz Cambage Expected To Miss 2020 WNBA Season". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
17. "Aces Sign Center Avery Warley-Talbert". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
18. "Wilson, Vandersloot Earn Players Of The Week Honors For Week 2". WNBA.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

External Links

• Official website of the Chicago Sky