Liberty 87-71 Mystics (18 Sep, 2024) Play-by-Play

New York Liberty

32-7, 16-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	29	18	25	15	87
WSH	18	19	17	17	71

Washington Mystics

13-26, 4-15 home

Julie Vanloo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Breanna Stewart blocks Emily Engstler 's 3-foot two point shot
Emily Engstler misses layup
Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 22-foot three point jumper
Stefanie Dolson misses 15-foot jumper
Julie Vanloo makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Sika Kone makes 13-foot two point shot
Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 15-foot jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karlie Samuelson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sika Kone assists)
Courtney Vandersloot blocks Sika Kone 's 9-foot layup
Ariel Atkins makes layup
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jade Melbourne assists)
Emily Engstler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 13-foot jumper
Brittney Sykes makes 5-foot layup (Julie Vanloo assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses layup
Brittney Sykes makes layup
Ariel Atkins makes layup
Julie Vanloo makes driving layup
Julie Vanloo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brittney Sykes misses layup
Stefanie Dolson misses layup
Emily Engstler misses layup
Sika Kone misses 4-foot hook shot
Ariel Atkins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karlie Samuelson assists)
Brittney Sykes misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Stefanie Dolson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 12-foot jumper (Emily Engstler assists)
Julie Vanloo misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emily Engstler assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 19-foot jumper
Stefanie Dolson misses layup
Stefanie Dolson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)
Nyara Sabally blocks Julie Vanloo 's 4-foot layup
Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Emily Engstler makes layup (Karlie Samuelson assists)
Stefanie Dolson misses 20-foot jumper
Jade Melbourne misses 8-foot jumper
Jade Melbourne misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sika Kone makes 4-foot jumper (Karlie Samuelson assists)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough misses 16-foot jumper
Karlie Samuelson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karlie Samuelson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sug Sutton assists)
Kayla Thornton blocks Karlie Samuelson 's 6-foot layup
Sika Kone misses 5-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones blocks Sug Sutton 's 4-foot layup
Ariel Atkins makes layup
Ariel Atkins makes 26-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ariel Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julie Vanloo misses 27-foot three point jumper
Emily Engstler makes layup (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough assists)
Jade Melbourne misses 6-foot two point shot
Jade Melbourne makes two point shot (Sug Sutton assists)
Emily Engstler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karlie Samuelson assists)
Sug Sutton misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Breanna Stewart misses layup
Courtney Vandersloot misses 27-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
Jonquel Jones makes 9-foot two point shot
Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu makes three pointer (Jonquel Jones assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Nyara Sabally makes driving layup (Kayla Thornton assists)
Breanna Stewart makes 11-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses 17-foot jumper
Kayla Thornton misses 7-foot jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Leonie Fiebich makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)
Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 16-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 11-foot jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Kennedy Burke assists)
Emily Engstler blocks Breanna Stewart 's 25-foot three point jumper
Leonie Fiebich makes 4-foot layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes layup
Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Breanna Stewart misses 23-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nyara Sabally makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Nyara Sabally misses driving layup
Emily Engstler blocks Nyara Sabally 's 5-foot layup
Sabrina Ionescu makes 4-foot layup (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists)
Breanna Stewart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Emily Engstler blocks Courtney Vandersloot 's 5-foot layup
Breanna Stewart makes 6-foot two point shot
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emily Engstler blocks Breanna Stewart 's 12-foot jumper
Courtney Vandersloot misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nyara Sabally makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Leonie Fiebich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
Breanna Stewart makes layup (Betnijah Laney-Hamilton assists)
Sabrina Ionescu misses layup
Leonie Fiebich misses 22-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leonie Fiebich makes layup
Leonie Fiebich makes layup
Kennedy Burke misses 6-foot jumper
Breanna Stewart misses layup
Breanna Stewart makes 22-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
Kennedy Burke makes layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
Kennedy Burke makes 27-foot three point jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
Leonie Fiebich misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
Leonie Fiebich makes 9-foot jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
Courtney Vandersloot misses 10-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes 5-foot jumper
Kennedy Burke misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sabrina Ionescu misses 8-foot jumper
Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Kayla Thornton misses 13-foot jumper
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses driving layup
Jonquel Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes layup
Marquesha Davis misses layup
Marquesha Davis makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Ivana Dojkic assists)
Jaylyn Sherrod misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kennedy Burke makes layup

