Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon speaks with an official during the second half of Game 2 of a WNBA playoff semifinals series against the Indiana Fever on Tuesday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Aces coach Becky Hammon said before Tuesday’s 90-68 victory over the Fever that evened the WNBA playoffs semifinal series at a game apiece that Las Vegas couldn’t “tip-toe into a bar fight” with Indiana.

The Aces made their presence literally felt, continuing what is becoming an early trend in this series that neither side is particularly happy about.

“The physicality’s out of control for sure,” Hammon said. “You can bump and grab a wide receiver in the NFL for those first five yards, but you can do it in the W for the whole half court. You put two hands on somebody,

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