No team has ever come back to win after going down 2–0 in a best-of-five WNBA Finals series. The Liberty are hoping to become the first club to do so after finding themselves in a two-game hole against the reigning champs Aces. Las Vegas put a firm grip on the series Wednesday, following up an emphatic 17-point Game 1 win with a 104–76 rout, both victories supported by a boisterous Michelob Ultra Arena crowd. Now the series moves to Brooklyn, with New York’s back up against a wall.
Will the Liberty salvage their season and do the unprecedented? Or will the Aces put any superteam debate to bed with a Finals sweep? History may serve as an important prognosticator.
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