The WNBA’s Sixth Woman of the Year sent the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA semifinals with a wild, memorable and game-winning long-range shot.
With time winding down in the fourth quarter vs. the Chicago Sky, Aces forward Dearica Hamby intercepted a pass from Chicago’s Courtney Vandersloot and sent in this shot from nearly halfcourt:
😱😱😱😱😱@dearicamarie | #DoubleDown pic.twitter.com/8C7ffrDhf9
— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) September 15, 2019
Vegas won 93-92, thanks to Hamby, who was presented with her 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award on court ahead of the game.
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Looks like Vegas will be taking that charter flight to Washington D.C. to take on the Mystics in semifinals, which will be a best-of-five series.
The WNBA playoffs continue at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday with Los Angeles at Connecticut. Mystics will host the Aces at 8:30 p.m.
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