Mystics 90-88 Liberty (10 Sep, 2023) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

19-21, 7-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	23	27	21	19	90
NY	25	25	17	21	88

New York Liberty

32-8, 15-5 home

Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
Betnijah Laney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Elena Delle Donne blocks Jonquel Jones 's 5-foot layup
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Courtney Vandersloot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses 25-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes two point shot
Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
Breanna Stewart misses 13-foot two point shot
Breanna Stewart makes two point shot
Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kayla Thornton misses 21-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Stefanie Dolson makes two point shot
Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes 29-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
Betnijah Laney misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes two point shot
Jonquel Jones misses 12-foot two point shot
Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes 28-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 20-foot jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
Stefanie Dolson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 9-foot two point shot
Marine Johannes makes 26-foot three pointer
Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins blocks Breanna Stewart 's 7-foot driving layup
Marine Johannes makes 24-foot three pointer
Marine Johannes misses running pullup jump shot
Jonquel Jones makes 12-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 21-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes 5-foot two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
Marine Johannes misses three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Marine Johannes assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
Stefanie Dolson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 14-foot two point shot
Breanna Stewart makes 14-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marine Johannes makes 22-foot three point jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup
Stefanie Dolson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud blocks Jonquel Jones 's 3-foot layup
Betnijah Laney misses 7-foot two point shot
Betnijah Laney misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 18-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Vandersloot makes 14-foot two point shot
Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Ariel Atkins misses running pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Queen Egbo misses layup
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Queen Egbo makes 5-foot layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper
Queen Egbo makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Li Meng makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
Elena Delle Donne misses 15-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes driving layup
Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Natasha Cloud makes 8-foot two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins misses 4-foot two point shot
Brittney Sykes makes 14-foot jumper
Natasha Cloud makes 4-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tianna Hawkins makes layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Li Meng makes driving layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Natasha Cloud makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elena Delle Donne assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses driving layup
Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Myisha Hines-Allen makes 5-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
Brittney Sykes makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Ariel Atkins misses two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 21-foot jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Tianna Hawkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot two point shot
Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
Brittney Sykes makes two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Queen Egbo makes 6-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
Queen Egbo misses layup
Kayla Thornton blocks Queen Egbo's two point shot
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 17-foot jumper
Elena Delle Donne misses 26-foot three point jumper
Elena Delle Donne makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Li Meng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)
Elena Delle Donne makes 7-foot two point shot
Myisha Hines-Allen makes pullup jump shot (Brittney Sykes assists)
Tianna Hawkins misses two point shot
Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
Li Meng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 21-foot jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen makes two point shot
Natasha Cloud misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Myisha Hines-Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart blocks Elena Delle Donne 's 13-foot pullup jump shot
Brittney Sykes makes alley oop layup (Natasha Cloud assists)

