Washington guard Natasha Cloud backed up her brash talk with a career-high 33 points but it wasn’t enough as New York swept the best-of-three series.
Game 1 for the Liberty. Cloud vowed the Liberty guard would be in for a “rude awakening” in Game 2 and all but demanded the defensive assignment of guarding her.
The loss caps a disappointing season for a team that entered the season with championship aspirations. Washington lost 53 games to injury and illness. Elena Delle Donne, Ariel Atkins, Shakira Austin and Kristi Toliver, who underwent ACL reconstructive surgery Tuesday, all missed large chunks of time.
“We see it in sports world, players that speak out can be blackballed out. They can lose their jobs, they can be moved. So to have the support of the Mystics organization through and through, it’s been a blessing for eight years.”The Mystics trailed by 11 at halftime before rallying. They placed all five starters in double figures, though after Cloud — who added nine assists and six rebounds — their second-leading scorer was Brittney Sykes with 14 points.
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