Ionescu scores 36, Meesseman has 11 in debut as Liberty beat Sun 87-78 to snap 4-game skid

— Sabrina Ionescu scored 36 points, Emma Meesseman had 11 points in her return to the WNBA and the New York Liberty snapped a four-game losing streak with an 87-78 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.
Aug 3, 2025, 08:34 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Emma Meesseman misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Bria Hartley misses running pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 15-foot running pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Emma Meesseman misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Tina Charles makes two point shot (Saniya Rivers assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot
  • Aneesah Morrow misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Saniya Rivers misses driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Marina Mabrey misses two point shot
  • Tina Charles makes tip shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marina Mabrey makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 3-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tina Charles misses 20-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses layup
  • Tina Charles misses two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Bria Hartley misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bria Hartley makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tina Charles makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Jacy Sheldon makes 2-foot layup (Leila Lacan assists)
  • Saniya Rivers makes two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes layup (Tina Charles assists)
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jacy Sheldon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot
  • Tina Charles misses layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isabelle Harrison assists)
  • Isabelle Harrison misses layup
  • Rebekah Gardner makes layup
  • Saniya Rivers misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marina Mabrey misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Leila Lacan makes 8-foot jumper
  • Leila Lacan makes two point shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 19-foot two point shot
  • Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marina Mabrey makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
  • Leila Lacan misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Marina Mabrey misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Tina Charles makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Tina Charles misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 26-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Bria Hartley makes two point shot (Marina Mabrey assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Marine Johannes misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Marina Mabrey misses driving layup
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses driving layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Bria Hartley assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)
  • Rebekah Gardner makes 4-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Bria Hartley makes 28-foot three point jumper (Saniya Rivers assists)
  • Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow misses layup
  • Jonquel Jones makes layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Aneesah Morrow misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aneesah Morrow makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 4-foot layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow misses driving layup
  • Tina Charles misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Tina Charles makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bria Hartley misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Marina Mabrey misses running pullup jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Emma Meesseman makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 3-foot layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Emma Meesseman makes 4-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Emma Meesseman makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Leila Lacan misses layup
  • Leila Lacan misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Emma Meesseman misses 20-foot jumper
  • Emma Meesseman makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Emma Meesseman makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marina Mabrey makes 16-foot jumper (Saniya Rivers assists)
  • Marina Mabrey makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aneesah Morrow makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists)
  • Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aneesah Morrow makes 3-foot layup (Marina Mabrey assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Marina Mabrey makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marina Mabrey makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rebekah Gardner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rebekah Gardner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Isabelle Harrison makes 3-foot layup (Stephanie Talbot assists)
  • Jacy Sheldon makes 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Isabelle Harrison misses layup
  • Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Tina Charles makes two point shot (Jacy Sheldon assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes 4-foot layup (Tina Charles assists)
  • Emma Meesseman makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Jacy Sheldon misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marina Mabrey misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Lindsay Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes 1-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
  • Marina Mabrey misses driving floating jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes 19-foot jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Bria Hartley makes 25-foot three point shot (Saniya Rivers assists)
  • Marina Mabrey misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bria Hartley misses 39-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Tina Charles misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aneesah Morrow misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Saniya Rivers makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Bria Hartley misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aneesah Morrow makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Saniya Rivers makes two point shot
  • Rebekah Gardner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bria Hartley makes 17-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Marina Mabrey misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Leonie Fiebich makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bria Hartley misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bria Hartley makes free throw 2 of 2
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