Seattle Storm (23-21, 12-12 Western Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (30-14, 16-8 Western Conference)

Las Vegas; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EDT

WNBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Series tied 1-1

BOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces host the Seattle Storm in game three of the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Storm defeated the Aces 86-83 in the last matchup. Skylar Diggins led the Storm with 26 points, and Jackie Young led the Aces with 25 points.

The Aces are 16-8 against Western Conference opponents. Las Vegas is 5-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Storm are 12-12 in Western Conference play. Seattle ranks second in the Western Conference scoring 39.0 points per game in the paint led by Nneka Ogwumike averaging 9.0.

Las Vegas is shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage poi

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