They bought one.
Dealing with the prospect of ending the common season with no win over their foremost antagonist and chief menace to their bid for back-to-back WNBA titles, the Liberty lastly took down the first-place Lynx, 85-75, on Tuesday night time at Barclays Middle.
Jonquel Jones scored a game-high 22 factors together with 10 rebounds. Sabrina Ionescu delivered 17 factors — together with a rainbow emblem 3 that sealed the cope with 33 seconds left — and 11 assists, and Natasha Cloud and Leonie Fiebich added 10 factors apiece.
The Liberty (22-13) had misplaced three in a row to the Lynx over the previous three weeks, a measure of payback for final yr’s Finals, which the Liberty gained in 5 brutally hard-fought video games.
“We all know all of the performs they’re operating, they know all of the performs we’re operating, so it’s who executes the scout one of the best. They usually’ve achieved that higher, you understand?” Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello mentioned earlier than the sport. “I feel you see their confidence and chemistry that they’ve in these moments, a bit bit higher than what we’ve had.”
However the Liberty had been the sharper crew in Spherical 4. They shot 40.6 % from 3-point vary, notched 23 assists on 29 area objectives and even gained the rebounding battle, 37-33.
And the free-throw rely, some extent of rivalry Saturday when the Lynx garnered a large 33-8 benefit, was 18-14 this time in favor of the Liberty.
Breanna Stewart, the Liberty’s previous MVP winner, and Napheesa Collier, the Lynx’s future MVP winner, once more had been sidelined because of accidents.
