New York Liberty @ Phoenix Mercury
First Round - Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0
27-17, 10-12 Away
76
27-17, 10-12 Away
27-17, 15-7 Home
69
27-17, 15-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- 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
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: NY, 59.6
Win %: NY, 55
Win %: NY, 54
Win %: NY, 56.8
Win %: NY, 57.8
Win %: NY, 56.4
Win %: NY, 54.2
Win %: NY, 53.3
Win %: NY, 51.2
Win %: NY, 53.2
Win %: NY, 55.7
Win %: NY, 53.2
Win %: NY, 55.7
Win %: NY, 56.6
Win %: NY, 54
Win %: NY, 53.1
Win %: NY, 55.6
Win %: NY, 56.4
Win %: NY, 61.6
Win %: NY, 63.9
Win %: NY, 64.6
Win %: NY, 62.3
Win %: NY, 61.5
Win %: NY, 63.8
NY @ PHX Videos
Breanna Stewart scores 18 as Liberty prevail in Game 1
Matchups
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
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Referee:Amy Bonner
Referee:Eric Brewton
Referee:Isaac Barnett
2025-26 Standings
Women's National Basketball Assoc.
| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 5 | 2 | .714 | - | W1 |
| Toronto | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1 | W2 |
| New York | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1 | W2 |
| Indiana | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.5 | L2 |
| Washington | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2 | L1 |
| Chicago | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.5 | L4 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.5 | W1 |
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6 | 2 | .750 | - | W4 |
| Dallas | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | W2 |
| Las Vegas | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | W1 |
| Golden State | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | L1 |
| Portland | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2 | L1 |
| Seattle | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.5 | L2 |
| Phoenix | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.5 | L5 |
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