NaLyssa Smith scored 18 points on nine shots against her former team as the Aces beat the Fever.

NaLyssa Smith played three seasons with the Indiana Fever after being selected No. 2 overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft.

Game 3: Aces at Fever, 7:30 p.m. Friday

On paper, Becky Hammon had a decision to make when NaLyssa Smith picked up her fourth foul early in the third quarter of Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals vs. the Indiana Fever Tuesday.

But in reality, it wasn’t much of a decision at all for the Aces coach.

“I left her in because I needed to play her,” Hammon said. “I got on her. And I don’t like to get on players and then not give them a chance to get it right. She made a mistake and you all probably saw me pull her over there, then let her go back to work.”

Smith picked up her third

See Full Page