Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum did not hold back on Tom Brady after their newly-minted minority owner rocked up at Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday.
‘I looked at him and I said, ‘It’s about f***ing time you showed up,’ Plum said during her post-game press conference after the Aces’ 99-82 win over New York Liberty.
‘But what I love about him was he was just like, “You already know.” Just super excited for his investment in our franchise and understanding what that means for us, and not just us, but the league. And putting eyes on us.
‘I joke around, but man, it’s been awesome to have him and I know he cares.’
Brady and the Aces announced back in March that he had purchased a minority share in the club, but no specific information was provided before the ownership stake was officially approved on Tuesday, October 3.
Kelsey Plum took a shot at Las Vegas’ new minority owner Tom Brady in her press conference
Brady attended his first game as minority owner and sat next to majority owner Mark Davis
Brady joked that ‘nobody is safe from’ Plum’s antics in a post on X later during the day
Along with Brady, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James was also in attendance for Game 1 of the WNBA finals on Sunday.
Plum finished the game with a playoff career-high 26 points and five rebounds in the nearly 20-point win to start the series.
She was not the only member of the Aces to have a great game as Jackie Young picked up five 3-pointers to also record 26 points.
Las Vegas point guard Chelsea Gray added 20 points and nine assists on her 31st birthday, A’ja Wilson had 19 points and eight rebounds. Young made 5 of 8 3-pointers.
Five New York players scored in double figures. This season’s league MVP, Breanna Stewart, led the Liberty with 21 points, Jonquel Jones totaled 16 points and 10 rebounds and Marine Johannes came off the bench to score 14. Sabrina Ionescu, who entered averaging 16.3 points in the playoffs, was held to seven.
Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Wednesday in Las Vegas.
LA Lakers forward LeBron James was also in attendance for Game 1 of the WNBA finals
Jackie Young knocked down five shots from beyond the arch during the win as well to score 26
In one of the most anticipated Finals in recent memory with three WNBA MVPs, this game instead played out like the regular-season meetings between the teams in which the closest outcome was nine points.
The Aces made sure of that by turning into another one-sided game going on an 11-2 run that turned a 67-63 advantage late in the third quarter into a 78-65 lead early in the fourth. Las Vegas led by as much as 94-72 with 3:32 remaining.
No team this postseason has solved the Aces, who are 6-0. The Liberty proved they could beat Las Vegas in the regular season, but for a franchise still chasing its first championship, New York will have to come back with a considerably different response.
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