Even though the Aces have enjoyed a long break since their last game, Becky Hammon sent her players out of Thursday’s post-practice huddle with an emphatic message about rest and recovery.

“I want juice on Saturday because this team plays hard. And I wanna play harder,” the coach said.

After rounding out a 4-2 start with a bounce-back win over the Seattle Storm on Sunday, the Aces will travel to Northern California to face the Golden State Valkyries (2-5) at noon Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco.

“They play as a group and really hammer the boards. If we match their energy right out the gate, I feel really good about us,” Hammon said. “But I want to have legs, because they get up and down (the court) like crazy.”

While Hammon made her evaluation of the WNBA’s new expansion team

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