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The Connecticut Sun kept their season alive on Thursday night with a comfortable 105-76 win over the Las Vegas Aces in Game 3 of the 2022 WNBA Finals. Alyssa Thomas was terrific, finishing with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists to record the first triple-double in Finals history . Game 4 of this best-of-five series, which the Aces now lead 2-1, is set for Sunday afternoon.

After earning the No. 1 overall seed in the regular season, the Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury in the first round and the Seattle Storm in the semifinals. The Sun, meanwhile, have gone the distance in both rounds so far, taking down the Dallas Wings and defending champion Chicago Sky. 

Another new playoff format has debuted this year, as the league has scrapped the first- and second-round byes in favor of a standard three-round bracket format. The first round was best-of-three, and the semifinals and Finals will be best-of-five. The semifinals and Finals will use a standard 2-2-1 format, with the higher seed hosting Games 1, 2 and 5, if necessary, and the lower seed hosting Games 3 and 4, if necessary. 

And then there were two 😈 The #WNBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV is set, the @LVAces and @ConnecticutSun will face off for a title starting Sunday, September 11th at 3pm/ET 🏆#MoreThan pic.twitter.com/DCD4tDukF7

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