New York Liberty @ Minnesota Lynx
Shot Chart
- Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Alanna Smith makes 1-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Williams makes 20-foot running pullup jump shot
- Alanna Smith misses driving layup
- Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- DiJonai Carrington misses two point shot
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- DiJonai Carrington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Maria Kliundikova assists)
- Maria Kliundikova makes 24-foot three point jumper (DiJonai Carrington assists)
- Natisha Hiedeman makes 3-foot two point shot
- Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Maria Kliundikova misses 3-foot jump bank shot
- DiJonai Carrington makes driving layup (Jessica Shepard assists)
- Courtney Williams makes two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Jonquel Jones blocks DiJonai Carrington 's 22-foot three point jumper
- Maria Kliundikova misses 1-foot jumper
- Maria Kliundikova misses driving layup
- Kayla McBride misses two point shot
- Kayla McBride misses 2-foot tip shot
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jessica Shepard makes 3-foot two point shot (Alanna Smith assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Jessica Shepard makes driving layup (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses 15-foot jumper
- Courtney Williams misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Williams misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride makes 4-foot layup (Alanna Smith assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 23-foot three pointer
- Jessica Shepard makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Alanna Smith makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Jessica Shepard assists)
- Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Jessica Shepard misses driving layup
- Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Courtney Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Emma Meesseman blocks DiJonai Carrington 's 3-foot two point shot
- Natisha Hiedeman misses 16-foot two point shot
- Alanna Smith makes driving layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
- Alanna Smith misses 2-foot two point shot
- Kayla McBride misses two point shot
- Alanna Smith makes two point shot (Kayla McBride assists)
- Alanna Smith makes two point shot (Courtney Williams assists)
- Alanna Smith misses layup
- Jessica Shepard makes 14-foot jumper (Bridget Carleton assists)
- Jessica Shepard misses layup
- Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point shot
- Alanna Smith makes layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Courtney Williams misses running pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride misses two point shot
- Jessica Shepard makes layup (Courtney Williams assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)
- Courtney Williams makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Courtney Williams misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kayla McBride makes 29-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
- Leonie Fiebich misses layup
- Jonquel Jones misses 10-foot two point shot
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point shot
- Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Emma Meesseman misses driving floating jump shot
- Jonquel Jones makes driving layup
- Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Marine Johannes makes 10-foot two point shot
- Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jonquel Jones makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
- Kennedy Burke makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Leonie Fiebich makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Emma Meesseman assists)
- Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point shot
- Sabrina Ionescu makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Kennedy Burke makes 1-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
- Jonquel Jones makes driving layup
- Alanna Smith blocks Kennedy Burke's driving floating jump shot
- Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
- Marine Johannes makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Emma Meesseman misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
- Marine Johannes makes two point shot
- Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
- Jonquel Jones misses 40-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Emma Meesseman makes 10-foot jumper (Leonie Fiebich assists)
- Sabrina Ionescu makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Jonquel Jones assists)
- Jonquel Jones makes layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)
- Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point shot (Leonie Fiebich assists)
- Alanna Smith blocks Jonquel Jones 's 3-foot driving layup
- Sabrina Ionescu makes 15-foot jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Kennedy Burke makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marine Johannes assists)
- Kennedy Burke makes 22-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
- Marine Johannes misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jonquel Jones makes 2-foot layup (Marine Johannes assists)
- Emma Meesseman makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kennedy Burke assists)
- Kennedy Burke misses driving layup
- Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three pointer
- Sabrina Ionescu makes 3-foot two point shot (Emma Meesseman assists)
- Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Leonie Fiebich misses layup
- Marine Johannes misses two point shot
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Emma Meesseman misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Leonie Fiebich misses two point shot
- Emma Meesseman makes 1-foot layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)
- Marine Johannes makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
- Marine Johannes makes 24-foot three pointer
- Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Alanna Smith blocks Marine Johannes 's 3-foot driving layup
- Leonie Fiebich makes 3-foot two point shot
- Emma Meesseman misses 9-foot jumper
- Emma Meesseman makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kennedy Burke assists)
- Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Emma Meesseman assists)
- Kennedy Burke misses driving layup
- Natasha Cloud misses 7-foot two point shot
- Kennedy Burke misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Alanna Smith blocks Sabrina Ionescu 's 3-foot driving layup
- Sabrina Ionescu misses two point shot
- Leonie Fiebich makes 2-foot layup (Natasha Cloud assists)
- Natasha Cloud misses driving layup
- Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
LIBERTY
LYNX
| TIME | PLAY | NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Jonquel Jones vs. Alanna Smith (Bridget Carleton gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 9:43 | Courtney Williams misses 19-foot pullup jump shot | 0 | 0 | |
| 9:40 | Natasha Cloud defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 9:28 | Leonie Fiebich misses layup | 0 | 0 | |
| 9:25 | Jessica Shepard defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 9:06 | Kayla McBride makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:52 | Jonquel Jones misses 10-foot two point shot | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:50 | Alanna Smith defensive rebound | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:34 | Bridget Carleton misses 24-foot three point jumper | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:31 | Natasha Cloud defensive rebound | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:27 | Bridget Carleton shooting foul | 0 | 3 | |
| 8:27 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8:27 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8:10 | Courtney Williams bad pass (Sabrina Ionescu steals) | 2 | 3 | |
| 8:06 | Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point shot | 2 | 3 | |
| 8:03 | Kayla McBride defensive rebound | 2 | 3 | |
| 8:03 | Sabrina Ionescu personal foul | 2 | 3 | |
| 7:52 | Alanna Smith makes 1-foot layup (Bridget Carleton assists) | 2 | 5 | |
| 7:40 | Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot | 2 | 5 | |
| 7:38 | Lynx defensive team rebound | 2 | 5 | |
| 7:18 | Courtney Williams bad pass (Leonie Fiebich steals) | 2 | 5 | |
| 6:56 | Emma Meesseman misses driving floating jump shot | 2 | 5 | |
| 6:54 | Courtney Williams defensive rebound | 2 | 5 | |
| 6:36 | Alanna Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper | 2 | 5 | |
| 6:32 | Sabrina Ionescu defensive rebound | 2 | 5 | |
| 6:19 | Jonquel Jones makes driving layup | 4 | 5 | |
| 6:03 | Natasha Cloud shooting foul | 4 | 5 | |
| 6:03 | Kayla McBride makes free throw 1 of 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6:03 | Kayla McBride makes free throw 2 of 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 6:03 | Kayla McBride makes free throw 3 of 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 5:40 | Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper | 4 | 8 | |
| 5:37 | Alanna Smith defensive rebound | 4 | 8 | |
