Liberty score final 13 points, beat Sky in playoff opener

— Sabrina Ionescu had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Natasha Howard also scored 22 points and the seventh-seeded New York Liberty beat the defending champion Chicago Sky 98-91 on Wednesday night in the opening game of the WNBA playoffs.
Aug 17, 2022, 10:25 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--NY
0%
--CHI

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kahleah Copper misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Allie Quigley makes driving layup (Candace Parker assists)
  • Candace Parker misses driving layup
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Candace Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Allie Quigley misses 10-foot jumper
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses three point jumper
  • Allie Quigley makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Candace Parker makes 1-foot layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Howard makes driving floating jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Allie Quigley misses driving layup
  • Candace Parker makes tip shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Marine Johannes misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 1-foot layup (Candace Parker assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 3-foot two point shot (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses two point shot
  • Rebecca Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 13-foot jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Azura Stevens makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes two point shot (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Azura Stevens makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes 24-foot three point jumper (Candace Parker assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Candace Parker makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Han Xu misses layup
  • Emma Meesseman misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Han Xu makes 3-foot two point shot (Rebecca Allen assists)
  • Allie Quigley misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Allie Quigley makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Howard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Han Xu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Han Xu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Julie Allemand misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michaela Onyenwere makes layup (Han Xu assists)
  • Emma Meesseman makes 10-foot jumper (Julie Allemand assists)
  • Julie Allemand misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Han Xu misses 20-foot jumper
  • Azura Stevens makes 3-foot layup (Rebekah Gardner assists)
  • Emma Meesseman misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Allie Quigley makes 12-foot jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Candace Parker assists)
  • Han Xu misses 15-foot jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 23-foot three point shot (Allie Quigley assists)
  • Candace Parker misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Allie Quigley makes 14-foot two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Betnijah Laney makes driving layup (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Betnijah Laney misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Crystal Dangerfield makes 24-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Candace Parker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Crystal Dangerfield misses two point shot
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Howard makes 1-foot layup (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Azura Stevens misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Allie Quigley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Howard makes 22-foot three point jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Marine Johannes makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Marine Johannes makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Rebecca Allen makes two point shot (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson misses two point shot
  • Allie Quigley misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Stefanie Dolson makes jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Crystal Dangerfield assists)
  • Allie Quigley makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kahleah Copper makes driving layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Natasha Howard makes layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Candace Parker makes two point shot (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses driving layup
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson makes two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Natasha Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Marine Johannes misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes 7-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Rebecca Allen makes layup (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot (Candace Parker assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Natasha Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Rebekah Gardner makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Rebekah Gardner misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Rebekah Gardner makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Rebecca Allen misses jumper
  • Candace Parker misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Kahleah Copper misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Azura Stevens makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Azura Stevens makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 22-foot three point jumper (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Azura Stevens makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rebekah Gardner assists)
  • Stefanie Dolson misses layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Betnijah Laney misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes layup
  • Azura Stevens makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Natasha Howard misses layup
  • Emma Meesseman misses two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Azura Stevens makes two point shot (Allie Quigley assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Emma Meesseman misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Marine Johannes makes two point shot (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Allie Quigley makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Allie Quigley makes free throw flagrant 1 of 1
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Candace Parker makes two point shot
  • Natasha Howard misses layup
  • Allie Quigley misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Marine Johannes makes 2-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes layup (Courtney Vandersloot assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Candace Parker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney misses jumper
  • Candace Parker misses driving layup
  • Natasha Howard misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Howard misses driving layup
  • Courtney Vandersloot makes driving layup
  • Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Marine Johannes assists)
  • Azura Stevens misses layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 29-foot three point jumper (Natasha Howard assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Howard makes 2-foot layup (Betnijah Laney assists)
  • Courtney Vandersloot misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Candace Parker misses tip shot
  • Allie Quigley misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Emma Meesseman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Allie Quigley misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Betnijah Laney makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper misses free throw 2 of 2
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