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WNBA Finals Showdown: Can the Underdog Mercury Dethrone the Dominant Aces?

WNBA Finals Showdown: Can the Underdog Mercury Dethrone the Dominant Aces?

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Powell: If Aces head coach Becky Hammon can figure out how to exploit and successfully guard the Mercury’s inverse pick-and-roll where Thomas is screened by either Monique Akoa Makani or Sami Whitcomb, Las Vegas puts themselves in a very favorable position to win the series. That inverse pick-and-roll has been one of the Mercury’s most successful plays during the postseason and part of the reason why teams have struggled to guard it is because a strong guard has to be able to take a lot of contact on the switch from Thomas. Courtney Williams struggled with this in the semifinals and Sabrina Ionescu also couldn’t always keep pace with Thomas in the first round. The Aces, however, might have the strongest guard in the league in Jackie Young, who could be the very player to neutralize the play.

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