Liberty 74-66 Mystics (8 Aug, 2020) Play-by-Play

New York Liberty

1-5, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	18	22	17	17	74
WSH	14	17	19	16	66

Washington Mystics

3-3, 2-2 home

Ariel Atkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Aerial Powers makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Leilani Mitchell misses 15-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emma Meesseman makes 9-foot two point shot (Ariel Atkins assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
Ariel Atkins makes running pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 16-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 20-foot jumper
Kiara Leslie makes 4-foot two point shot
Aerial Powers misses 20-foot jumper
Aerial Powers misses jumper
Aerial Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shey Peddy assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Emma Meesseman misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Emma Meesseman assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 19-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 15-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses layup
Emma Meesseman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Emma Meesseman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Emma Meesseman makes 15-foot jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Emma Meesseman misses two point shot
Leilani Mitchell misses driving layup
Ariel Atkins misses 19-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers misses 17-foot jumper
Emma Meesseman makes two point shot (Aerial Powers assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 11-foot two point shot
Aerial Powers misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kiara Leslie misses layup
Leilani Mitchell misses driving layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aerial Powers makes driving layup
Tianna Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shey Peddy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kiara Leslie makes layup
Aerial Powers makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins misses 7-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 9-foot hook shot
Amanda Zahui B. blocks Myisha Hines-Allen 's 3-foot layup
Ariel Atkins misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Emma Meesseman makes 7-foot two point shot (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Aerial Powers makes 10-foot two point shot
Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emma Meesseman misses jumper
Amanda Zahui B. blocks Emma Meesseman 's 9-foot layup
Aerial Powers misses 16-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses layup
Ariel Atkins makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Aerial Powers misses running pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 6-foot hook shot
Kiara Leslie makes layup
Amanda Zahui B. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Leaonna Odom makes three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Kiah Stokes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 9-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leaonna Odom assists)
Kia Nurse misses driving layup
Amanda Zahui B. misses three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Leaonna Odom misses driving layup
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Kylee Shook misses 12-foot two point shot
Joyner Holmes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jazmine Jones misses pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins blocks Kylee Shook 's 7-foot layup
Jazmine Jones misses 26-foot three point shot
Joyner Holmes makes layup (Megan Walker assists)
Joyner Holmes misses 13-foot two point shot
Megan Walker misses 20-foot jumper
Jazmine Jones misses 13-foot jumper
Megan Walker makes layup (Joyner Holmes assists)
Joyner Holmes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Megan Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Kiah Stokes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jazmine Jones assists)
Jazmine Jones makes 16-foot jumper
Kia Nurse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leaonna Odom makes layup
Leaonna Odom misses two point shot
Amanda Zahui B. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 16-foot jumper
Jocelyn Willoughby makes 11-foot jumper
Jocelyn Willoughby misses layup
Amanda Zahui B. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Leaonna Odom makes layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kiah Stokes misses three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell blocks Jocelyn Willoughby 's 4-foot layup
Kylee Shook misses 24-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Kiah Stokes misses layup
Layshia Clarendon makes 24-foot three pointer
Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Leaonna Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes 3-foot layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jocelyn Willoughby misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Layshia Clarendon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kiah Stokes assists)
Amanda Zahui B. misses 28-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper

