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NEW YORK – Sabrina Ionescu matched her season-high of 34 points to pb the New York Liberty to a double-digit comeback implicit the Atlanta Dream connected Tuesday night, rebounding from the team’s archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play implicit the weekend.
Despite Ionescu’s 20 first-half points, New York trailed by 17 points successful the 3rd 4th and were pacing to driblet their 2nd consecutive crippled aft the Indiana Fever handed the reigning WNBA champions their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play connected Saturday night.
New York Liberty defender Marine Johannes (23) looks to thrust past Atlanta Dream halfway Brittney Griner (42) successful the 4th fourth astatine Barclays Center connected June 17, 2025. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)
But momentum rapidly shifted hands midway done the quarter.
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"I deliberation we didn't play well, we didn't person toughness, we didn't person urgency," Liberty manager Sandy Brondello said of the archetypal fractional of the game. "I deliberation we recovered our identity, we recovered immoderate energy… We conscionable request to play harder sometimes."
New York had 7 turnovers to Atlanta’s 3 successful the archetypal half, but that individuality situation rapidly faded down different 14 points from Ionescu and Breanna Stewart’s 11. New York picked up their 10th triumph of the play with an 86-81 victory.
New York Liberty defender Sabrina Ionescu (20) looks to thrust past Atlanta Dream defender Jordin Canada (3) successful the 3rd 4th astatine Barclays Center connected June 17, 2025. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)
"We're truly arrogant of the mode that we fought. And, obviously, that crippled could person easy gone the different absorption and america conscionable benignant of giving up and being frustrated, and I deliberation you were capable to spot a squad that stayed together, dug truly heavy and past benignant of conscionable figured it retired connected the fly," Ionescu said aft the game.
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"I'm truly impressed with our quality to bash that due to the fact that we haven't been enactment successful that concern this twelvemonth – to spell down that large and person to effort and excavation our mode retired of a hole, and I deliberation each these experiences are conscionable going to assistance america arsenic we proceed to play successful games and the play goes on."
Ionescu recorded a season-high of 34 points against the Fever connected Saturday. She deed that people again connected Tuesday nighttime to people back-to-back 30-point games for the archetypal clip successful her WNBA career.
New York Liberty guardant Breanna Stewart (30) takes a leap changeable successful the 3rd 4th against the Atlanta Dream astatine Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)
Atlanta rookie Te-Hina Paopao led the Dream with 16 points, Allisha Gray added 14, and Brionna Jones and Rhyne Howard some finished with 13.
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Atlanta entered the crippled tied with the Liberty and Fever successful the Commissioner's Cup games, but Indiana’s gritty triumph implicit the Connecticut Sun connected Tuesday nighttime clinched their spot successful the title crippled wherever they’ll look the Minnesota Lynx connected July 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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