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Gray, Aces Crowned 2022 WNBA Champions
9/18/2022 8:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Former Duke women's basketball standout Chelsea Gray and the Las Vegas Aces captured the 2022 WNBA Championship on Sunday with a 78-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Aces won the series 3-1 to collect the first championship in franchise history.
Gray, in her eighth WNBA season and second year with Las Vegas, capped a historic playoff run with another phenomenal display in Game 4, netting 20 points, five boards and six dimes en route to earning 2022 WNBA Finals MVP honors. The Hayward, Calif., native averaged 18.3 points and 6.0 assists during The Finals on 58 percent shooting from the floor – including a 45 percent clip from distance.
In 10 postseason games, Gray produced splits of 21.7 points, 7.0 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game while scoring or assisting on 379 of the Aces' 860 postseason points (44.1 percent) – the most in WNBA playoff history, per ESPN Stats & Info. She also became the first player in WNBA playoff history to top 30 points and 10 assists after notching 31 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in the series-clinching victory over the Seattle Storm in the semifinals.
Gray is the second Blue Devil in as many seasons to win a WNBA title (Lexie Brown – 2021, Chicago Sky) and becomes the first former Duke women's basketball product to win two WNBA Championships, having won the 2016 title as a member of the Los Angeles Sparks.
All-Time Duke WNBA Champions
QUOTES
"We didn't like that feeling that we had last year. My teammates are awesome. I worked so hard for this. I don't know Holly [Rowe], I was just pushing it in and hoping it goes in the basket [laughs]." – Gray on her historic playoff performance.
"My team that I have behind me, my wife, my parents. Thank you guys so much. But I couldn't have done it without my team. They have been amazing, and I just worked so hard to be here and hold up the trophy. This [Finals MVP trophy] is great, but that team trophy – that's what I've been working for." – Gray on her perseverance through injuries during her career.
"It's a commitment to wanting to keep a group together. You think about the teams in the past who kept a core group together, like Minnesota or Phoenix or Seattle – it's a commitment to excellence and wanting to leave a legacy. I think especially with a first-year head coach, our bond got even a little tighter and stronger. For the organization to understand what it takes to not just do it one year, but try to do it multiple years, that's when you're talking about a more legendary franchise. Hopefully, that's what we can be." – Gray on the Aces returning all their key players for next season.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
Gray, in her eighth WNBA season and second year with Las Vegas, capped a historic playoff run with another phenomenal display in Game 4, netting 20 points, five boards and six dimes en route to earning 2022 WNBA Finals MVP honors. The Hayward, Calif., native averaged 18.3 points and 6.0 assists during The Finals on 58 percent shooting from the floor – including a 45 percent clip from distance.
In 10 postseason games, Gray produced splits of 21.7 points, 7.0 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game while scoring or assisting on 379 of the Aces' 860 postseason points (44.1 percent) – the most in WNBA playoff history, per ESPN Stats & Info. She also became the first player in WNBA playoff history to top 30 points and 10 assists after notching 31 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in the series-clinching victory over the Seattle Storm in the semifinals.
Gray is the second Blue Devil in as many seasons to win a WNBA title (Lexie Brown – 2021, Chicago Sky) and becomes the first former Duke women's basketball product to win two WNBA Championships, having won the 2016 title as a member of the Los Angeles Sparks.
All-Time Duke WNBA Champions
- Mistie Bass (2014)
- Alana Beard (2016)
- Lexie Brown (2021)
- Karima Christmas (2012)
- Tricia Liston (2015)
- Chelsea Gray (2016, 2022)
QUOTES
"We didn't like that feeling that we had last year. My teammates are awesome. I worked so hard for this. I don't know Holly [Rowe], I was just pushing it in and hoping it goes in the basket [laughs]." – Gray on her historic playoff performance.
"My team that I have behind me, my wife, my parents. Thank you guys so much. But I couldn't have done it without my team. They have been amazing, and I just worked so hard to be here and hold up the trophy. This [Finals MVP trophy] is great, but that team trophy – that's what I've been working for." – Gray on her perseverance through injuries during her career.
"It's a commitment to wanting to keep a group together. You think about the teams in the past who kept a core group together, like Minnesota or Phoenix or Seattle – it's a commitment to excellence and wanting to leave a legacy. I think especially with a first-year head coach, our bond got even a little tighter and stronger. For the organization to understand what it takes to not just do it one year, but try to do it multiple years, that's when you're talking about a more legendary franchise. Hopefully, that's what we can be." – Gray on the Aces returning all their key players for next season.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
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