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Liberty's Big 3 take control early to hand Storm 9th straight loss
Breanna Stewart scored a team-high 24 points and added eight rebounds and six assists as the host New York Liberty defeated the Seattle Storm 95-83 on Monday night.,Jonquel Jones scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Sabrina Ionescu put in 18 points with five assists as the Liberty (18-13...
Storm look to snap another skid against Liberty
A game against the New York Liberty might be just what Seattle needs.,The Storm lost a franchise-record 11 consecutive games earlier this season, a skid that was snapped with an 11-point win over the visiting Liberty on June 25.,On Monday night, Seattle -- currently riding an eight-game losing strea...
Sabrina Ionescu (27 points), Liberty surge past Mercury
Sabrina Ionescu had 27 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds and the New York Liberty overcame a 10-point second-half deficit for a 94-92 victory over the host Phoenix Mercury on Saturday afternoon.,Breanna Stewart had 14 points and 11 rebounds and Han Xu had season highs with 17 points and three 3-...
Liberty's Breanna Stewart climbs scoring list as Mercury soar up standings
New York's Breanna Stewart moved into the top 10 in WNBA career scoring Thursday, but her focus was elsewhere after the Liberty's 104-99 loss at Las Vegas.,"We were playing basketball against a good team, and they made more plays than us," Stewart said. "Sometimes that's the way it goes.",Stewart an...
A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young help Aces get better of nemesis Liberty
The New York Liberty have given the Las Vegas Aces more trouble than any other opponent in recent years, but the Aces got the better of them Thursday in Las Vegas with a 104-99 win thanks to a combined 62 point from A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young.,Wilson led all scorers with 33 points on 11-of-22 shoo...
Aces, Liberty set for star-powered Commissioner's Cup rematch
The Las Vegas Aces and visiting New York Liberty are set to square off in yet another anticipated meeting on Thursday, with both teams coming off impressive victories on Tuesday in their return from the All-Star break.,The Liberty (16-12) posted a season-high scoring total in a narrow 113-109 road w...
Liberty shoot the lights out, hold off Sparks
Breanna Stewart scored 19 of her game-high 29 points in the second half and came away with a critical steal down the stretch to lift the visiting New York Liberty to a 113-109 defeat of the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday. ,New York (16-12) gave up a 20-4 run midway through the second quarter, allowin...
Liberty open 3-game road trip against struggling Sparks
The New York Liberty return from the WNBA All-Star break on Tuesday with the first date in a three-game road swing, facing a Los Angeles Sparks team looking to turn around its season.,The Sparks (10-16) went into the break on a five-game losing skid and with losses in eight of their last 10 games ov...
Liberty make clutch shots, rally past Sky in wild finish
Jonquel Jones sank one of two free throws with 3.4 seconds left as the New York Liberty made a dramatic fourth-quarter rally to edge the Chicago Sky 95-94 on Wednesday night in Brooklyn.,Jones' free throw capped a wild final minute for the Liberty (15-12), who trailed the Sky by eight with 58 second...
Banged-up Liberty hope to stop the bleeding vs. Sky
It's almost unthinkable, but it's true. The New York Liberty -- WNBA champions in 2024 and this year's Commissioner's Cup champs -- are in danger of missing the league's eight-team playoffs.,New York is 14-12 and a half-game above eighth place. The Liberty have lost eight of their past 11 games as t...
Liberty come from 12 down to beat Wings in OT
Breanna Stewart scored 33 points and helped key a fourth-quarter comeback as the New York Liberty defeated the short-handed Dallas Wings 99-98 on Monday in Arlington, Texas, in a game of wild momentum swings.,Stewart also tallied 13 rebounds and eight assists for the Liberty (14-12) while Sabrina Io...
Injury-riddled Wings, Liberty tip off in rescheduled game
The Dallas Wings will be chasing their seventh straight win when they host the slumping New York Liberty on Monday in Arlington, Texas, but they will be without the services of star guard Paige Bueckers.,Bueckers spent the final minutes of Sunday's 90-82 home win over the Los Angeles Spark in the lo...
Injury-riddled Wings and Liberty tip Monday in rescheduled game
The Dallas Wings will be chasing their seventh straight win when they host the slumping New York Liberty on Monday in Arlington, Texas, but they likely will be without the services of star guard Paige Bueckers.,Bueckers spent the final minutes of Sunday's 90-82 home win over the Los Angeles Spark in...
Fever storm back to top slumping Liberty
Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 33 points Saturday night and the Indiana Fever pulled away from the visiting New York Liberty in the second half to earn a 108-88 win.,Mitchell rattled off 14 in the final 5:16 of the third quarter, outscoring New York by herself in the game-changing period. Indian...
Fever storm back to top slumping Liberty
Kelsey Mitchell scored a game-high 33 points Saturday night and the Indiana Fever pulled away from the visiting New York Liberty in the second half to earn a 108-88 win.,Mitchell rattled off 14 in the final 5:16 of the third quarter, outscoring New York by herself in the game-changing period. Indian...
Caitlin Clark, after historic effort, looks to lead Fever against Liberty
Lost in all the discourse about how the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark is -- or isn't -- officiated is this: When she's scoring and dishing out the assists in concert, there are few players in the world better than Clark.,The first-ever 45-point, 10-assist performance in WNBA history Friday night was...
Liberty-Wings postponed till Monday due to travel delays
The WNBA postponed Thursday's game between the New York Liberty and host Dallas Wings due to the Liberty's charter flight being beset by mechanical issues.,The game was rescheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.,The Liberty were still in New York City as of Thursday morning, the New York Post re...
Marina Mabrey scores 30 as Tempo hold on to beat Liberty
Marina Mabrey scored 30 points and Nyara Sabally had the winning points and a key late rebound as the Toronto Tempo outlasted the New York Liberty 93-91 on Sunday afternoon in Montreal, Canada.,It was the second of two games for the expansion Tempo in Montreal and followed a 108-95 loss to the Dalla...
Tempo upbeat on playing in Montreal, but seek different outcome vs. Liberty
The Toronto Tempo aim to use the energy from another big Montreal crowd Sunday afternoon against the New York Liberty to end a four-game losing streak.,The expansion Tempo (9-13) lost the first of two home games at Montreal, 108-95 to the Dallas Wings before a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,...
Olivia Miles returns to lead Lynx over Liberty
Rookie star Olivia Miles didn't miss a beat in her return from a calf injury, scoring 23 points and propelling the Minnesota Lynx to a 90-85 victory over the New York Liberty Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Miles made four 3-pointers and Kayla McBride made five as she lit up the scoreboard for a ...