On Saturday afternoon, New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello told reporters that Betnijah Laney-Hamilton just wasn’t herself.
“She’s giving whatever she can,” Brondello said, per The Next’s Jackie Powell. “I think everyone can see that she’s trying. It’s not the same B that we’ve seen all season long, but it is what it is.”
24 hours later, Laney-Hamilton tied her season-high in scoring, exploding for 20 points on 8-14 shooting and leading the Liberty to a Game 2 WNBA Finals victory over the Minnesota Lynx.
Laney-Hamilton had surgery on her right knee in mid-July, and missed most of the second half of the season recovering. Post-surgery, Laney-Hamilton
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