After dropping Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, the Las Vegas Aces will try to bounce back against the Seattle Storm

Bill Laimbeer has usually found ways for his team to bounce back after they’ve been routed in playoff games.

His squads have gone 9-1 in games following a double-digit defeat. Las Vegas hopes for the same success Sunday in Game 2 after losing by 13 points to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA Finals opener in Bradenton, Fla.

“You make a couple adjustments, but you can’t make a lot of adjustments,” Laimbeer said. “You impose on them it’s a five-game series, even if you lose one game so what? One (point) or 21, it doesn’t matter, it’s still an ‘L.’

“You have to come back the next day and be more determined. You have to create a mind-set of they got one, now we have to get one.”

Laimbeer credits that mentality to his playing days when he helped the Detroit Pistons win two NBA titles.

His players feed off it.

“That’s the biggest thing he does. He’s calm, cool and collected, as surprising as that may seem,” league MVP A’ja Wilson said. “He trusts us and knows what we’re capable of.”

The Aces feel that they have fixable problems. They missed a lot of shots they normally make, and Laimbeer, who has won three WNBA titles while coaching Detroit, felt his team got frustrated when the ball wouldn’t go in.

Las Vegas shot 17-for-56 (30%) from inside the arc and surprisingly made 10 of 21 3s.

“We couldn’t score, and our frustration of not scoring carried over to our defense, and that was our undoing,” Laimbeer said. “We can’t get frustrated. We have to keep playing our solid defense. Clawed our way back into the game, but then ran out of gas.”

It was also the first Finals for many of the Aces, including Wilson and Jackie Young.

“The first one is definitely a big one, a little bit of nerves and jitters going into it,” Young...