As night fell on Aug. 2, the Las Vegas Aces likely were contemplating their 53-point home loss to Minnesota earlier that day. The widest home loss in WNBA history dropped the Aces to 14-14 on the season. Images of Jim Mora's "playoffs?" tirade might have run through head coach Becky Hammon's mind.

Since that dreadful afternoon of basketball, the Aces have not lost.

On Tuesday, they have a good chance to continue their remarkable unbeaten run at the expense of the lowly Chicago Sky. The Aces aim for their second home victory over the Sky in three days -- and their 15th consecutive victory overall that would tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the third-longest winning streak in WNBA history.

Las Vegas (28-14) stayed in the chase for the No. 2 playoff seed with Sunday's 80-66 home win over Ch

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