Liberty’s elusive WNBA title once again within reach
MINNEAPOLIS — The Liberty is 40 minutes away from winning its first WNBA title in franchise history. Liberty, which earned an impressive 80-77 victory over the Lynx on Wednesday night on Sabrina Ionescu's 28-foot basket, can clinch the title in Game 4 on Friday night. “When I left Seattle, I kind of started a new […]
Liberty’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton struggling after knee surgery
Liberty coach Sandy Brondello acknowledged that starting forward Betoniyah Rainey-Hamilton is experiencing physical challenges after undergoing knee surgery in July. Laney Hamilton lost to the Lynx in Game 1 on Thursday, scoring just five points on 2-of-7 shooting in 26 minutes. “The movement of 'B' was not very good. I think you saw that,” Brondello […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu believes mindset change will help her in WNBA Finals
Throughout this season, Sabrina Ionescu has detailed the changes she made to her game after the poor offensive performance in the Liberty's loss to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals a year ago. But perhaps the biggest flaw the All-Star guard needed to eradicate after that botched performance had to do with her […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu silenced by Aces in Game 3 loss
Sabrina Ionescu got what she wanted in her first two fights in Brooklyn, but what happened in Las Vegas on Friday night will make her want to stay in Las Vegas. The All-Star guard was swarmed by opposing defenders and endured a rough shooting night, but scored just four points in Liberty's 95-81 loss in […]
Liberty’s quest for Aces revenge in WNBA playoffs has plenty of storylines
Sabrina Ionescu set the tone as the Liberty clinched a spot in the WNBA semifinals with a 91-82 win over the Atlanta Dream at Barclays Center on Tuesday night. “We have unfinished business,” she said on air before the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm to book a spot in the semifinals. Liberty will […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu reacts to interaction with Spike Lee as New York secures spot in semifinals
The New York Liberty eliminated the Atlanta Dream from the WNBA playoffs in a short period of time. Known New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee was there to watch New York's WNBA team reach the semifinals on Tuesday night. At one point in the third quarter, Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu high-fived the famous film director, […]
Liberty’s Courtney Vandersloot adjusting to rare bench minutes
Now in their second year as a superteam, the Liberty have all five of their core players working together again in the regular season as they look to avenge their loss at last year's WNBA Finals. But even though Liberty is in top shape heading into the postseason, their starting pitching staff is not what […]
Liberty’s WNBA title quest begins with Game 1 battle vs. Dream
The Liberty and its men's practice squad held an intense, physical scrimmage on the Barclays Center practice court on Saturday in preparation for Sunday's postseason opener against Atlanta. “Obviously, there was no crappy practice,” All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu said. “No shooting practice, we were taped up, we were practicing live. The girls were in playoff […]
Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty’s rout of Sparks
Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu had precious little time to bask in the joy of winning gold medals. It evokes the Liberty’s ambitions to win a WNBA title. On Sunday, the star duo traveled to Paris and helped the U.S. team secure a dynastic eighth consecutive Olympic title with a tense second-half comeback to beat […]
Liberty’s Betnija Laney-Hamilton has ‘minor’ knee surgery
The month-long Olympic break comes at a lucky time for Betnijah Rainey-Hamilton and Liberty. The Liberty star underwent “minor” surgery on his right knee on Tuesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks, the team announced. “Yeah, the B’s did a little cleaning today,” coach Sandy Brondello said before Liberty’s 82-74 win. “I […]