PHOENIX — The Las Vegas Aces didn’t play their best late in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, coughing up a 17-point lead in the final quarter that meant the matchup came down to one offensive possession with five seconds remaining.
Even so, there wasn’t any panic for the visitors.
That’s the security of having a four-time league MVP in the paint.
Las Vegas center A’ja Wilson made a turnaround jumper with three-tenths of a second left, capping her stellar 34-point, 14-rebound performance and lifting the second-seeded Aces over the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury 90-88 on Wednesday night for a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven title series.
Aces fourth-year head coach Becky Hammon said there wasn’t any discussion about who would take the final shot. There was no need to overthink anything.