WNBA · Playoffs 2023updated 02:00 UTC

Las Vegas vs Dallas

Semifinal 1 of the 2023 WNBA playoffs: the series, and each team's eight main players, how they are playing, against this opponent and in past playoffs.

Semifinal 1 · Best of 5 · first to 3 wins

Las Vegas Aces against Dallas Wings

Seed 1Las Vegas AcesLas Vegas3 wins
Seed 4Dallas WingsDallas0 wins

Las Vegas won 3⁠–⁠0

Head to head

2023 regular season: Las Vegas 3, Dallas 1 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

None since 2021.

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: Las Vegas 93⁠–⁠95% to win the series (20 betting sites)
Before game 2, Las Vegas leading 1⁠–⁠0: Las Vegas 96⁠–⁠97% to win the series (19 betting sites)
Before game 3, Las Vegas leading 2⁠–⁠0: Las Vegas 98⁠–⁠99% to win the series (21 betting sites)

Each from that game's last prices before it started. The market's view, not our pick.

Our picks in this series

We did not publish WNBA picks before 2026.

The players

Each team's eight main players, by minutes played in this series; an injured regular keeps her place. Tap a player for her last ten games, her record against this opponent and her past playoff series.

Numbers are averages per game: Min = minutes played, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists. The change row compares this series with her regular season; “same” means within about a tenth.

Las Vegas Aces

Chelsea GrayShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.917.05.05.3Season32.215.34.07.3ChangeupupupdownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kelsey PlumShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.818.03.74.7Season32.418.72.44.5ChangeupsameupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Jackie YoungSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.014.38.74.3Season31.517.64.03.8ChangeupdownupupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
A'ja WilsonPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.125.710.71.0Season30.722.89.51.6ChangeupupupdownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kiah StokesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries31.23.36.01.0Season19.82.25.90.6ChangeupupsamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Alysha ClarkShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.34.33.30.3Season22.56.73.41.1ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kierstan BellSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries6.42.00.50.5Season11.83.71.60.5ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 2 of 3 games in this series.
Sydney ColsonMinPtsRebAstSeries1.00.00.00.0Season4.81.30.40.8ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 1 of 3 games in this series.

Dallas Wings

Arike OgunbowaleShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries38.818.04.34.0Season37.221.23.44.5ChangesamedownupdownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Natasha HowardPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.515.08.32.7Season33.016.58.02.6ChangeupsamesamesamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Satou SaballyForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries32.611.35.73.7Season33.118.68.14.4ChangesamedowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Teaira McCowanMinPtsRebAstSeries27.99.711.01.3Season26.111.99.11.5ChangesamedownupsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Odyssey SimsPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.25.30.71.7Season12.02.01.32.2ChangeupupdowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Veronica BurtonPoint guardMinPtsRebAstSeries13.42.32.03.0Season13.92.41.82.2ChangesamesamesameupPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Kalani BrownCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries10.46.02.30.7Season16.47.84.41.0ChangedowndowndownsamePlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.
Awak KuierPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries9.41.70.30.0Season10.82.62.50.5ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 3 of 3 games in this series.