Nearly a year after they watched the Las Vegas Aces celebrate on their own court, the New York Liberty began to exact their revenge, coming away with an 87-77 win to take Game 1 of the WNBA semi-finals.
From the start, Breanna Stewart and the Liberty sent a clear message: this was a different Liberty team than last year’s. They were more experienced. They were individually better (see: Sabrina Ionescu). They were even taller (see: Leonie Fiebich). And they desperately wanted to rectify last year’s Finals performance (see: Breanna Stewart).
Now, they hold a 1-0 series lead against the two-time defending champion Aces.
In Sunday afternoon’s match-up,
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