Chelsea Gray made a three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, then made another at the buzzer to win it, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 86-84 on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Gray scored 11 points all night. Six of them came at those two buzzers. The game streamed on Prime Video and tipped off at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Key facts
- Final: Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 86-84 in overtime
- When: Thursday, August 6, 2026, tipped off at 7 p.m. Eastern
- Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
- Stream: Prime Video
- Winning play: Chelsea Gray’s three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, after her three at the buzzer in regulation forced it
- Gray’s night: 11 points, six of them at those two buzzers
- Indiana’s biggest lead: 20 points, in the first half
How the game turned
Indiana led by as many as 20 points in the first half. Then it scored nine points in the third quarter to Las Vegas’s 19, and the game changed shape. Indiana still led by three late in regulation, until Caitlin Clark missed two free throws with seven seconds on the clock. Gray’s tying three followed, at 75-75. Overtime came down to the same clock: Indiana up by one, seven seconds again, and Clark losing the ball. Gray’s second three ended it. Clark took the blame publicly afterward.
Who scored what
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas: 26 points and 13 rebounds
- Jackie Young, Las Vegas: 22 points and nine assists
- Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana: 28 points, more than any other player in the game
- Aliyah Boston, Indiana: 21 points and 12 rebounds
- Caitlin Clark, Indiana: 20 points, eight assists and eight turnovers on 7-of-20 shooting
Fifteen of Young’s points came in a row, every point Las Vegas scored across the end of the first half and the start of the second. CBS Sports describes that run as an Aces franchise record. Indiana shot better than Las Vegas from the field, 46 percent to 41 percent, and still lost; it gave the ball away 22 times to Las Vegas’s 16, per ESPN’s box score.
What happened courtside, and what each side says about it
With 4:38 left in the third quarter, play stopped. In ESPN’s account, Young gestured toward fans sitting courtside and spoke to a referee. According to ESPN’s account, security escorted a woman out of a front-row seat directly across from the Las Vegas bench and through a tunnel, then helped her back to that same seat. In the same account, two men sitting nearby were escorted out after that and did not come back.
Since then the incident has been widely called an ejection. The Fever’s own account of it is different. In a statement, the club said: “Following a report of a comment directed toward a player, arena security spoke with the fan involved and witnesses. Security determined there was no violation of the Fan Code of Conduct, the fan was not removed from the arena, but elected to leave. We consider the matter closed.” The statement refers to “the fan” in the singular, and the reporting quoted here does not say which of the three people it means.
Only the Fever’s statement says security spoke with the fan involved and with witnesses; ESPN’s account describes security escorting people from their seats, and it is ESPN’s account that places what happened at the courtside seats after play stopped in the third quarter. “Escorted out” is ESPN’s reporting; “elected to leave” is the Fever’s wording in its own statement. Whether those two describe the same person, or the same moment, is not something the reporting quoted here settles.
What was said to Young is not in any of the accounts quoted here. In postgame remarks, she said a fan had been chirping all game and that one comment went “a little bit too far,” then stopped there: “I think we’ll just keep it in here.” She also said the incident had been handled the right way.
Where the two teams stand
On Friday, August 7, 2026, the day after the game, ESPN’s standings page had:
- Minnesota Lynx: 25-7, first in the WNBA
- Las Vegas Aces: 22-9, second, 2.5 games behind Minnesota
- Golden State Valkyries: 21-9, next after Las Vegas
- Indiana Fever: 19-12, further down the same table
Those are the figures from that day, and they move every time the league plays.
Thursday’s game was the third and final regular-season meeting between the two clubs in 2026.
Sources and further reading
- Las Vegas Aces vs Indiana Fever Aug 6, 2026 Box Scores
- Game Recap: Indiana Fever Fall in Overtime to Las Vegas Aces
- Reigning World Champion Las Vegas Aces 2026 Schedule Unveiled
- Fever Back in Indy for Clash with Aces (Indiana Fever team release)
- Las Vegas Aces vs Indiana Fever Aug 6, 2026 Game Summary