News Category: New York Liberty

Liberty’s 8-game win streak at stake in visit to Mercury

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Jonquel Jones is soaring as the New York Liberty aim to extend their winning streak to nine games when they visit the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night. New York hasn’t lost since dropping back-to-back games on May 23 and 25. The Liberty (12-2) are a half-game behind the league-leading Connecticut Sun. New York began its winning streak with an 81-78 home win over Phoenix on May 29. Sabrina Ionescu led the Liberty with 22 points

Hungry Liberty visit Aces in WNBA Finals rematch

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The New York Liberty have started 2024 looking like a team eager to avenge last year’s championship series loss to the Las Vegas Aces. Las Vegas is still looking for the form that produced consecutive WNBA titles. On Saturday, the teams meet for the first time since last October on the Aces’ floor in the league’s marquee matchup of the weekend. While New York (11-2) is off to a strong start after Sunday’s 93-88 victory

Top teams tangle as unbeaten Sun host Liberty

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The teams with the top two records in the WNBA meet Saturday afternoon at Uncasville, Conn. The unbeaten Connecticut Sun are looking to bolster their stellar start to the season, while the New York Liberty have won five consecutive games. The Liberty have a relatively quick turnaround after Thursday night’s 78-61 road victory against the Atlanta Dream. Breanna Stewart cranked out 25 points and 10 rebounds in that triumph. “We’re getting better. Are we there

Liberty take on Dream in search of 5th straight win

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On the heels of a dominant performance from Breanna Stewart, the New York Liberty will go for their fifth straight win on Thursday night when they face the host Atlanta Dream. Stewart went for 33 points and 14 rebounds as New York (8-2) downed the Chicago Sky 88-75 on Tuesday night. With the victory, the Liberty improved to 2-0 in Commissioner’s Cup games. New York managed to pull away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Chicago

Liberty get another crack at Sky after early loss

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On May 23, the Chicago Sky marched into New York and handed the Liberty their first loss of the season in a 90-81 victory. Since then, each team has had struggles but the Liberty are back on a winning streak entering Tuesday’s rematch in Chicago. That defeat was the first of two in a row for the Liberty, and each time they finished below their average of 86.1 points per game. Now, New York faces

Liberty aim to beat Fever, Caitlin Clark for third time

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The New York Liberty regained their footing in their past two games by making enough plays down the stretch and are now entering a stretch of five straight games with a financial incentive. The Liberty begin the first of five straight Commissioner’s Cup games Sunday night when they host Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. The Liberty will play three of their five Commissioner’s Cup games on the road and are hoping to be among

Leaning on several stars, Liberty prepare to face winless Mystics

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While the WNBA season is still young, Friday’s matchup between the Washington Mystics and the host New York Liberty will see the league’s last remaining winless team take on one of its best outfits. The Liberty (5-2), who started the season on a four-game win streak before dropping consecutive games last week, currently have the third-best record in the league. The Mystics (0-7) are bringing up the rear and rank last in the league in

Kahleah Copper, Mercury look to heat up vs. Liberty

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Tuesday afternoon, Kahleah Copper was recognized as the WNBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for a dynamic three-game stretch in which she averaged 29.7 points. By the end of the day, Copper and the rest of the Phoenix Mercury were struggling to score while getting blown out by the undefeated Connecticut Sun. Copper and the Mercury (3-3) hope they can quickly rebound from a sub-par showing Wednesday night in their visit to the New

Liberty look to put first loss aside when they visit Lynx

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The New York Liberty look to rebound from their first loss of the season when they take on the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Liberty (4-1) are coming off a 90-81 loss to the Chicago Sky at home on Thursday. Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 points with six assists but made just 2 of 8 3-point shot attempts, and Breanna Stewart had 18 points and 10 rebounds for New York. As a team,

Seeking 5-0 start, streaking Liberty host Sky

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In their initial season in 1997, the New York Liberty won their first seven games and 10 years later they won their first five. This version of the Liberty (4-0) is off to an unbeaten start with the hopes of another dominant regular season as New York attempts to extend its season-opening winning streak to five games Thursday night when it hosts the Chicago Sky. New York has won 36 of its past 44 regular-season