The New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces will meet again in the WNBA playoffs, and it will be absolute cinema.
New York has likely had a bad taste in its mouth for nearly a year after watching the Aces celebrate a championship on its home floor. By all accounts, the Liberty haven’t likely forgotten that Kelsey Plum said they weren’t exactly a team, either.
On Vegas’ side, the Aces didn’t look like a championship team for much of the year. Shaky defense and inconsistent offense plagued the back-to-back champs despite an otherworldly season from A’ja Wilson. However, the Aces went 9-1 during the last 10 games of the season and swept Seattle in the opening round of the playoffs, setting up a Liberty-Aces Finals rematch.
THE REMATCH IS ON 🔥
Aces and Liberty will face off in the semifinals with a trip to the WNBA Finals on the line 🍿 pic.twitter.com/yTZzUsGoCO
— ESPN (@espn) September 25, 2024
Not having both of these teams in the Finals feels like a cruel joke. But fans have totally embraced the chaos.
Here’s how they reacted:
Liberty. Aces. Run it back. pic.twitter.com/z2wqmaSCAm
— Myles (@MylesEhrlich) September 25, 2024
Las Vegas Aces vs. New York Liberty in a rematch. This is the W that I know and love. pic.twitter.com/3dUmDHcmjm
— Ashlee Woods ✨ (@ashleemwoods) September 25, 2024
Aces vs. Liberty in the WNBA Semifinals, a rematch of last year’s Finals, is about to be…pic.twitter.com/A0qG72YWPM
— Kevin Gray Jr. (@KevinGraySports) September 25, 2024
Aces vs Liberty. pic.twitter.com/PDBWjQ0jmJ
— LSM (@iamlaurenmiles) September 25, 2024
WE ARE GETTING ACES/LIBERTY IN THE SEMIS. HELP.
— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) September 25, 2024
Liberty vs Aces in the semifinals 😈
— LoLivia Pope (@LoLoByke) September 25, 2024
Liberty vs Aces in the semis will be absolute cinema and I will be tuned in.
— Niko (@nikotaughtyou) September 25, 2024
Can we start the Liberty vs. Aces series in 10 minutes
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) September 25, 2024
