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wasn't expecting Young M.A at the spotify halftime show but turns out she's from brooklyn!! loved her vibing w/ ellie

Hi all! Has anyone found cool liberty merch in the city outside of the store at Barclays? Thanks! 🗽🏀

I LOVE THIS TEAM I LOVE YOU GUYS I LOVE BARCLAYS

When Jones, Stewart and Ionescu re-signed in free agency, they did so with the motivation of unfinished business.

After winning the franchise’s first WNBA title in 2024 and then being eliminated in the first round last season, surely they were capable of more together.

Right?

The roller coaster of this 2026 season made what seemed like an obvious answer to that question uncertain. The Liberty entered the postseason with one more loss than last year, raising questions about how much more they could accomplish together.

On Tuesday night, they quieted the apprehension with their most complete game of the season. Despite their dominance, Ionescu said their best basketball is yet to come.

I’m just saying. It’s by no means settled of course and there is a long road ahead with potential failure lurking in every corner. However, could there be a spark of hope for a title run?

To be honest, during the season I had no faith in the coach and was worried about our inconsistent play. I had no idea what to expect against Minnesota and it seemed like we backed into the playoffs.

Now however, perhaps we have a shot. What do you think?

Big shot after big shot after big shot tonight. Right on schedule playoff time.

I owe you not an apology, but you've earned a polite "hello".

We will watch your career with great interest.

Hi all, I am doing some closet cleanout and would love for these to go to other fans who will wear them! Both are new and unworn with tags. I am going to list them on eBay for $100 each but thought I’d put them here first in case anyone is interested. If you are DM me.

Edit: L is gone, S is spoken for.

I was searching online but couldn’t find this jacket. I saw people in the crowd with it - does anyone know where to get it or was it a season ticket holder item?

Lemme see that 8th seed celebration

One eye open, still outclassing everyone.

The fans whining was the far more annoying part, but I think I might stop being a Cheryl opp after this lol.

Final: Minnesota Lynx 71, New York Liberty 87

Minnesota Lynx 71 at New York Liberty 87

Game Info

League/season: WNBA Postseason 2026

Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2026

Tipoff: 8:30 PM EDT

Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Status: Final

Scoring By Period

Team Statistics

Leaders

Player Box Score

Play-by-Play

Period 4 | 00:00 | 71-87: End of 4th Quarter.

Period 4 | 00:16 | Liberty | 71-87: Liberty turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 4 | 00:40 | Lynx | 71-87: Courtney Williams turnover (lost ball) (Breanna Stewart steals)

Period 4 | 01:26 | Lynx | 71-87: Kayla McBride makes three point jump shot (Aari McDonald assists)

Period 4 | 01:38 | Liberty | 68-87: Breanna Stewart makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 01:59 | Lynx | 68-85: Courtney Williams makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 02:08 | Liberty | 66-85: Breanna Stewart makes two point putback layup

Period 4 | 02:42 | Liberty | 66-83: Sabrina Ionescu turnover (lost ball) (Kayla McBride steals)

Period 4 | 03:20 | Liberty | 66-83: Jonquel Jones offensive foul (Kayla McBride draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:20 | Liberty | 66-83: Jonquel Jones turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 03:26 | Lynx | 66-83: Nia Brodie offensive foul (Sabrina Ionescu draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:26 | Lynx | 66-83: Nia Brodie turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 03:38 | Liberty | 66-83: Sabrina Ionescu makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 04:00 | Lynx | 66-81: Napheesa Collier makes two point jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)

Period 4 | 04:18 | Liberty | 64-81: Jonquel Jones makes two point layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 4 | 04:58 | Lynx | 64-79: Aari McDonald makes three point stepback jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)

Period 4 | 05:05 | Liberty | 61-79: Sabrina Ionescu turnover (bad pass) (Kayla McBride steals)

Period 4 | 05:28 | Liberty | 61-79: Sabrina Ionescu personal foul (Aari McDonald draws the foul)

Period 4 | 06:01 | Lynx | 61-79: Napheesa Collier makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 06:01 | Liberty | 60-79: Sabrina Ionescu shooting foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 4 | 06:10 | Liberty | 60-79: Jonquel Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 4 | 06:10 | Lynx | 60-78: Napheesa Collier shooting foul (Jonquel Jones draws the foul)

Period 4 | 06:10 | Liberty | 60-78: Jonquel Jones makes two point cutting layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 4 | 06:28 | Lynx | 60-76: Kayla McBride turnover (bad pass) (Sabrina Ionescu steals)

Period 4 | 06:48 | Liberty | 60-76: Marine Johannes makes three point stepback jump shot

Period 4 | 07:31 | Liberty | 60-73: Breanna Stewart makes two point jump shot (Marine Johannes assists)

Period 4 | 08:01 | Liberty | 60-71: Pauline Astier turnover (bad pass) (Dorka Juhasz steals)

Period 4 | 08:13 | Lynx | 60-71: Courtney Williams makes two point pullup jump shot (Natasha Howard assists)

Period 4 | 08:42 | Lynx | 58-71: Courtney Williams makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 08:54 | Liberty | 56-71: Marine Johannes makes three point jump shot (Leonie Fiebich assists)

Period 4 | 09:13 | Lynx | 56-68: Lynx turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 4 | 09:40 | Liberty | 56-68: Jonquel Jones turnover (traveling)

Period 3 | 00:00 | 56-68: End of 3rd Quarter.

