Liberty 91-80 Mystics (18 Sep, 2021) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

12-19, 4-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	15	14	32	19	80
NY	26	20	22	23	91

New York Liberty

12-20, 7-9 home

Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 16-foot jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 16-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes 4-foot hook shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Natasha Howard makes 9-foot running pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)
Rebecca Allen makes 22-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Betnijah Laney misses 12-foot jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Sami Whitcomb makes 14-foot jumper
Theresa Plaisance blocks Rebecca Allen 's 3-foot driving layup
Natasha Howard makes 9-foot two point shot (Michaela Onyenwere assists)
Jazmine Jones misses pullup jump shot
Michaela Onyenwere makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Betnijah Laney misses 21-foot jumper
Betnijah Laney misses layup
Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Natasha Howard misses 8-foot two point shot
Sami Whitcomb makes 27-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rebecca Allen assists)
Natasha Howard misses three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes 2-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Rebecca Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Betnijah Laney makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
DiDi Richards misses driving layup
Betnijah Laney makes 9-foot two point shot
Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
Sami Whitcomb makes 3-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Natasha Howard makes driving layup (Sami Whitcomb assists)
Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sami Whitcomb misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Natasha Howard makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Tina Charles blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 5-foot jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Betnijah Laney misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb makes driving layup
Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
DiDi Richards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 14-foot jumper
Michaela Onyenwere misses driving layup
Sabrina Ionescu misses 38-foot three point jumper
DiDi Richards misses driving layup
DiDi Richards makes two point shot
Kylee Shook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Tina Charles blocks Betnijah Laney 's 13-foot two point shot
Michaela Onyenwere misses 22-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
Michaela Onyenwere makes 2-foot driving layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 19-foot jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup
Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Betnijah Laney makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sami Whitcomb misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Betnijah Laney misses driving layup
Tina Charles blocks Betnijah Laney 's 5-foot driving layup
Sabrina Ionescu makes 10-foot jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot jumper
Tina Charles misses 15-foot jumper
Tina Charles makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)
Leilani Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes hook shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 8-foot jumper
Theresa Plaisance misses 25-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses layup
Shavonte Zellous makes 4-foot hook shot
Leilani Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 19-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses driving layup
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 17-foot jumper
Shavonte Zellous misses 8-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 7-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins makes three point jumper (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 13-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Erica McCall misses 9-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 22-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 3-foot hook shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 6-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen blocks Tina Charles 's 5-foot jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 15-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 76-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes 3-foot hook shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 16-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses layup
Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles misses 2-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Leilani Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Leilani Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
Erica McCall makes layup (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Myisha Hines-Allen misses layup
Ariel Atkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 25-foot three point jumper (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 2-foot layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 3-foot two point shot
Tina Charles makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 10-foot two point shot (Leilani Mitchell assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 14-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 3-foot two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Ariel Atkins misses three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 30-foot three point jumper

MYSTICS

LIBERTY

TIME		WSH	NY
10:00	Tina Charles vs. Natasha Howard (Sabrina Ionescu gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Rebecca Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:44	Betnijah Laney offensive rebound	0	0
9:36	Rebecca Allen misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
9:35	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	0	0
9:17	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Natasha Howard steals)	0	0
9:09	Betnijah Laney misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
9:08	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	0	0
9:02	Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:01	Leilani Mitchell offensive rebound	0	0
8:49	Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
8:48	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	0	0
8:34	Natasha Howard makes 4-foot hook shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	0	2
8:13	Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)	3	2
8:00	Natasha Howard makes 9-foot running pullup jump shot	3	4
8:00	Tina Charles shooting foul	3	4
8:00	Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 1	3	5
7:49	Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot jumper	5	5
7:38	Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Rebecca Allen assists)	5	7
7:21	Myisha Hines-Allen offensive foul	5	7
7:21	Myisha Hines-Allen turnover	5	7
7:06	Rebecca Allen makes 22-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)	5	10
6:40	Tina Charles misses 15-foot jumper	5	10
6:39	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	5	10
6:16	Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	5	12
6:00	Tina Charles makes layup (Ariel Atkins assists)	7	12
5:50	Betnijah Laney misses 12-foot jumper	7	12
5:49	Natasha Cloud defensive rebound	7	12
5:36	Leilani Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)	10	12
5:13	Natasha Howard offensive charge	10	12
5:13	Natasha Howard turnover	10	12
5:13	Theresa Plaisance enters the game for Myisha Hines-Allen	10	12
5:01	Rebecca Allen personal foul	10	12
4:51	Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	12
4:50	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	10	12
4:44	Betnijah Laney misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	12
4:43	Rebecca Allen offensive rebound	10	12
4:31	Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)	10	15
4:15	Leilani Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	15
4:14	Natasha Cloud offensive rebound	10	15
4:08	Tina Charles makes hook shot (Natasha Cloud assists)	12	15
4:06	New York Full timeout	12	15
4:06	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Ariel Atkins	12	15
3:52	Sami Whitcomb makes 14-foot jumper	12	17
3:52	Leilani Mitchell shooting foul	12	17
3:52	Sami Whitcomb makes free throw 1 of 1	12	18
3:37	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough traveling	12	18
3:19	Betnijah Laney out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	18
3:00	Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper	12	18
2:59	Sami Whitcomb defensive rebound	12	18
2:52	Betnijah Laney out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	18
2:52	Michaela Onyenwere enters the game for Betnijah Laney	12	18
2:35	Leilani Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	15	18
2:17	Theresa Plaisance blocks Rebecca Allen 's 3-foot driving layup	15	18
2:16	DiDi Richards enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu	12	18
2:16	Washington defensive team rebound	15	18
2:05	Sami Whitcomb personal foul	15	18
2:02	Leilani Mitchell misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	18
2:01	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	15	18
1:45	Natasha Howard makes 9-foot two point shot (Michaela Onyenwere assists)	15	20
1:35	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Natasha Howard steals)	15	20
1:32	Natasha Cloud personal foul	15	20
1:21	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough shooting foul	15	20
1:21	DiDi Richards makes free throw 1 of 2	15	21
1:21	DiDi Richards makes free throw 2 of 2	15	22
1:21	Betnijah Laney enters the game for Rebecca Allen	15	22
1:21	Jazmine Jones enters the game for Sami Whitcomb	15	22
1:21	Shavonte Zellous enters the game for Leilani Mitchell	15	22
1:05	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 8-foot jumper	15	22
1:04	Natasha Howard defensive rebound	15	22
53.3	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough shooting foul	15	22
53.3	Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2	15	23
53.3	Kylee Shook enters the game for Natasha Howard	15	23
53.3	Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 2	15	24
36.0	Theresa Plaisance misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	24
34.4	Michaela Onyenwere defensive rebound	15	24
22.2	Betnijah Laney lost ball turnover (Theresa Plaisance steals)	15	24
6.1	Natasha Cloud lost ball turnover (DiDi Richards steals)	15	24
0.2	Theresa Plaisance shooting foul	15	24
0.2	Jazmine Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	15	25
0.2	Jazmine Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	15	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	26

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

Barclays Center

12:00 AM, 18 September 2021

Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 3,615

Referees:
Billy Smith
Maj Forsberg
Dannica Mosher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	17	3	.850	-	W5
Connecticut	16	4	.800	1	W2
Atlanta	7	11	.389	9	L2
Chicago	7	11	.389	9	W1
Indiana	8	13	.381	9.5	L1
Washington	5	16	.238	12.5	L1

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