The Las Vegas Aces are set to appear in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship game for the third time.

The Aces earned their spot with an 86-76 win against the Mercury in Phoenix on Wednesday night. A'ja Wilson led the way with 33 points and 11 rebounds.

Las Vegas will face the New York Liberty of the Eastern Conference in the title game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 30.

"It's kind of good for us to have a chance to compete for a championship midway through the season," Wilson said. "It's not going to be easy. It's going to be tough, but I think it also sets us for October. It sets us for the August when we have to really buckle in. So we'll get a taste of that. Obviously, New York is rocking and rolling doing what they're doing. So it should be good. It should be fun. The extra game, it just comes with it. I love that."

The two clubs have combined to claim the past four WNBA titles and have met in several high-profile contests recently. Las Vegas beat New York in the 2023 WNBA Finals, while the Liberty defeated the Aces in the 2023 Commissioner's Cup.

"Barclays has been a tough place for us to play the last few years, so it's going to be a great battle; New York's playing really well right now," Aces coach Becky Hammon said.

The Liberty reached the final with an 86-64 win over the Washington Mystics on Sunday, finishing with a perfect 6-0 record in Commissioner's Cup games. This marks the Liberty's third appearance in the title game, the most in the league.

Las Vegas finished 6-1 in Commissioner's Cup play and claimed the tiebreaker over the Lynx after a 100-97 win over Minnesota on Saturday.

The Aces remain the only team to capture both the Commissioner's Cup and the league title in the same year (2022). Hammon noted that reaching the Cup final does not guarantee later success.

"We're still trying to form our identity out and grind out ways to win basketball games," she said. "History says that but you still have to go and do the work, so I don't look too much into that as any kind of indication for my team. I always want to be one of the best teams in the league wherever we're playing so our goal is always to try to get better every day. I think it's fun that it's definitely something on the line."

No club has won the Cup more than once since the event started in 2021.

A portion of a $500,000 prize pool will be awarded in the June 30 final.