The Las Vegas Aces staved off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Phoenix Mercury to sweep the 2025 WNBA Finals with a 97-86 victory in Game 4 -- and win their third championship in four years.

From 30-point games from the Aces' A'ja Wilson and the Mercury's Kahleah Copper to coach Nate Tibbetts' ejection , it was an eventful 40 minutes in Phoenix. ESPN's reporters recap how it all went down below.

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How the Aces won the title

The big three delivered.

The Aces and the Mercury entered these finals with three players each lean on heavily. Led by the historic performance of Wilson with help from Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray , the Aces' big three outperformed the Mercury trio of Alyssa Thomas , Satou Sabally and Kahleah Copper . Wils

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