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Liberty top Aces 88-84 to take a 2-0 lead in the WNBA semifinals and put the champs on the brink
NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu and her New York teammates downplayed being on the brink of knocking off the Aces. In their mind, they haven't accomplished anything yet. Ionescu scored 24 points and the Liberty beat Las Vegas 88-84 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the...
Minnesota's Napheesa Collier is Defensive Player of the Year and Cheryl Reeve is Coach of the Year
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier was voted the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and Cheryl Reeve earned the Coach of the Year award on Sunday. Collier won the defensive award for the first time, receiving 36 votes from a 67-person national media panel. A'ja Wilson finished...
Tina Charles' record night lifts Atlanta Dream into postseason with 78-67 win over New York Liberty
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles and her Atlanta Dream teammates packed for an extended trip to New York. They got their wish by reaching the postseason with a 78-67 win over the Liberty on Thursday night to earn the eighth seed. The two teams will meet in the postseason that begins...
WNBA playoff picture starting to come into focus as Liberty clinch top seed and Minnesota second
More than half of the WNBA playoff seeds are set with the New York Liberty clinching the No. 1 seed on Tuesday night. The rest of the postseason matchups will be determined when the regular season closes out on Thursday night. The Liberty topped the Washington Mystics...
Aces star A'ja Wilson sits out against Liberty with ankle injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson will not play against the New York Liberty on Sunday because of an ankle injury. Wilson hasn't missed a game since Aug. 3, 2019, and only has missed three regular-season contests in her six-year career. She tweaked her right leg late...
Stewart, Jones, Vandersloot have double-doubles, Liberty defeat Wings 94-74
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot also had a double-doubles, and the New York Liberty handed coach Sandy Brondello a 94-74 birthday victory over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday night. Jones had 23 points and 12...
Australia loses Bec Allen for Paris Olympics with hamstring injury in final warmup game
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Australia will play the 2024 Olympics without forward Bec Allen after tests revealed a high-grade hamstring injury suffered in the Opals' final warmup for the Paris Games. The Opals announced the injury Thursday after their practice at...
Liberty guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton has surgery on right knee, should return after Olympic break
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Liberty guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton had successful surgery on her right knee on Tuesday and is expected to return soon after the Olympic break. Sandy Brondello said that Laney-Hamilton had two loose bodies in her knee — something similar she said to...