PHOENIX -- A'ja Wilson caught the ball on an inbounds pass with five seconds left in regulation and the game tied. She quickly scanned her surroundings, took one dribble and, as DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas sent a double-team, made a quick turnaround and launched the ball.
The shot went halfway in before bounding up slightly out of the net. But it fell right back through, sealing the Las Vegas Aces ' 90-88 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night and putting them up 3-0 in the WNBA Finals.
Now, the Aces sit just one win away from their third title in four years.
"I mean, under Becky [Hammon], we've never won a Game 3. This was a must-win for us," Wilson said. "Just for that sake. I feel like my biggest mentality and the thing that I relayed to my teammates is like