• Up 1-0 in the best-of-three first-round series, the Las Vegas Aces can eliminate the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night
• Coming off an 11-point win on Sunday, the Aces are 7.5-point home favorites in Game 2
• Below, see the Storm vs Aces odds, predictions, and picks for Sep. 24

The first elimination games of the 2024 WNBA playoffs take place on Tuesday night, including in Las Vegas where the Aces (27-13, 13-7 home) have a chance to send the Seattle Storm (25-15, 11-9 away) packing.

Game 2 between Seattle and Las Vegas is scheduled to tip off at 6:30 pm PT/9:30 pm ET tonight at Michelob ULTRA Arena, and the Storm vs Aces odds heavily favor the two-time defending champions ending the series tonight.

Seattle Storm vs Las Vegas Aces Odds for Game 2

Las Vegas is listed as a 7.5-point home favorite and a hyper-short -400 bet on the moneyline. The Storm come back as +300 road underdogs while the game total is sitting at 158.5, three full points lower than the series-opener on Sunday.

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The Aces narrowly covered Game 1, holding the Storm to an incomprehensible two points in the entire fourth quarter en route to an 11-point victory (78-67) as 9.5-point favorites.

A’Ja Wilson had a game-high 21 points for Las Vegas but was just 9-of-21 from the field. The 34-year-old Skylar Diggins-Smith had a team-high 16 points and eight assists for the Storm.

Playing her first game back from a three-game injury absence, Jewell Loyd, Seattle’s leading scorer at 19.7 PPG, had just six points on 2-of-8 shooting in 26 minutes of action.

Storm Collapse in Fourth Quarter … Again

It would be easy to write off Seattle’s miserable fourth quarter on Sunday as a one-off anomaly. But in truth, it’s the second time in two games that the Storm have completely collapsed in the fourth quarter against the Aces. In their last regular-season meeting, exactly a week ago (Sep. 17), the Aces led by a bucket (63-61) heading into the final frame, where they would outscore Seattle 22-11 and run away with an 85-72 road victory.

Loyd’s missed that game with a knee injury.

Obviously less than 100% in Game 1, Loyd’s over/under point total for Game 2 has been set at just 16.5 with the under significantly favored at -130.

After the victory, the Aces moved to +260 in the WNBA Championship odds. They continue to sit second behind the New York Liberty (+150) and just ahead of the third-favorite Minnesota Lynx (+300). No other team is shorter than +700 after the first day of postseason action.

Seattle Storm vs Las Vegas Aces Predictions & Picks

The last two Storm/Aces games have been equal parts encouraging and concerning for Seattle. On the one hand, they have looked like Las Vegas’ equal for 30 minutes. On the other hand, the Aces have showed their championship mettle late, reaching a level Seattle clearly doesn’t have yet.

In this elimination game, though, I am going to back Seattle to start strong. Loyd should have her legs back under her in her second game back, and the Storm have done a fine job defensively on Wilson in each of the last two games, holding her to 42 total points on 46.2% shooting.

• Storm first-half moneyline (+185)
• Under 158.5 (-110)

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