The Liberty strengthened their grip on the top spot in the WNBA standings on Wednesday thanks to a 71-68 win over the second-place Sun.
The Liberty improved to 18-4 on the season, including 2-0 against the Sun , with both meetings in Uncasville; the teams face each other again on Tuesday in Brooklyn in their final game before the Olympic break.said."We're at a place where we're playing high-level basketball, but we know that we haven't played our best. We haven't peaked and we also don't want to peak too soon, and we just want to continue to learn and grow.", the 2020 No.
"Not a real high-scoring game, but we found a way to win and we got stops when we needed it," coach Sandy Brondello said."And obviously Sabrina made a really massive shot."The Liberty's 13 3-point attempts marked a drastic difference from their 42 on Sunday in an upset loss to the, but on Tuesday they bested Connecticut in the paint 40-26, even leading by as many as 14 in the second quarter before the home team's run made it a one-point game at halftime.
"I think that's just the evolution of this team," Ionescu said."It's not being one-dimensional and knowing we're going to go in every single day and do the same thing, but be able to read what defenses are giving us and attack in different ways." New York is now 13-0 when leading at the half this season, the league's only team that's unbeaten in those situations.
"I think it's a testament to just our commitment," Ionescu said of the pivotal fourth quarter, where the Sun outscored the Liberty 14-12 but didn't score in the final 2:11."They went on runs, we went on runs, and we really stayed poised. And I think that's a huge part as to why we won.
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