![]() ![]() "Our coaches were making sure that we were prepared for this moment."īut the Aces didn't miss a beat without their head coach on the sideline. But at the same time, I think we were fully prepared," Wilson said. Hammon denied that Hamby was bullied for being pregnant, saying any ill feelings between the two came from Hamby being traded. Most notable, Las Vegas was without Hammon following her two-game suspension by the league earlier this week following an investigation into former Aces player Dearica Hamby saying she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum both scored 23 points for the Aces in a matchup that featured several changes and absences from last season when Las Vegas beat Seattle in four games in the WNBA semifinals. There wasn't much to complain about from the Aces standpoint after opening defense of their WNBA championship with a 105-64 rout of the Seattle Storm on Saturday. "That's pretty big for us, because I'm pretty sure in real life she would have been yelling more than twice." "I just wanted to make sure we was on the right track and she said she only yelled (at the TV) twice," Wilson said. SEATTLE - Back in the locker room after the most lopsided opening game victory in league history, Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson grabbed her phone and dialed up suspended head coach Becky Hammon. ![]()
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