LIBERTY

MYSTICS

TIME		NY	WSH
10:00	Kiah Stokes vs. Myisha Hines-Allen (Amanda Zahui B. gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Amanda Zahui B. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)	3	0
9:33	Layshia Clarendon personal foul	3	0
9:24	Ariel Atkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	3	0
9:21	Kiah Stokes defensive rebound	3	0
9:12	Amanda Zahui B. misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	0
9:12	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	3	0
8:56	Kia Nurse vs. Aerial Powers (Ariel Atkins gains possession)	3	0
8:48	Myisha Hines-Allen makes driving layup (Leilani Mitchell assists)	3	2
8:42	Aerial Powers personal foul	3	2
8:34	Leaonna Odom makes three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)	6	2
8:18	Aerial Powers makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	6	4
8:10	Layshia Clarendon out of bounds lost ball turnover	6	4
7:58	Leilani Mitchell misses 15-foot jumper	6	4
7:52	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	6	4
7:45	Kiah Stokes bad pass (Aerial Powers steals)	6	4
7:31	Myisha Hines-Allen makes layup	6	6
7:10	Kiah Stokes misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	6
7:06	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	6	6
6:56	Myisha Hines-Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	6
6:52	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	6	6
6:28	Kia Nurse misses 9-foot jumper	6	6
6:25	Leaonna Odom offensive rebound	6	6
6:24	Layshia Clarendon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leaonna Odom assists)	9	6
6:08	Emma Meesseman makes 9-foot two point shot (Ariel Atkins assists)	9	8
5:56	Kia Nurse misses driving layup	9	8
5:52	Leilani Mitchell defensive rebound	9	8
5:47	Myisha Hines-Allen makes layup (Emma Meesseman assists)	9	10
5:28	Amanda Zahui B. misses three point jumper	9	10
5:25	Emma Meesseman defensive rebound	9	10
5:16	Myisha Hines-Allen bad pass (Layshia Clarendon steals)	9	10
5:09	Layshia Clarendon bad pass (Aerial Powers steals)	9	10
5:03	Leilani Mitchell out of bounds bad pass turnover	9	10
4:46	Amanda Zahui B. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)	12	10
4:35	Ariel Atkins makes running pullup jump shot	12	12
4:26	Leaonna Odom misses driving layup	12	12
4:22	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	12	12
4:14	Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	12
4:06	Kia Nurse defensive rebound	12	12
4:04	Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	12
4:00	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	12	12
3:48	Myisha Hines-Allen misses 16-foot jumper	12	12
3:45	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	12	12
3:42	Kia Nurse makes layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)	14	12
3:25	Official timeout	14	12
3:25	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Myisha Hines-Allen	14	12
3:25	Essence Carson enters the game for Aerial Powers	14	12
3:25	Jazmine Jones enters the game for Leaonna Odom	14	12
3:25	Kylee Shook enters the game for Kiah Stokes	14	12
3:25	Jocelyn Willoughby enters the game for Layshia Clarendon	14	12
3:17	Jazmine Jones shooting foul	14	12
3:17	Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2	14	13
3:17	Leilani Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2	14	14
3:02	Kia Nurse offensive foul	14	14
3:02	Kia Nurse turnover	14	14
2:40	Emma Meesseman traveling	14	14
2:25	Kylee Shook misses 12-foot two point shot	14	14
2:21	Tianna Hawkins defensive rebound	14	14
2:14	Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	14
2:10	Jazmine Jones defensive rebound	14	14
2:05	Jocelyn Willoughby lost ball turnover (Essence Carson steals)	14	14
1:51	Tianna Hawkins steps out of bounds turnover	14	14
1:51	Alaina Coates enters the game for Emma Meesseman	14	14
1:51	Joyner Holmes enters the game for Kia Nurse	14	14
1:51	Megan Walker enters the game for Amanda Zahui B.	14	14
1:33	Ariel Atkins defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	14	14
1:33	Jazmine Jones makes technical free throw	15	14
1:25	Joyner Holmes misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	14
1:21	Leilani Mitchell defensive rebound	15	14
1:14	Essence Carson out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	14
1:05	Jazmine Jones misses pullup jump shot	15	14
1:02	Alaina Coates defensive rebound	15	14
54.9	Tianna Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	14
49.9	Megan Walker defensive rebound	15	14
39.7	Ariel Atkins personal foul	15	14
39.7	Kiara Leslie enters the game for Ariel Atkins	15	14
31.5	Tianna Hawkins blocks Kylee Shook 's 7-foot layup	15	14
31.5	New York offensive team rebound	15	14
26.7	Jazmine Jones misses 26-foot three point shot	15	14
24.2	New York offensive team rebound	15	14
24.2	Alaina Coates personal foul	15	14
24.2	Joyner Holmes misses free throw 1 of 2	15	14
24.2	New York offensive team rebound	15	14
24.2	Joyner Holmes makes free throw 2 of 2	16	14
6.8	Leilani Mitchell misses 20-foot jumper	16	14
2.6	Megan Walker defensive rebound	16	14
1.6	Joyner Holmes makes layup (Megan Walker assists)	18	14
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	14

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Liberty
74
Mystics
66

Game 1

8/8

Mystics
75
Liberty
58

Game 2

12/9

IMG Academy

12:00 AM, 8 August 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
Tiffany Bird
Randy Richardson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

Natasha Cloud part of first trade in Unrivaled 3-on-3 history

Natasha Cloud was sent from the Laces BC to the Lunar Owls and then subsequently to Phantom BC. The Lunar Owls received Courtney Williams.

Karl-Anthony Towns receives memorable welcome to Target Center

Towns came back to face his old team at Target Center and was welcomed with a rousing ovation. Here's how other big stars across sports have fared in returns to former homes.

Carmelo, Howard, Moore among 1st-time Hall of Fame nominees

Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Marc Gasol, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles and Chamique Holdsclaw are all first-time candidates for the Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025.

ESPN BET is owned and operated by PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ('PENN'). ESPN BET is available in states where PENN is licensed to offer sports wagering. Must be 21+ to wager. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.