Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot had double-doubles and sparked a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead the New York Liberty to their sixth straight victory, 86-69 over the Chicago Sky.
Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot had double-doubles and sparked a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead the New York Liberty to their sixth straight victory, 86-69 over the Chicago Sky on Sunday at Wintrust Arena.
Stewart finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five assists for her 19th double-double of the season for the Liberty . Vandersloot pitched in with 20 points, 10 assists, six steals and five rebounds against her former team. Betnijah Laney had 17 points and Jocelyn Willoughby scored 10 off the bench.The Liberty trail the Las Vegas Aces by 1 1/2 games for the top spot in the WNBA playoffs.
Kahleah Copper scored 23 points to lead the Sky , who entered play tied with the Los Angeles Sparks for the final playoff spot. The Sky hold the tiebreaker advantage over the Sparks after winning three of four matchups this season.The Liberty took the first two-possession lead when Vandersloot buried a 3-pointer for a 22-17 advantage. Marina Mabrey answered from beyond the arc, scoring 10 of her 12 points in the first quarter to get the Sky within 22-20.
New York twice built six-point leads in the second quarter, but Copper scored seven straight points to get the Sky within 37-36 with 2:03 left. The Sky went scoreless from there and Willoughby and Stewart made baskets to put the Liberty up 41-36 at halftime. The Liberty stayed in front until Courtney Williams and Copper sank back-to-back 3-pointers for the Sky to knot the score at 49 with 3:43 left in the third quarter. Sika Koné followed with a layup and the Sky grabbed their first lead since midway through the first quarter.Koné hit a jumper to put the Sky up 61-60. Stewart answered with a 3-pointer and Vandersloot connected three times from beyond the arc in a 22-0 run that left the Liberty leading by 21 with 3:09 remaining.
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