WNBA · Playoffs 2024updated 01:08 UTC

New York vs Las Vegas

Semifinal 1 of the 2024 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

New York Liberty against Las Vegas Aces

Seed 1New York LibertyNew York3 wins
Seed 4Las Vegas AcesLas Vegas1 win

New York won 3⁠–⁠1

Head to head

2024 regular season: New York 3, Las Vegas 0 (games won)

Earlier playoff meetings

2023 Finals: Las Vegas won 3⁠–⁠1

The betting market before each game

Before game 1: New York 60⁠–⁠66% to win the series (15 betting sites)
Before game 2, New York leading 1⁠–⁠0: New York 77⁠–⁠82% to win the series (15 betting sites)
Before game 3, New York leading 2⁠–⁠0: New York 83⁠–⁠86% to win the series (15 betting sites)
Before game 4, New York leading 2⁠–⁠1: New York 72⁠–⁠77% to win the series (15 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.

New York Liberty

Breanna StewartPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.421.88.04.5Season32.720.48.53.5ChangeupsamesameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Sabrina IonescuGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries35.317.86.34.3Season32.118.24.46.2ChangesamesameupdownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Jonquel JonesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries29.913.08.01.8Season29.914.29.03.2ChangesamesamedowndownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Leonie FiebichForwardMinPtsRebAstSeries29.18.33.52.3Season20.96.73.01.8ChangeupupsameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Betnijah Laney-HamiltonShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries23.65.34.01.8Season30.311.84.23.3ChangedowndownsamedownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Courtney VanderslootGuardMinPtsRebAstSeries18.48.02.33.3Season22.36.42.64.8ChangedownupsamedownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kayla ThorntonSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries12.63.51.50.0Season20.25.52.60.7ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kennedy BurkeSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries8.11.52.00.5Season12.13.41.50.9ChangedowndownsamesamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.

Las Vegas Aces

A'ja WilsonPower forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries36.620.89.33.3Season34.426.911.92.3ChangesamedowndownupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kelsey PlumShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries34.216.82.32.0Season34.017.82.64.2ChangesamesamesamedownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Chelsea GrayShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries32.08.82.55.3Season26.08.62.94.9ChangeupsamesamesamePlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Jackie YoungSmall forwardMinPtsRebAstSeries30.715.54.82.8Season32.615.84.45.3ChangesamesamesamedownPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Alysha ClarkShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries29.87.34.52.3Season24.36.03.61.8ChangeupupupupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Tiffany HayesShooting guardMinPtsRebAstSeries19.98.53.33.3Season21.59.52.82.1ChangesamedownsameupPlayed 4 of 4 games in this series.
Kiah StokesCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries10.50.02.00.0Season18.41.44.70.7ChangedowndowndowndownPlayed 2 of 4 games in this series.
Megan DiLeoCenterMinPtsRebAstSeries9.71.00.50.5Season10.73.71.90.2ChangesamedowndownsamePlayed 2 of 4 games in this series.