Liberty fans have waited a longtime to possible see there team win the the WNBA championship. The atmosphere at Barclays Center was electric for New York’s opening postseason game against the Washington Mystics.
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Those fans were rewarded with a Liberty win, 90-75, behind 29 points from Sabrina Ionescu and 20 from Jonquel Jones. The game started as a tense back-and-forth affair, but the Liberty took a narrow lead into halftime, and they never relinquished it. Ionescu set a postseason franchise record with seven 3-pointers in the game.
Liberty look to close out the Mystics, on Tuesday at Barclays to advance to second round of the WNBA playoffs.
PureSportsNY: Vernon McKenzie