Articles by Mac Pham,The Lead

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WNBA Finals Film Room: Can Mercury’s Pick-and-Roll Help Them Even the Series?

The Las Vegas Aces defended home court, getting one final stop in Game 1 to hold off the Phoenix Mercury, and again on Sunday, they took Game 2 decisively behind Jackie Young’s 32 points. The Aces almost had the first pair of teammates to score over 30 points in a Finals game – A’ja Wilson scored 28 points to help lead the way in Game 2. Meanwhile, head coach Becky Hammon moved to 9-0 in Game 2s. The film shows Phoenix running inverted pick-and-rolls, and Las Vegas’ defense has answers. It also showed a few positives that Phoenix can run more of to get back into the series. Phoenix’s Inverted Pick-and-Roll Game vs Las Vegas’ Defense Phoenix has run a heavy dose of inverted pick-and-rolls when the big is the ball handler and a guard is the screener.