Game 1, 2025 WNBA Finals
October 3, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Game 1, 2025 WNBA Finals: Las Vegas Aces 89–86 Phoenix Mercury, at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada on October 3, 2025.
Game 1 of the first-ever best-of-seven WNBA Finals; Las Vegas's bench outscored Phoenix's reserves as the Aces held on for the win. (Corrects the site's earlier narrative page, which had cited 87-84 — verified via Basketball-Reference and ESPN box scores as 89-86.)
Box score
| Las Vegas Aces starters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| A'ja Wilson | 21 | 10 | 5 |
| Chelsea Gray | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Jackie Young | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| NaLyssa Smith | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Kierstan Bell | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Bench (10+ points): Jewell Loyd (18), Dana Evans (21)
| Phoenix Mercury starters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Alyssa Thomas | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Kahleah Copper | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| Satou Sabally | 19 | 4 | 4 |
| Monique Akoa Makani | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| Natasha Mack | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Bench (10+ points): DeWanna Bonner (10)
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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