Brittney Sykes shot at buzzer lifts Mystics to 90-88 win over Liberty in regular-season finale

— Brittney Sykes scored on a lob pass at the buzzer to lift the Washington Mystics to a 90-88 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday to close out the regular season.
Sep 10, 2023, 09:13 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--WSH
0%
--NY

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Betnijah Laney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne blocks Jonquel Jones 's 5-foot layup
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Ariel Atkins misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes two point shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
  • Queen Egbo misses layup
  • Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 21-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Marine Johannes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marine Johannes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Queen Egbo makes 5-foot layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Stefanie Dolson makes two point shot
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Queen Egbo makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Li Meng makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 15-foot jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 29-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tianna Hawkins misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes 14-foot jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 4-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 28-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 20-foot jumper
  • Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
  • Li Meng makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson 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 misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Marine Johannes makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Elena Delle Donne makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tianna Hawkins blocks Breanna Stewart 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marine Johannes makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses driving layup
  • Marine Johannes misses running pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 12-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes technical free throw
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes 5-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 21-foot jumper
  • Ariel Atkins misses two point shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins misses 21-foot jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Tianna Hawkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Queen Egbo makes 6-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Betnijah Laney makes 5-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Marine Johannes misses three point jumper
  • Queen Egbo misses layup
  • Kayla Thornton blocks Queen Egbo's two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Elena Delle Donne misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 14-foot jumper
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Li Meng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 22-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
  • Elena Delle Donne makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Elena Delle Donne misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes pullup jump shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Jonquel Jones 's 3-foot layup
  • Betnijah Laney misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Tianna Hawkins misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 18-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses 21-foot jumper
  • Myisha Hines-Allen makes two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
  • Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Myisha Hines-Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Breanna Stewart blocks Elena Delle Donne 's 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes alley oop layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
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