MYSTICS

LIBERTY

TIME		WSH	NY
10:00	Brittney Sykes vs. Jonquel Jones (Betnijah Laney gains possession)	0	0
9:43	Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)	0	2
9:25	Brittney Sykes makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)	3	2
9:12	Betnijah Laney out of bounds lost ball turnover	3	2
8:53	Ariel Atkins makes 16-foot pullup jump shot	5	2
8:32	Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup	5	2
8:29	Sabrina Ionescu offensive rebound	5	2
8:28	Courtney Vandersloot bad pass (Ariel Atkins steals)	5	2
8:25	Natasha Cloud bad pass (Sabrina Ionescu steals)	5	2
8:21	Betnijah Laney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)	5	5
8:05	Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	5
8:02	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	5	5
7:51	Elena Delle Donne blocks Jonquel Jones 's 5-foot layup	5	5
7:49	Mystics defensive team rebound	5	5
7:49	Jonquel Jones kicked ball violation	5	5
7:33	Myisha Hines-Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	5
7:29	Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound	5	5
7:22	Jonquel Jones makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)	5	7
7:17	Sabrina Ionescu personal foul	5	7
7:09	Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	7
7:09	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	5	7
6:54	Courtney Vandersloot makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	5	10
6:34	Ariel Atkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Elena Delle Donne assists)	7	10
6:20	Jonquel Jones bad pass (Ariel Atkins steals)	7	10
6:16	Ariel Atkins misses running pullup jump shot	7	10
6:13	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	7	10
6:07	Jonquel Jones makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	7	12
5:49	Betnijah Laney shooting foul	7	13
5:49	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2	8	13
5:49	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Elena Delle Donne	8	13
5:49	Tianna Hawkins enters the game for Ariel Atkins	8	13
5:49	Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2	9	13
5:42	Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	13
5:38	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	9	13
5:31	Brittney Sykes makes driving layup	11	12
5:11	Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	12
5:09	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	11	12
5:04	Natasha Cloud shooting foul	11	13
5:04	Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 3	11	14
5:04	Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 3	11	14
5:04	Betnijah Laney makes free throw 3 of 3	11	15
4:50	Brittney Sykes misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	16
4:46	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough offensive rebound	11	16
4:37	Natasha Cloud makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tianna Hawkins assists)	14	16
4:17	Courtney Vandersloot misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	16
4:14	Myisha Hines-Allen defensive rebound	14	16
4:11	Myisha Hines-Allen lost ball turnover (Betnijah Laney steals)	14	16
4:07	Betnijah Laney makes two point shot	14	18
3:53	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes layup (Myisha Hines-Allen assists)	16	18
3:36	Myisha Hines-Allen personal foul	16	17
3:36	Official timeout	16	17
3:36	(03:36) [Mystics] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL)	16	17
3:36	(03:36) [Mystics] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL)	16	17
3:36	Stefanie Dolson enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu	16	17
3:36	Marine Johannes enters the game for Jonquel Jones	16	17
3:36	Kayla Thornton enters the game for Betnijah Laney	16	17
3:36	Li Meng enters the game for Myisha Hines-Allen	16	17
3:36	Queen Egbo enters the game for Brittney Sykes	16	17
3:29	Courtney Vandersloot misses driving layup	16	17
3:26	Queen Egbo defensive rebound	16	17
3:10	Queen Egbo palming turnover	16	17
2:57	Breanna Stewart misses 13-foot two point shot	16	17
2:53	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	16	17
2:52	Breanna Stewart makes two point shot	16	19
2:28	Queen Egbo misses layup	16	19
2:25	Kayla Thornton defensive rebound	16	19
2:06	Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	19
2:04	Kayla Thornton offensive rebound	16	19
2:00	Kayla Thornton misses 21-foot jumper	16	19
1:57	Tianna Hawkins defensive rebound	16	19
1:51	Natasha Cloud makes driving layup	18	19
1:41	Natasha Cloud shooting foul	18	19
1:41	Marine Johannes makes free throw 1 of 2	18	20
1:41	Brittney Sykes enters the game for Natasha Cloud	18	20
1:41	Elena Delle Donne enters the game for Tianna Hawkins	18	20
1:41	Marine Johannes makes free throw 2 of 2	18	21
1:22	Queen Egbo makes 5-foot layup (Elena Delle Donne assists)	20	21
1:04	Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	20	21
1:02	Stefanie Dolson offensive rebound	20	21
1:01	Stefanie Dolson makes two point shot	20	23
51.2	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	23
48.1	Stefanie Dolson defensive rebound	20	23
48.1	Queen Egbo personal foul	20	23
48.1	Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 1 of 2	20	24
48.1	Betnijah Laney enters the game for Courtney Vandersloot	20	24
48.1	Sabrina Ionescu enters the game for Breanna Stewart	20	24
48.1	Stefanie Dolson makes free throw 2 of 2	20	25
37.1	Marine Johannes shooting foul	20	25
37.1	Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2	21	25
37.1	Brittney Sykes misses free throw 2 of 2	21	25
35.1	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	21	25
18.1	Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	25
14.1	Kayla Thornton offensive rebound	21	25
7.2	Betnijah Laney misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	21	25
4.2	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	21	25
0.1	Queen Egbo makes two point shot (Brittney Sykes assists)	23	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	25

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Liberty
64
Mystics
80

Game 1

20/5

Mystics
88
Liberty
89

Game 2

25/6

Liberty
96
Mystics
87

Game 3

22/7

Mystics
90
Liberty
88

Game 4

10/9

Barclays Center

6:00 PM, 10 September 2023

Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 8,306

Referees:
Angelica Suffren
Isaac Barnett
Angel Kent

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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