LIBERTY

MYSTICS

TIME		NY	WSH
10:00	Jonquel Jones vs. Stefanie Dolson (Courtney Vandersloot gains possession)	0	0
9:45	Breanna Stewart misses layup	0	0
9:44	Mystics defensive team rebound	0	0
9:21	Julie Vanloo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)	0	3
9:05	Courtney Vandersloot misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	3
9:02	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	0	3
8:56	Breanna Stewart blocks Emily Engstler 's 3-foot two point shot	0	3
8:53	Emily Engstler offensive rebound	0	3
8:50	Emily Engstler misses layup	0	3
8:50	Breanna Stewart defensive rebound	0	3
8:36	Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	3
8:31	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	0	3
8:30	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton makes layup (Jonquel Jones assists)	2	3
8:19	Julie Vanloo bad pass (Sabrina Ionescu steals)	2	3
8:15	Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	4	3
8:00	Brittney Sykes bad pass (Courtney Vandersloot steals)	4	3
7:58	Julie Vanloo shooting foul	4	3
7:58	Courtney Vandersloot makes free throw 1 of 2	5	3
7:58	Courtney Vandersloot misses free throw 2 of 2	5	3
7:52	Julie Vanloo defensive rebound	5	3
7:43	Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	3
7:40	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	5	3
7:23	Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)	8	3
7:01	Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	3
6:58	Courtney Vandersloot defensive rebound	8	3
6:54	Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup	10	3
6:46	Mystics Full timeout	10	3
6:36	Sabrina Ionescu shooting foul	10	3
6:36	Ariel Atkins makes free throw 1 of 2	10	4
6:36	Ariel Atkins makes free throw 2 of 2	10	5
6:18	Jonquel Jones makes 9-foot two point shot	12	5
6:03	Ariel Atkins misses 22-foot three point jumper	12	5
6:02	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton defensive rebound	12	5
6:02	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton out of bounds lost ball turnover	12	5
5:47	Stefanie Dolson misses 15-foot jumper	12	5
5:45	Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound	12	5
5:43	Jonquel Jones makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	14	5
5:29	Julie Vanloo makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ariel Atkins assists)	14	8
5:17	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton offensive foul	14	8
5:17	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton turnover	14	8
5:17	Karlie Samuelson enters the game for Emily Engstler	14	8
5:17	Sika Kone enters the game for Julie Vanloo	14	8
4:57	Sika Kone makes 13-foot two point shot	14	10
4:40	Sabrina Ionescu makes three pointer (Jonquel Jones assists)	17	10
4:26	Ariel Atkins palming turnover	17	10
4:13	Breanna Stewart makes 5-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	19	10
3:58	Jonquel Jones personal foul	19	10
3:58	Leonie Fiebich enters the game for Courtney Vandersloot	19	10
3:58	Kayla Thornton enters the game for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	19	10
3:51	Leonie Fiebich personal foul	19	10
3:44	Brittney Sykes misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	10
3:40	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	19	10
3:38	Jonquel Jones bad pass (Brittney Sykes steals)	19	10
3:29	Sika Kone 3 second turnover	19	10
3:29	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough enters the game for Ariel Atkins	19	10
3:13	Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper	19	10
3:10	Jonquel Jones offensive rebound	19	10
3:08	Breanna Stewart misses 27-foot three point jumper	19	10
3:06	Brittney Sykes defensive rebound	19	10
2:57	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough makes 15-foot jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)	19	12
2:40	Kayla Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)	22	12
2:33	Stefanie Dolson offensive foul	22	12
2:33	Stefanie Dolson turnover	22	12
2:33	Jade Melbourne enters the game for Brittney Sykes	22	12
2:33	Ariel Atkins enters the game for Stefanie Dolson	22	12
2:33	Nyara Sabally enters the game for Jonquel Jones	22	12
2:10	Nyara Sabally makes driving layup (Kayla Thornton assists)	24	12
1:57	Ariel Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper	24	12
1:55	Kayla Thornton defensive rebound	24	12
1:45	Breanna Stewart makes 11-foot two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)	26	12
1:23	Karlie Samuelson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sika Kone assists)	26	15
1:08	Sabrina Ionescu misses 17-foot jumper	26	15
1:04	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	26	15
1:02	Kayla Thornton misses 7-foot jumper	26	15
1:00	Nyara Sabally offensive rebound	26	15
59.0	Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	15
59.0	Breanna Stewart offensive rebound	26	15
57.1	Leonie Fiebich makes layup (Breanna Stewart assists)	28	15
49.0	Leonie Fiebich shooting foul	28	15
49.0	Jade Melbourne misses free throw 1 of 2	28	15
49.0	Mystics offensive team rebound	28	15
49.0	Kennedy Burke enters the game for Breanna Stewart	28	15
49.0	Jade Melbourne makes free throw 2 of 2	28	16
33.0	Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	16
30.1	Jade Melbourne defensive rebound	28	16
24.1	Nyara Sabally shooting foul	28	16
24.1	Sika Kone makes free throw 1 of 2	28	17
24.1	Sika Kone makes free throw 2 of 2	28	18
1.1	Ariel Atkins shooting foul	28	18
1.1	Nyara Sabally misses free throw 1 of 2	28	18
1.1	Liberty offensive team rebound	28	18
1.1	Nyara Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2	29	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	18

Regular Season Series

NY wins 4-0

Liberty
85
Mystics
80

Game 1

15/5

Mystics
79
Liberty
90

Game 2

1/6

Mystics
88
Liberty
93

Game 3

9/6

Liberty
87
Mystics
71

Game 4

18/9

Entertainment & Sports Arena

12:00 AM, 18 September 2024

Washington, DC

Attendance: 4,200

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Tiara Cruse
Paul Tuomey

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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