Liberty beat Aces in thriller to move within win from WNBA Finals return
No team in WNBA history has ever come back from an 0-2 hole in a five-game playoff series, and Liberty certainly understood its task Tuesday night. They also understand that they have a long way to go. The league's No. 1 seed held serve on its home court and took a 2-0 lead in the […]
Courtney Vandersloot giving Liberty her all in trying season
It's been a challenging and emotional year for Liberty security guard Courtney Vandersloot after her mother, Jean, died of cancer in June. Vandersloot started all 31 regular season games, but the 15-year WNBA veteran came off the bench in each of the Ribs' first four playoff contests, including the game, with rookie Leoni Fievic starting. […]
Aces’ Kelsey Plum Gets Into It With Spike Lee In Middle Of Playoff Loss To Liberty
Spike Lee is at it again! And he's after my daughter Kelsey! The women of the Big Apple won Sunday's first game of the WNBA semifinal series between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty. 87-77 victory to gain a 1-0 advantage. It was progress that led the way to liberty. brianna stewartracked […]
Breanna Stewart, Liberty defeat A’ja Wilson, Aces to take 1-0 lead in WNBA semi-finals
Almost a year after watching the Las Vegas Aces celebrate a victory on their home court, the New York Liberty began to get revenge, taking Game 1 with an 87-77 win. WNBA Semi-finals. From the beginning, Brianna Stewart and the Liberty team sent a clear message that this is a different Liberty team than last […]
Breanna Stewart’s 34 points power Liberty past Aces in Game 1
Heading into the 2024 WNBA semifinals, a rematch of last year's finals between the Liberty and the Aces, both teams knew their opponents would come out on top. With two super teams, it's natural to expect that. Liberty coach Sandy Brondello is ready for the “chess game,'' and Aces coach Becky Hammon still has the […]
Liberty vs Aces Preview: 5 things to watch in Game 1 of the WNBA playoffs
in last year's rematch WNBA The first game of the finals and semifinals will be the New York Liberty taking on the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday at 3:00 pm ET. The Liberty spent most of this year as the No. 1 seed and finished the season with a league-best 32-8 record, but the Aces […]
Three keys for Liberty in semifinal matchup vs. Aces
The Liberty will play a four-game rematch from the 2023 WNBA Finals, where the Aces won their second straight title. The two superteams will meet in the semifinals earlier this year starting on Sunday. Here are Liberty's three keys to changing the game in Las Vegas. Leonie Fievich replaced Courtney Vandersloot in Liberty's starting lineup. […]
Liberty set sights on avenging bitter WNBA Finals loss to Aces
Liberty doesn't need to watch the tape of last year's WNBA Finals loss to Las Vegas or the game that won the Aces their third straight regular season. They don't need film. they have feelings. Brianna Stewart said Liberty “has a chip on its shoulder” as it looks to avenge last season's loss in the […]
Liberty stars blast WNBA for not condemning racism sooner
The WNBA is at a golden moment. Unfortunately, many players fail because they are too busy enjoying the moment. WNBA players are increasingly the targets of racist bile, online hate, and even death threats, much of the speech coming from Indiana fans who support Caitlin Clark. It is reported that there is. During the Fever's […]
Sabrina Ionescu, Kelsey Plum overcame parallel struggles to lead Liberty, Aces to Game 2 wins
Sabrina Ionescu herself was not great offensively, shooting just 33 percent from the field in the second half of the regular season with the New York Liberties, and that number dropped even further in the final three games of the year, plummeting to 18 percent. The New York Liberty were the overwhelming favorites going into […]