Mystics 101-72 Liberty (22 May, 2021) Play-by-Play

New York Liberty

3-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	15	31	18	8	72
WSH	29	23	26	23	101

Washington Mystics

1-2, 1-2 home

101

Tina Charles misses 3-foot hook shot
Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes 23-foot three pointer
Tina Charles makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 3-foot hook shot
Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Tina Charles misses 13-foot two point shot
Sydney Wiese makes 25-foot three point jumper (Theresa Plaisance assists)
Shavonte Zellous misses layup
Erica McCall makes layup
Shavonte Zellous makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Sydney Wiese misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shavonte Zellous makes 18-foot jumper (Erica McCall assists)
Sydney Wiese misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes hook shot
Tina Charles makes 13-foot two point shot (Shavonte Zellous assists)
Betnijah Laney blocks Erica McCall's layup
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes 4-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Tina Charles misses 8-foot hook shot
Ariel Atkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shavonte Zellous makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
Shavonte Zellous makes two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jazmine Jones blocks Natasha Cloud 's 10-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins makes 4-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins makes driving layup
Theresa Plaisance makes 27-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Tina Charles makes 3-foot two point shot
Tina Charles misses 28-foot three point jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sydney Wiese makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Kylee Shook blocks Natasha Cloud 's 5-foot layup
Sydney Wiese misses layup
Tina Charles makes three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 18-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes 27-foot three point jumper (Erica McCall assists)
Rebecca Allen blocks Sydney Wiese 's 26-foot three point jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses two point shot
Theresa Plaisance misses dunk
Sami Whitcomb blocks Leilani Mitchell 's 6-foot layup
Erica McCall misses layup
Erica McCall makes layup (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Tina Charles makes layup
Tina Charles makes dunk (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 10-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Natasha Cloud misses pullup jump shot
Tina Charles makes 5-foot hook shot (Ariel Atkins assists)
Erica McCall misses layup
Tina Charles misses two point shot
Erica McCall makes two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Leilani Mitchell makes 28-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 30-foot three point jumper
Stella Johnson makes driving layup
Kiara Leslie makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Stella Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses two point shot
Betnijah Laney misses 24-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere misses layup
Kylee Shook makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Michaela Onyenwere makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Betnijah Laney makes 11-foot two point shot
Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Kylee Shook makes 4-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Ariel Atkins blocks Betnijah Laney 's 5-foot layup
Betnijah Laney misses 12-foot two point shot
Sabrina Ionescu makes 29-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Michaela Onyenwere misses 25-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 20-foot jumper
Tina Charles blocks Michaela Onyenwere 's 5-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
Jazmine Jones misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Betnijah Laney makes 2-foot layup (Kylee Shook assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Kylee Shook makes 1-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 27-foot three point jumper
Kylee Shook misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
Betnijah Laney makes driving layup
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 26-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jazmine Jones assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Betnijah Laney makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kylee Shook assists)
Ariel Atkins blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 10-foot layup
Sabrina Ionescu makes layup
Betnijah Laney makes two point shot
Betnijah Laney makes 19-foot running pullup jump shot
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes 10-foot two point shot (Jazmine Jones assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses running pullup jump shot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney misses two point shot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kylee Shook makes 2-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michaela Onyenwere misses driving layup
Kylee Shook misses 6-foot two point shot
Betnijah Laney misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen misses running pullup jump shot
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kylee Shook assists)
Kylee Shook makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
DiDi Richards misses layup
Betnijah Laney makes two point shot
Jazmine Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 28-foot three point jumper (DiDi Richards assists)
Jazmine Jones makes layup
Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Betnijah Laney misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Betnijah Laney misses 3-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Jazmine Jones misses driving layup
Rebecca Allen misses three point jumper
DiDi Richards makes layup
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jazmine Jones misses driving layup
Sami Whitcomb misses driving layup
DiDi Richards misses driving layup
DiDi Richards makes layup (Jazmine Jones assists)

