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Las Vegas Aces defender Chelsea Gray (12) dribbles arsenic Phoenix Mercury defender Diana Taurasi (3) defends during the archetypal 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces halfway Liz Cambage (8) and Phoenix Mercury halfway Brittney Griner (42) combat for the hoops astatine extremity disconnected during the archetypal 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces caput manager Bill Laimbeer looks connected the archetypal fractional of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Riquna Williams (2) shoots a handbasket implicit Phoenix Mercury defender Skylar Diggins-Smith (4) during the archetypal fractional of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Chelsea Gray (12) dribbles arsenic Phoenix Mercury defender Diana Taurasi (3) defends during the archetypal 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces halfway Liz Cambage (8) tries to artifact a changeable by Phoenix Mercury halfway Brittney Griner (42) during the 2nd 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Chelsea Gray (12) dribbles past Phoenix Mercury defender Bria Hartley (14) during the archetypal fractional of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Chelsea Gray (12) looks to sprout past Phoenix Mercury defender Bria Hartley (14) during the 2nd 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Chelsea Gray (12) looks to sprout past Phoenix Mercury defender Bria Hartley (14) during the 2nd 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Phoenix Mercury halfway Brittney Griner (42) makes a changeable implicit Las Vegas Aces halfway Kiah Strokes (41) during the archetypal 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
Las Vegas Aces defender Kelsey Plum (10) shoots implicit Phoenix Mercury defender Bria Hartley (14) during the 2nd 4th of Game 5 of a WNBA hoops playoff bid astatine the Michelob Ultra Arena connected Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, successful Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @HeidiFang
The Aces took a 66-58 pb into the 4th fourth of the WNBA semifinals, but fell 87-84 to the Phoenix Mercury connected Friday nighttime astatine Michelob Ultra Arena to suffer the bid 3-2.
Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray scored 22 points apiece to pb Las Vegas. Brittney Griner had 28 points and 9 rebounds, and Diana Taurasi scored 24 for Phoenix.
This is simply a processing story. Check backmost for updates.
Contact newsman Sam Gordon astatine sgordon@reviewjournal.com. Follow @BySamGordon connected Twitter.
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