Mystics lock down new-look Liberty 80-64 in WNBA opener

— Natasha Cloud and Ariel Atkins each scored 14 points and the Washington Mystics beat the new-look New York Liberty 80-64 on Friday night to give longtime assistant Eric Thibault a win in his coaching debut.
May 20, 2023, 02:26 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--NY
100%
--WSH

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses tip shot
  • Betnijah Laney misses jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 10-foot jump bank shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Elena Delle Donne makes 28-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 2-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 4-foot layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses 20-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ariel Atkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Tianna Hawkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney misses 17-foot jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne misses two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses driving layup
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 20-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes layup
  • Tianna Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 13-foot jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson blocks Kristi Toliver 's 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tianna Hawkins makes 4-foot jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver misses 18-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Epiphanny Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Kristi Toliver makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 14-foot jumper
  • Tianna Hawkins misses layup
  • Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Kristi Toliver assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones blocks Elena Delle Donne 's 10-foot jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 32-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses pullup jump shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Betnijah Laney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Shakira Austin misses 16-foot jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes 7-foot two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 5-foot jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne blocks Breanna Stewart 's 3-foot layup
  • Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tianna Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tianna Hawkins makes driving layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes two point shot (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Ariel Atkins makes 2-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Betnijah Laney misses two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne makes 9-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes layup
  • Ariel Atkins makes layup (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Tianna Hawkins assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amanda Zahui B. misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Epiphanny Prince makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver makes layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses layup
  • Kristi Toliver misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kristi Toliver makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kristi Toliver makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shakira Austin makes 3-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 15-foot jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Betnijah Laney makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Han Xu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jocelyn Willoughby assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 31-foot three point jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shakira Austin misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Ariel Atkins misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes technical free throw
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Shakira Austin makes 15-foot jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Stefanie Dolson 's 10-foot jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 15-foot jumper
  • Ariel Atkins makes 8-foot two point shot (Shakira Austin assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
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