LIBERTY

MYSTICS

TIME		NY	WSH
10:00	Kylee Shook vs. Tina Charles (Natasha Cloud gains possession)	0	0
9:43	Tina Charles misses 3-foot hook shot	0	0
9:43	Washington offensive team rebound	0	0
9:40	Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	0	3
9:16	Betnijah Laney misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	3
9:13	Ariel Atkins defensive rebound	0	3
9:08	Ariel Atkins misses two point shot	0	3
9:06	Kylee Shook defensive rebound	0	3
8:58	Michaela Onyenwere misses layup	0	3
8:56	Tina Charles defensive rebound	0	3
8:50	Natasha Cloud makes 23-foot three pointer	0	6
8:33	Tina Charles personal foul	0	6
8:29	Betnijah Laney bad pass (Leilani Mitchell steals)	0	6
8:20	Tina Charles makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	0	8
8:10	Kylee Shook makes 3-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	2	8
8:00	Natasha Cloud misses two point shot	2	8
7:57	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	2	8
7:52	Michaela Onyenwere makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	4	8
7:43	Natasha Cloud misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	4	8
7:40	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	4	8
7:31	Betnijah Laney makes 11-foot two point shot	6	8
7:15	Ariel Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	6	11
6:59	Michaela Onyenwere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	9	11
6:55	Natasha Cloud traveling	9	11
6:46	Kylee Shook makes 4-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)	11	11
6:37	Ariel Atkins makes 3-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)	11	13
6:24	Ariel Atkins blocks Betnijah Laney 's 5-foot layup	11	13
6:24	New York offensive team rebound	11	13
6:18	Betnijah Laney misses 12-foot two point shot	11	13
6:17	Sabrina Ionescu offensive rebound	11	13
6:17	Erica McCall personal foul	11	13
6:09	Sabrina Ionescu makes 29-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)	14	13
5:58	Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	14	13
5:56	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	14	13
5:54	Sami Whitcomb bad pass (Leilani Mitchell steals)	14	13
5:49	Leilani Mitchell bad pass (Betnijah Laney steals)	14	13
5:39	Michaela Onyenwere misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	13
5:37	Tina Charles defensive rebound	14	13
5:35	Natasha Cloud misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	14	13
5:32	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	14	13
5:18	Ariel Atkins personal foul	14	13
5:07	Betnijah Laney misses 20-foot jumper	14	13
5:05	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	14	13
5:03	Michaela Onyenwere personal foul	14	13
5:03	Kiah Stokes enters the game for Betnijah Laney	14	13
5:03	Rebecca Allen enters the game for Sami Whitcomb	14	13
5:03	Jazmine Jones enters the game for Kylee Shook	14	13
4:56	Michaela Onyenwere defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	14	13
4:56	Official timeout	14	13
4:56	Ariel Atkins makes technical free throw	14	14
4:50	Michaela Onyenwere kicked ball violation	14	14
4:38	Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	14
4:35	Erica McCall offensive rebound	14	14
4:27	Tina Charles misses 3-foot hook shot	14	14
4:25	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	14	14
4:05	Tina Charles blocks Michaela Onyenwere 's 5-foot two point shot	14	14
4:03	Tina Charles defensive rebound	14	14
3:55	Michaela Onyenwere personal foul	14	14
3:55	Theresa Plaisance enters the game for Leilani Mitchell	14	14
3:55	Sydney Wiese enters the game for Erica McCall	14	14
3:55	Betnijah Laney enters the game for Michaela Onyenwere	14	14
3:40	Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)	14	17
3:32	Rebecca Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper	14	17
3:29	Tina Charles defensive rebound	14	17
3:16	Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	14	20
3:06	Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot	14	20
3:02	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	14	20
2:49	Rebecca Allen shooting foul	14	20
2:49	Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2	14	21
2:49	Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2	14	22
2:41	Sabrina Ionescu out of bounds lost ball turnover	14	22
2:29	Tina Charles misses 13-foot two point shot	14	22
2:27	Jazmine Jones defensive rebound	14	22
2:15	Rebecca Allen out of bounds lost ball turnover	14	22
2:05	Shavonte Zellous enters the game for Ariel Atkins	14	22
2:05	Sami Whitcomb enters the game for Kiah Stokes	14	22
1:53	Sydney Wiese makes 25-foot three point jumper (Theresa Plaisance assists)	14	25
1:39	Jazmine Jones lost ball turnover (Theresa Plaisance steals)	14	25
1:35	Natasha Cloud bad pass	14	25
1:35	Erica McCall enters the game for Tina Charles	14	25
1:25	Betnijah Laney out of bounds bad pass turnover	14	25
1:25	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Natasha Cloud	14	25
1:25	Kiah Stokes enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu	14	25
1:05	Shavonte Zellous misses layup	14	25
1:03	Erica McCall offensive rebound	14	25
1:02	Erica McCall makes layup	14	27
37.7	Jazmine Jones misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	14	27
34.4	Leilani Mitchell defensive rebound	14	27
20.5	Shavonte Zellous makes 21-foot pullup jump shot	14	29
7.0	Erica McCall shooting foul	14	29
7.0	Jazmine Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	15	29
7.0	Jazmine Jones misses free throw 2 of 2	15	29
5.7	Theresa Plaisance defensive rebound	15	29
0.1	Leilani Mitchell lost ball turnover (Jazmine Jones steals)	15	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	29

Regular Season Series

NY wins 2-1

Liberty
72
Mystics
101

Game 1

22/5

Mystics
79
Liberty
82

Game 2

3/7

Mystics
80
Liberty
91

Game 3

18/9

Entertainment & Sports Arena

12:00 AM, 22 May 2021

Washington, DC

Referees:
Jeff Smith
Kevin Sparrock
Tiara Cruse

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

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