There were plenty of moments in the second half when the Liberty were out of sorts, when they were far from the version of the superteam that made everything — at times — seem simple, but this one,…
There were plenty of moments in the second half when the Liberty were out of sorts, when they were far from the version of the superteam that made everything — at times — seem simple, but this one, late in the fourth quarter, was the dagger.Kayla Thornton had collected the rebound. But as she looked to reset the offense, Breanna Stewart had started setting a screen instead of preparing for Thornton’s pass — like the forward appeared to expect.
Everything was working for the Liberty — and Sabrina Ionescu, specifically — by the time she intercepted Collier’s pass and sprinted down the court for an uncontested layup. Ionescu unleashed a roar heading back to the bench when the Lynx took a timeout.But then it all flipped. It stayed that way, too.
Stewart led the Liberty with 24 points and single-handedly pulled them back into the game in the fourth quarter with a personal 9-0 run.But the Lynx’s stout second-half defense complemented a balanced offense to win their first Commissioner’s Cup and establish themselves as a serious contender for the WNBA title in October.
Jones used the words “frustrated” and “annoyed” to express the Liberty’s displeasure for not truly hosting the title game despite their 5-0 record — with all of those games across an eight-day stretch — to emerge as the Eastern Conference’s representative.Liberty forward Breanna Stewart drives to the basket during the first half against the Minnesota Lynx at UBS Arena on Tuesday night.
The first happened in October, when they fell to the Aces in the four games and missed a chance to achieve the type of forever that has evaded the franchise since its creation.
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