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Liberty seals top overall seed, drops Mystics under playoff line
Breanna Stewart collected team highs with 15 points and 10 rebounds as the New York Liberty clinched the league's best record and top seed in the WNBA playoffs with an 87-71 victory over the host Washington Mystics on Tuesday night.,The Liberty (32-7), with one regular-season game remaining, secured...
Comfortable win gives Liberty top overall seed, drops Mystics off playoff line
Breanna Stewart collected team-highs with 15 points and 10 rebounds as the New York Liberty clinched the league's best record and top seed in the WNBA playoffs with an 87-71 victory over the host Washington Mystics on Tuesday night.,The Liberty (32-7), with one regular-season game remaining, secured...
Lynx take down Liberty in battle of WNBA's No. 1 vs. 2
The visiting Minnesota Lynx continued their dominance of the New York Liberty this season with an 88-79 win Sunday.,Five different Lynx players finished in double figures, led by Bridget Carleton with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. Napheesa Collier had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Lynx.,...
Playoff seeding on the line for league-leading Liberty, second-place Lynx
The New York Liberty can lock up the top seed in the WNBA playoffs on Sunday afternoon when they host the Minnesota Lynx.,The Liberty (31-6) have a three-game lead on the Lynx (28-9) for the top seed with three games remaining in the WNBA regular season. The Lynx have a one-game lead on the Connecti...
Breanna Stewart scores 27 as Liberty roll past Wings
Breanna Stewart poured in 27 points, 19 of them in the first half, as the visiting New York Liberty rolled to a 105-91 win over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday in the first of two games between the teams in three nights in Arlington, Texas., ,The Liberty (30-6), who own the best record in the WNBA, won ...
Closing in on clinching top spot, Liberty battle Wings
The New York Liberty can move closer to clinching the WNBA's top spot when they square off against the Dallas Wings on Tuesday in the first of two games between the teams over a three-night stretch in Arlington, Texas.,The Liberty (29-6), who enjoy a three-game lead over the Minnesota Lynx with five...
Liberty hold off A'ja Wilson-less Aces in tight finish
Jonquel Jones made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left to seal the New York Liberty's 75-71 win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.,Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Jones added 15 points and eight rebounds as the Liberty (29-6) moved closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in ...
Defensive-minded Liberty take on Aces
The New York Liberty can move closer to clinching the top seed in the upcoming WNBA playoffs with a win, and/or losses by second- and third-place teams Minnesota and Connecticut, when they host the fourth-place Las Vegas Aces on Sunday afternoon.,The game between the Liberty (28-6) and Aces (22-12) ...
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton leads Liberty in tight win over Storm
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since July 6 and led the New York Liberty with 18 points in a 77-70 win over the visiting Seattle Storm on Thursday.,Laney-Hamilton was sidelined by a right knee injury that required surgery and kept her out about six weeks u...
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton leads Liberty in tight victory over Storm
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since July 6 and led the New York Liberty with 18 points in a 77-70 win over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night in Brooklyn, N.Y.,After five days of rest, the Liberty (28-6) had to knock off some rust against the Storm. New ...
Liberty, Storm look to build toward the postseason
The Seattle Storm and New York Liberty each have clinched spots in the WNBA playoffs. Now, with seven games remaining in the regular season, the two sides face off Thursday night in Brooklyn, N.Y., hoping to build momentum that they can bring into the postseason.,For fifth-place Seattle (20-13), the...
Ex-Storm star Breanna Stewart leads Liberty to victory
Breanna Stewart torched her former team for 32 points and Sabrina Ionescu powered the visiting New York Liberty in the second half en route to a 98-85 win over the Seattle Storm on Friday. ,WNBA-leading New York (27-6), coming into Friday's contest off a loss to last-place Los Angeles, fell behind ...
Liberty face Storm, try to fix inconsistent results
When WNBA-leading New York visits the Seattle Storm on Friday, the Liberty do so in the unusual position of having lost two of their last three.,New York (26-6) opened a three-game road swing, which concludes at Seattle, by beating Phoenix 84-70 on Monday. Bookending the win, however, were losses of...
Sparks stun WNBA-leading Liberty, halt 7-game skid
Dearica Hamby scored 21 points as the host Los Angeles Sparks snapped their seven-game losing streak by shocking the league-leading New York Liberty 94-88 on Wednesday night.,The Sparks (7-24), who were ahead most of the game, led by 14 in the opening quarter, and three days after blowing a 22-point...
Sparks stun East-leading Liberty, halt 7-game skid
Dearica Hamby scored 21 points as the host Los Angeles Sparks snapped their seven-game losing streak by shocking the league-leading New York Liberty 94-88 on Wednesday night.,The Sparks (7-24), who were ahead most of the game, led by 14 in the opening quarter, and three days after blowing a 22-point...
Sparks stun first-place Liberty, halt 7-game skid
Dearica Hamby scored 21 points as the host Los Angeles Sparks snapped their seven-game losing streak by shocking the league-leading New York Liberty 94-88 on Wednesday night.,The Sparks (7-24), who were ahead most of the game, led by 14 in the opening quarter, and three days after blowing a 22-point...
Liberty visit Sparks for duel of first place vs. last
The New York Liberty experienced some sluggish moments on Monday night in their game against the Phoenix Mercury before making enough plays down the stretch.,With nine wins in its past 10 outings, New York hopes to play a more complete game on Wednesday night when it visits the league-worst Los Ange...
Liberty peak late to knock off Mercury
Breanna Stewart scored 21 points as the New York Liberty survived some sluggish moments on offense and pulled away down the stretch for an 84-70 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Monday night.,The Liberty (26-5) won for the ninth time in 10 games after seeing their eight-game winning streak e...
Out to rebound from rare loss, Liberty battle Mercury
Shortly after the final buzzer sounded on a disappointing loss to the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, Sabrina Ionescu vowed the New York Liberty would not experience another underwhelming performance the rest of the way.,After seeing their eight-game winning streak stopped, the Liberty will attempt to ...
Reserves help Sun beat Liberty for first time this season
In a battle of the WNBA's top two teams, two reserve players made the difference as the Connecticut Sun knocked off the New York Liberty 72-64 in Brooklyn on Saturday night.,Marina Mabrey scored a team-high 15 points and Olivia Nelson-Ododa added another 12 for the second-place Sun (22-7), who won t...