{"id":113962,"date":"2024-10-14T07:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113962"},"modified":"2024-10-14T07:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:41:11","slug":"liberty-and-record-breaking-stewart-hold-off-lynx-to-level-wnba-finals-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113962","title":{"rendered":"Liberty and record-breaking Stewart hold off Lynx to level WNBA finals | WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">The New York Liberty held off the Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/wnba\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">WNBA<\/a> finals on Sunday afternoon, weathering another dogged fourth-quarter comeback before pulling away for a 80-66 win that leveled the best-of-five championship series at one game apiece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"35388044-1a8c-4ddd-8cbd-f93b1fe56e81\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:1,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Ellie the Elephant: the viral mascot twerking her way into New York lore&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;35388044-1a8c-4ddd-8cbd-f93b1fe56e81&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/13\/ellie-elephant-new-york-liberty-mascot&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">Three days after blowing an 18-point lead in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/11\/wnba-finals-game-1-score-lynx-liberty\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">stunning Game 1 overtime loss<\/a> on their home floor, New York led from wire to wire behind Breanna Stewart, the two-time Most Valuable Player who stuffed the box score with 21 points, eight rebounds, five assists and a WNBA finals-record seven steals. The Liberty also got 20 points from Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, who bounced back from a quiet five-point effort on Thursday for her highest scoring output since July.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a72a6706-9168-4a10-8fe5-3c4074876679\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.GuideAtomBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"GuideAtomWrapper\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;a1c8cbc6-76fb-4c3a-87a9-6a3932f99de1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;WNBA finals 2024&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schedule&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best-of-five series. All times Eastern.&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thu 10 Oct&lt;\/b&gt;\u00a0Game 1: &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/11\/wnba-finals-game-1-score-lynx-liberty\\&quot;&gt;Minnesota 95, New York 93 (OT)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sun 13 Oct&lt;\/b&gt;\u00a0Game 2: &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/13\/wnba-finals-game-2-score-liberty-lynx\\&quot;&gt;New York 80, Minnesota 66&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wed 16 Oct&lt;\/b&gt;\u00a0Game 3: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fri 18 Oct&lt;\/b&gt;\u00a0Game 4: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sun 20 Oct&lt;\/b&gt;\u00a0Game 5: Minnesota at New York, 8pm, ESPN*&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*\u2013if necessary&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div data-atom-id=\"a1c8cbc6-76fb-4c3a-87a9-6a3932f99de1\" data-atom-type=\"guide\" class=\"dcr-13gln72\">\n<details data-atom-id=\"a1c8cbc6-76fb-4c3a-87a9-6a3932f99de1\" data-snippet-type=\"guide\" class=\"dcr-g1vsnw\">\n<summary><span class=\"dcr-1ypwo6h\">Quick Guide<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"dcr-1fa5dcn\">WNBA finals 2024<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-55zfp0\"><span class=\"dcr-3j53am\"><span class=\"dcr-41evle\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"m10.8 13.2.425 9.8h1.525l.45-9.8 9.8-.45v-1.525l-9.8-.425-.45-9.8h-1.525l-.425 9.8-9.8.425v1.525z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Show<\/span><\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1c9wqm7\">\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Best-of-five series. All times Eastern.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Thu 10 Oct<\/b>\u00a0Game 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/11\/wnba-finals-game-1-score-lynx-liberty\">Minnesota 95, New York 93 (OT)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Sun 13 Oct<\/b>\u00a0Game 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/13\/wnba-finals-game-2-score-liberty-lynx\">New York 80, Minnesota 66<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Wed 16 Oct<\/b>\u00a0Game 3: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN<\/p>\n<p><b>Fri 18 Oct<\/b>\u00a0Game 4: New York at Minnesota, 8pm, ESPN<\/p>\n<p><b>Sun 20 Oct<\/b>\u00a0Game 5: Minnesota at New York, 8pm, ESPN*<\/p>\n<p>*\u2013if necessary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"dcr-jkwt9a\">\n<p>Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t wait to come back here Sunday and change the narrative a little bit,\u201d Stewart said afterward. \u201cI just wanted to make it very difficult for every single one of the players I was going up against today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">Playing before a franchise-record crowd of 18,046 fans at the Barclays Center, the Liberty led by 31-21 after the first quarter and as many as 17 points in the first half behind a blistering start by Sabrina Ionescu, who poured in 14 of her 15 points before half-time. The Lynx chipped away after the intermission, getting as close as 68-66 on a Courtney Williams driving lay-up with 3:40 remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">But Laney-Hamilton\u2019s corner three off a deft no-look pass from Ionescu kicked off a show-closing run of 12 unanswered points and New York never looked back, moving within two wins of the franchise\u2019s first WNBA championship as the series heads back to Minnesota for Wednesday night\u2019s Game 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">\u201cOur offense was bad at a time when we really needed it. Our pace was slow,\u201d Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said. \u2018\u2018Taking too long to get into things, and you know, I don\u2019t think we were terribly hard to play against from that standpoint. And that was obviously a difficult time to be doing that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">\u201cThis is a group that problem-solves well together. We put ourselves in position, just couldn\u2019t get over the hump.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"687daeea-fa24-4ece-b173-7a34efd217a4\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-5h0uf4\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1pvqcrw\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">New York\u2019s Breanna Stewart shoots from the paint during Sunday\u2019s Game 2 of the WNBA finals.<\/span> Photograph: Barry Gossage\/NBAE\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">For Laney-Hamilton, the ninth-year forward who was sidelined for over a month with a right-knee injury suffered before the Olympic break, the breakout performance could not have come at a better time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">\u201cI think what she brings is this grit, this toughness,\u201d Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said. \u201cAll of us know she\u2019s giving us whatever she\u2019s got. And the way that she continued to be aggressive, they were going under on her and she knocked that thing down with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">The Lynx nearly sprang a second consecutive remarkable fightback behind strong outings by Napheesa Collier (16 points), Williams (15) and Alanna Smith (14), but were largely undone by 20 turnovers which the Liberty converted into 26 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-180skgt\">While Sunday\u2019s contest was not officially an elimination game for New York, the hosts were staring down an ominous scenario. None of the previous 20 teams facing an 0-2 deficit in the WNBA finals had come back to win the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2024\/oct\/13\/wnba-finals-game-2-score-liberty-lynx\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Liberty held off the Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of the WNBA finals on Sunday afternoon, weathering another dogged fourth-quarter comeback before pulling away for a 80-66 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113962\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}