WNBA playoffs: Reigning champs Las Vegas one game from elimination

• Sabrina Ionescu stars with 24 points for Liberty
• Sun and Lynx level at 1-1 in other semi-final series

Sabrina Ionescu scored 24 points and the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 88-84 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five semi-final series.

Game 3 is Friday night in Las Vegas, with the two-time defending champion Aces trying to avoid being knocked out by the team they beat in the WNBA finals last year. No team has rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win a best-of-five playoff series in WNBA postseason history. Only Phoenix were able to force a Game 5 in 2018 against Seattle.