Liberty vs Aces Picks and Prediction – 10/8/2023

The New York Liberty visits the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday for Game 1 of the WNBA Finals best of five series. New York eliminated the Connecticut Sun in the semifinals 3-1. New York has won three straight after opening its semifinal series with a loss followed by three wins to clinch. The Liberty have won five of their six postseason games. Make sure you stay up to date with all the WNBA playoff action with our WNBA picks.

During the postseason, Breanna Stewart is the leading scorer for New York with an average of 19.8 points per game while Jonquel Jones is the leading rebounder with an average 12.8 rebounds per game and Courtney Vandersloot is the leader in assists with an average of 6.8 assists per game. New York has four players averaging double figures in scoring and as a team scores an average of 84.3 points per game.

The Las Vegas Aces are perfect in the postseason with five consecutive victories. Las Vegas opened the playoffs with a two-game sweep of the Chicago Sky and then eliminated Dallas in three straight in the semifinals. Las Vegas used defense in its victory over Dallas to clinch the semifinales holding the Wings to% 31.6% shooting overall and 21.4% shooting from three-point territory.

During the postseason, A’ja Wilson is leading Las Vegas in scoring and rebounding with averages of 25.8 points and 11.2 rebounds per game. Chelsea Gray is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 16.0 points and 6.4 assists per game. Las Vegas has four players averaging double figures in the scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 86.2 points per game.