It’s the Las Vegas Aces versus the Portland Fire at Moda Center on July 9, 2026. Here’s how to watch live on TV.
- Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Location: Moda Center, Portland, OR
- League Package: WNBA League Pass
How to Watch Las Vegas Aces vs. Portland Fire on July 9, 2026
You can watch the Portland Fire take on the Las Vegas Aces live on DIRECTV with WNBA League Pass on July 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET.
Las Vegas Aces (15-6) at Portland Fire (9-12) — Game Preview
The Las Vegas Aces (15-6) travel to Moda Center to face the expansion Portland Fire (9-12), a matchup between the Western Conference’s second-place club and its newest member. Las Vegas is scoring 90.0 points a game while holding opponents to 86.4, good for a plus-3.6 point differential, while Portland is being outscored on average behind an 84.3 offense and a 91.3 defense.
Jackie Young paces the Aces with 16.4 points a game and adds 6.6 assists, sharing playmaking duties with Chelsea Gray, who leads Las Vegas with 7.3 assists a night. NaLyssa Smith does the interior work for the visitors, pulling down 6.5 rebounds a game while converting 65.8 percent of her shots from the floor. On the home side, Carla Leite carries the offensive load for Portland with 15.4 points and a team-best 5.6 assists a game, and forward Emily Engstler backs her up with 8.8 points and 5.1 rebounds a night.
Las Vegas sits half a game back of the Western Conference lead, and Portland trails by 6.5, a gap that captures the difference between a contender and a first-year roster still building an identity.
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The Las Vegas Aces vs. Portland Fire game starts at 10:00 PM ET.
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Players to Watch: Las Vegas Aces vs. Portland Fire
Las Vegas Aces
Jackie Young — G. Averaging a team-high 16.4 points a game for Las Vegas, Young pairs her scoring with 6.6 assists a night, giving the Aces a lead guard who beats defenses in more than one way. She is money at the free-throw line, converting 94.0 percent of her attempts, and her all-around game means Las Vegas rarely has to lean on a single shot-creator to generate offense.
Chelsea Gray — G. The Aces’ floor general leads the team with 7.3 assists per game, directing an offense that also gets 12.5 points a night from her jumper. Gray’s assist-heavy workload comes without sacrificing efficiency, since she is knocking down 94.6 percent of her free throws when defenses send her to the line.
NaLyssa Smith — F. Interior strength defines Smith’s game, and she is Las Vegas’s top rebounder at 6.5 boards a night while adding 11.8 points on a 65.8 percent shooting clip. Her efficiency stands out on a roster full of high-usage scorers, and she does most of her damage without needing the ball in her hands, averaging fewer than one assist a game.
Portland Fire
Carla Leite — G. Leite is Portland’s offensive engine, leading the Fire in both scoring and playmaking with 15.4 points and 5.6 assists a game. She also gets to the free-throw line and connects at an 88.7 percent clip, giving the expansion Fire a reliable option in close fourth quarters.
Jordan Harrison — G. Harrison’s role skews toward setting up teammates rather than scoring, and her 3.7 assists a game rank second on the roster behind only Leite. She has posted modest shooting numbers so far, hitting 30.0 percent of her field-goal attempts, but her distributing gives Portland’s offense a second ball-handler when Leite needs a breather.
Emily Engstler — F. On the boards, Engstler is Portland’s leading rebounder at 5.1 per game, and she pairs that work with 8.8 points a night. Her 45.1 percent shooting from the field and 74.3 percent from the line make her a steady frontcourt scoring option behind the Fire’s top guard.
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