'Four Shots Before The Parade': How The Aces Became WNBA Champs
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday night, the Las Vegas Aces brought home the WNBA championship – the first in the franchise's 26-year history, and the first major pro sports title for the city of Las Vegas. And the only thing more entertaining than the series might have been the post-game press conference, which included A'ja Wilson telling fans they had to do at least four shots before the championship parade, and Kelsey Plum interrupting questions by dancing with a boom box. Today, Kris Rhim of the New York Times explains how the Aces have gone from a team that has long had all the fun, but often fell short in the playoffs, to a team that became unstoppable -- and the role that first-year head coach Becky Hammon played in that transformation.
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| 0:33.6 | We'll see in the rebound, and this season has come up, Aces! |
| 0:45.3 | The City of Las Vegas has its first major professional title. |
| 0:54.3 | On Sunday night, the Las Vegas Aces brought home the WNBA Championship, defeating the |
| 0:58.6 | Connecticut Sun in four games. |
| 1:00.9 | And the post-game celebration felt very Vegas. |
| 1:03.7 | You have to take four shots. |
| 1:06.0 | Children take shots through ginger ale, but you gotta take four shots before you fill |
| 1:09.8 | up to the parade and drink responsibly. |
| 1:12.9 | Today, Chris Rim of The New York Times explains how the Aces have gone from a team that had |
| 1:17.8 | all the fun but fell short in the playoffs to one that became unstoppable. |
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