| 5:33 | Courtney Williams makes 20-foot running pullup jump shot | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:19 | Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:18 | Liberty offensive team rebound | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:18 | Bridget Carleton loose ball foul | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:18 | DiJonai Carrington enters the game for Bridget Carleton | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:18 | Kennedy Burke enters the game for Jonquel Jones | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:18 | Marine Johannes enters the game for Natasha Cloud | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:06 | Sabrina Ionescu misses 19-foot pullup jump shot | 4 | 10 | |
| 5:03 | Jessica Shepard defensive rebound | 4 | 10 | |
| 4:50 | Alanna Smith misses driving layup | 4 | 10 | |
| 4:48 | Liberty defensive team rebound | 4 | 10 | |
| 4:48 | Official timeout | 4 | 10 | |
| 4:34 | Marine Johannes makes 10-foot two point shot | 6 | 10 | |
| 4:09 | Alanna Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper | 6 | 10 | |
| 4:06 | Leonie Fiebich defensive rebound | 6 | 10 | |
| 3:56 | Marine Johannes misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot | 6 | 10 | |
| 3:52 | Courtney Williams defensive rebound | 6 | 10 | |
| 3:45 | Courtney Williams makes 20-foot pullup jump shot | 6 | 12 | |
| 3:45 | Leonie Fiebich shooting foul | 6 | 12 | |
| 3:45 | Maria Kliundikova enters the game for Jessica Shepard | 6 | 12 | |
| 3:45 | Courtney Williams makes free throw 1 of 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| 3:23 | Marine Johannes bad pass (Maria Kliundikova steals) | 6 | 13 | |
| 3:18 | DiJonai Carrington misses two point shot | 6 | 13 | |
| 3:16 | Leonie Fiebich defensive rebound | 6 | 13 | |
| 3:06 | Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point jumper | 6 | 13 | |
| 3:03 | Leonie Fiebich offensive rebound | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:57 | Kennedy Burke out of bounds lost ball turnover | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:57 | Natisha Hiedeman enters the game for Courtney Williams | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:57 | Stephanie Talbot enters the game for Leonie Fiebich | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:57 | Jonquel Jones enters the game for Sabrina Ionescu | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:57 | Natasha Cloud enters the game for Emma Meesseman | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:42 | Kayla McBride misses 24-foot three point jumper | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:39 | Marine Johannes defensive rebound | 6 | 13 | |
| 2:32 | Jonquel Jones makes layup (Natasha Cloud assists) | 8 | 13 | |
| 2:07 | DiJonai Carrington misses 25-foot three point jumper | 8 | 13 | |
| 2:04 | Natasha Cloud defensive rebound | 8 | 13 | |
| 1:49 | Natasha Cloud makes driving layup | 10 | 13 | |
| 1:34 | Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Maria Kliundikova assists) | 10 | 16 | |
| 1:23 | Kennedy Burke makes driving layup (Natasha Cloud assists) | 12 | 16 | |
| 1:23 | Maria Kliundikova shooting foul | 12 | 16 | |
| 1:23 | Jessica Shepard enters the game for Alanna Smith | 12 | 16 | |
| 1:23 | Kennedy Burke misses free throw 1 of 1 | 12 | 16 | |
| 1:21 | Jessica Shepard defensive rebound | 12 | 16 | |
| 1:04 | Maria Kliundikova makes 24-foot three point jumper (DiJonai Carrington assists) | 12 | 19 | |
| 43.3 | Marine Johannes bad pass (Natisha Hiedeman steals) | 12 | 19 | |
| 36.4 | Natisha Hiedeman makes 3-foot two point shot | 12 | 21 | |
| 18.3 | Marine Johannes misses 23-foot three point jumper | 12 | 19 | |
| 14.7 | Maria Kliundikova defensive rebound | 12 | 19 | |
| 2.5 | Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper | 12 | 19 | |
| 1.5 | Lynx offensive team rebound | 12 | 19 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 12 | 19 | |
Regular Season Series
MIN wins 3-1
Game Information
Target Center
7:00 PM, 16 August 2025
Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 10,810
- Referees:
- Tim Greene
- Ryan Sassano
- Jenna Reneau
2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 30 | 14 | .682 | - | W6 |
| New York | 27 | 17 | .614 | 3 | W3 |
| Indiana | 24 | 20 | .545 | 6 | W3 |
| Washington | 16 | 28 | .364 | 14 | L10 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 33 | .250 | 19 | L2 |
| Chicago | 10 | 34 | .227 | 20 | L4 |
2024-25 Western Conference Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 34 | 10 | .773 | - | W1 |
| Las Vegas | 30 | 14 | .682 | 4 | W16 |
| Phoenix | 27 | 17 | .614 | 7 | L3 |
| Seattle | 23 | 21 | .523 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 23 | 21 | .523 | 11 | L3 |
| Los Angeles | 21 | 23 | .477 | 13 | L1 |
| Dallas | 10 | 34 | .227 | 24 | W1 |

