New York wins opener against Las Vegas 92-78 after celebrating 2024 title with ring, banner ceremony

— Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and Natasha Cloud added 22 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 92-78 on Saturday in the season opener, right after the team unveiled its 2024 WNBA championship banner.
May 17, 2025, 08:28 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--LV
100%
--NY

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • A'ja Wilson makes 3-foot layup (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Chelsea Gray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 2-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones misses two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes two point shot (Jackie Young assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Jackie Young misses driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Chelsea Gray misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes 26-foot three point jumper (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Marine Johannes blocks Dana Evans 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dana Evans blocks Natasha Cloud 's 9-foot two point shot
  • Nyara Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nyara Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes 7-foot two point shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Nyara Sabally makes 4-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes 3-foot layup (Dana Evans assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Cloud misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nyara Sabally makes two point shot
  • Jackie Young makes free throw flagrant 1 of 3
  • Jackie Young misses free throw flagrant 2 of 3
  • Jackie Young makes free throw flagrant 3 of 3
  • Dana Evans makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Dana Evans misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Jewell Loyd misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Chelsea Gray misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart blocks Dana Evans 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kiah Stokes misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Aaliyah Nye misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes 18-foot step back jumpshot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Chelsea Gray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Chelsea Gray misses two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
  • Jackie Young misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 2-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kiah Stokes assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Kennedy Burke makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nyara Sabally assists)
  • Jewell Loyd misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jewell Loyd makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Kennedy Burke makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Jackie Young misses 19-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 2-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot jumper
  • A'ja Wilson misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • A'ja Wilson makes 10-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 4-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Natasha Cloud blocks Chelsea Gray 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Nyara Sabally misses two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jackie Young misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Jewell Loyd makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jewell Loyd misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chelsea Gray makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jackie Young assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackie Young makes 22-foot three pointer (A'ja Wilson assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Jackie Young makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young misses running pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes driving layup
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Jackie Young assists)
  • Natasha Cloud misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jackie Young misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart makes 3-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson blocks Nyara Sabally 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jackie Young makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kierstan Bell misses 15-foot jump bank shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kierstan Bell makes driving layup (Jackie Young assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Jewell Loyd misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Kierstan Bell misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Chelsea Gray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes 2-foot two point shot (Dana Evans assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • A'ja Wilson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Marine Johannes misses running pullup jump shot
  • A'ja Wilson misses two point shot
  • Dana Evans misses two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke blocks Chelsea Gray 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Kennedy Burke misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes two point shot (Kennedy Burke assists)
  • Chelsea Gray makes technical free throw
  • Jackie Young makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud blocks A'ja Wilson's layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackie Young misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Chelsea Gray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jewell Loyd misses two point shot
  • A'ja Wilson makes 4-foot two point shot (Jewell Loyd assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • A'ja Wilson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackie Young misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jackie Young misses driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich blocks Jackie Young 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Dana Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chelsea Gray assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Jewell Loyd misses driving layup
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dana Evans makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • A'ja Wilson makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 2-foot layup
  • Dana Evans makes driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • A'ja Wilson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones blocks A'ja Wilson 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
  • Jackie Young misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 10-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Aaliyah Nye misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Burke makes two point shot (Jaylyn Sherrod assists)
  • Tiffany Mitchell misses driving layup
  • Elizabeth Kitley makes 1-foot two point shot (Dana Evans assists)
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