Cloud scores 23, Stewart adds 18 as Liberty beats Mercury 76-69 in OT

— Natasha Cloud scored 23 points, Breanna Stewart added 18 before hurting her knee in overtime and the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 76-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round playoff series.
Sep 14, 2026, 07:36 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
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0%
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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kahleah Copper makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones makes 1-foot layup (Leonie Fiebich assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Natasha Mack misses tip shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Mack makes 11-foot jumper (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart makes 19-foot jumper (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses running pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses free throw 2 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Emma Meesseman misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 25-foot three point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Emma Meesseman misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot
  • Emma Meesseman makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Emma Meesseman misses layup
  • Emma Meesseman misses layup
  • Sami Whitcomb misses driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper misses two point shot
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes 25-foot three point shot (Natasha Mack assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kahleah Copper makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes 5-foot two point shot (Kahleah Copper assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Sami Whitcomb makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Jonquel Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes two point shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes two point shot (Monique Akoa Makani assists)
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses layup
  • Jonquel Jones misses layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes 26-foot three point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Monique Akoa Makani makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Kennedy Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses driving layup
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 23-foot three point shot (Breanna Stewart assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Satou Sabally makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Natasha Mack misses layup
  • Kennedy Burke misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Emma Meesseman misses 7-foot hook shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses two point shot
  • Sami Whitcomb misses running pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
  • Natasha Cloud misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jonquel Jones makes 7-foot two point shot (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Kathryn Westbeld makes 28-foot three point jumper (Sami Whitcomb assists)
  • Sami Whitcomb misses 52-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Satou Sabally misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes 2-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Natasha Cloud makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu makes driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Breanna Stewart misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kennedy Burke misses layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 12-foot jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses driving floating jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses 11-foot jumper
  • Natasha Cloud makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Satou Sabally misses driving layup
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kahleah Copper makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses two point shot
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Breanna Stewart misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kahleah Copper makes 1-foot layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
  • Breanna Stewart makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
  • Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kahleah Copper misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Breanna Stewart misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Natasha Cloud makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Kahleah Copper misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sabrina Ionescu misses driving layup
  • Satou Sabally misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Breanna Stewart makes driving layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Breanna Stewart misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Satou Sabally misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 1-foot layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)
  • Monique Akoa Makani misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Natasha Cloud misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alyssa Thomas makes tip shot
  • DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Satou Sabally assists)
  • Leonie Fiebich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Natasha Cloud assists)
  • Satou Sabally misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Leonie Fiebich misses 24-foot three point jumper
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