A'ja Wilson matched her career playoff high of 38 points and Jackie Young scored the decisive points on a putback as the Las Vegas Aces edged the visiting Seattle Storm 74-73 on Thursday night to win the best-of-three first-round series.

Young had 14 points and followed Wilson's miss with a basket with 12.4 seconds left to help the second-seeded Aces escape in Game 3. Chelsea Gray added 12 points and eight assists for Las Vegas.

Erica Wheeler and Nneka Ogwumike scored 16 points apiece for the seventh-seeded Storm. Skylar Diggins added 13 points and six assists.

The Aces will face the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever in the best-of-five semifinals after the Fever stunned the No. 3 seed Atlanta Dream earlier in the night.

Wheeler had a chance to give Seattle a shocking upset but her 15-foot ju

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