If you want to know how dangerous the Las Vegas Aces are right now, just look at Monday night's incredible showing. The Aces completely dismantled the Atlanta Dream 109-87, and Jackie Young put on an absolute clinic.
Young secured her third career triple-double dropping a massive 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Paired with A'ja Wilson adding 23 points and 3 blocks (moving her past Lauren Jackson for sixth on the WNBA all-time blocks list), Las Vegas proved once again that their offense can catch fire on any given night.
The Quirkiest Streak in Basketball
Despite these massive offensive nights, an incredibly fun statistical anomaly continues to hold strong: Twenty-one games in a row, the combined score in a Las Vegas Aces game has stayed under 210.5 points every single time.
That’s the number sitting behind the Aces this season, a streak that says less about pace and more about how these games have played out. The run has spanned wins and losses alike.
Before putting up 109 points on the Dream, Las Vegas dropped an 84-83 decision to the Chicago Sky on August 1, then closed out New York 104-99 on July 30 and blew past Portland 98-83 on July 28. Washington beat the Aces 100-99 on July 22, and Toronto fell 109-83 on July 20.
(Note: The dates listed here apply to American time zones, specifically Eastern Time [ET], which is the standard used for official WNBA schedules and North American sports box scores. Depending on your location, automated widgets using UTC or European time zones like CEST may log these games as occurring on July 31, July 29, and July 21).
Go back further, and you'll find a 106-58 rout of Phoenix on July 11 and a 68-84 result against Indiana on July 5: different margins, different opponents, but every single final tally has stayed firmly under that 210.5 threshold.
Blowouts and Nail-Biters
What stands out to stats enthusiasts is the wild mix of blowouts and nail-biters inside the streak.
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The Defensive Battles: The Phoenix game finished with a combined 164 points.
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The Offensive Thrillers: The Washington loss came in at 199 points.
Both stayed comfortably under the number, but for very different reasons. One was a mismatch, the other a game decided by a single point. That range suggests this isn't just a slow-team story; Las Vegas has won by 25 and lost by 1 while the totals number kept holding steady. The Aces' recent stretch shows a group that includes statement wins over Phoenix and Indiana alongside tight losses to Chicago and Washington.
What to Watch For Next
The schedule doesn't ease up as the Aces enter their upcoming slate carrying that pattern into another matchup.
If history here means anything, the total is the storyline to track before you even look at the win margins. Given how often these games have hovered in the 160-199 range, numbers watchers tracking the total have had a fairly predictable ride. Expect this under-210.5 streak to keep cashing in for stats fans until a genuine track meet finally breaks the pattern, and nothing in the last 21 games points to that changing soon.