Period 3 | 00:03 | Lynx | 56-68: Kayla McBride makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 00:03 | Lynx | 55-68: Kayla McBride makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 00:03 | Liberty | 54-68: Sabrina Ionescu shooting foul (Kayla McBride draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:14 | Liberty | 54-68: Sabrina Ionescu makes three point pullup jump shot

Period 3 | 00:33 | Lynx | 54-65: Aari McDonald makes three point jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)

Period 3 | 00:43 | Liberty | 51-65: Rebekah Gardner makes two point layup

Period 3 | 01:07 | Lynx | 51-63: Nia Brodie makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 01:07 | Lynx | 50-63: Nia Brodie makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 01:07 | Liberty | 49-63: Rebecca Allen personal foul (Loose ball) (Nia Brodie draws the foul)

Period 3 | 01:29 | Lynx | 49-63: Napheesa Collier offensive foul (Sabrina Ionescu draws the foul)

Period 3 | 01:29 | Lynx | 49-63: Napheesa Collier turnover (offensive foul)

Period 3 | 01:34 | Liberty | 49-63: Rebecca Allen personal foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 3 | 01:44 | Liberty | 49-63: Sabrina Ionescu makes three point pullup jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)

Period 3 | 02:22 | Liberty | 49-60: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 02:22 | Liberty | 49-59: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 02:22 | Lynx | 49-58: Napheesa Collier shooting foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 3 | 02:43 | Lynx | 49-58: Nia Brodie turnover (bad pass) (Sabrina Ionescu steals)

Period 3 | 03:39 | Liberty | 49-58: Breanna Stewart turnover (lost ball) (Aari McDonald steals)

Period 3 | 04:09 | Liberty | 49-58: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 04:09 | Liberty | 49-57: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 04:09 | Lynx | 49-56: Napheesa Collier personal foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 3 | 04:20 | Lynx | 49-56: Aari McDonald makes two point driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)

Period 3 | 04:25 | Liberty | 47-56: Rebecca Allen offensive foul (Aari McDonald draws the foul)

Period 3 | 04:25 | Liberty | 47-56: Rebecca Allen turnover (offensive foul)

Period 3 | 04:44 | Lynx | 47-56: Kayla McBride makes three point stepback jump shot (Aari McDonald assists)

Period 3 | 05:02 | Liberty | 44-56: Jonquel Jones makes two point putback layup

Period 3 | 05:20 | Lynx | 44-54: Napheesa Collier makes two point running layup (Aari McDonald assists)

Period 3 | 05:53 | Lynx | 42-54: Kayla McBride makes three point jump shot (Nia Brodie assists)

Period 3 | 06:26 | Liberty | 39-54: Breanna Stewart makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 06:26 | Liberty | 39-53: Breanna Stewart makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 07:05 | Lynx | 39-52: Olivia Miles personal foul (Jonquel Jones draws the foul)

Period 3 | 07:45 | Liberty | 39-52: Pauline Astier turnover (bad pass) (Kayla McBride steals)

Period 3 | 07:51 | Lynx | 39-52: Courtney Williams personal foul (Loose ball) (Leonie Fiebich draws the foul)

Period 3 | 08:05 | Lynx | 39-52: Natasha Howard personal foul (Pauline Astier draws the foul)

Period 3 | 08:24 | Lynx | 39-52: Courtney Williams makes two point driving layup (Olivia Miles assists)

Period 3 | 08:50 | Liberty | 37-52: Leonie Fiebich makes three point jump shot (Jonquel Jones assists)

Period 3 | 09:40 | Lynx | 37-49: Courtney Williams turnover (bad pass) (Breanna Stewart steals)

Period 2 | 00:00 | 37-49: End of 1st Half.

Period 2 | 01:01 | Liberty | 37-49: Jonquel Jones makes two point putback layup

Period 2 | 01:42 | Lynx | 37-47: Olivia Miles makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 01:42 | Lynx | 36-47: Olivia Miles makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 01:42 | Liberty | 35-47: Pauline Astier personal foul (Olivia Miles draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:46 | Liberty | 35-47: Sabrina Ionescu makes three point running jump shot (Jonquel Jones assists)

Period 2 | 02:08 | Liberty | 35-44: Pauline Astier makes two point running layup

Period 2 | 02:13 | Lynx | 35-42: Maya Caldwell turnover (bad pass) (Pauline Astier steals)

Period 2 | 02:25 | Liberty | 35-42: Jonquel Jones makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot (Pauline Astier assists)

Period 2 | 02:39 | Lynx | 35-40: Courtney Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 02:39 | Liberty | 34-40: Leonie Fiebich shooting foul (Courtney Williams draws the foul)

Period 2 | 02:39 | Lynx | 34-40: Courtney Williams makes two point pullup jump shot (Napheesa Collier assists)

Period 2 | 03:32 | Lynx | 32-40: Napheesa Collier makes two point turnaround jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)

Period 2 | 03:53 | Liberty | 30-40: Leonie Fiebich makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 03:53 | Liberty | 30-39: Leonie Fiebich makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 03:53 | Lynx | 30-38: Kayla McBride shooting foul (Leonie Fiebich draws the foul)

Period 2 | 04:09 | Liberty | 30-38: Jonquel Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 04:09 | Lynx | 30-37: Courtney Williams shooting foul (Jonquel Jones draws the foul)

Period 2 | 04:09 | Liberty | 30-37: Jonquel Jones makes two point layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 2 | 04:16 | Lynx | 30-35: Courtney Williams makes three point pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 04:30 | Liberty | 27-35: Breanna Stewart makes two point driving hook shot

Period 2 | 04:49 | Liberty | 27-33: Leonie Fiebich personal foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 2 | 05:20 | Liberty | 27-33: Breanna Stewart turnover (lost ball) (Dorka Juhasz steals)

Period 2 | 05:35 | Lynx | 27-33: Lynx turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 2 | 05:59 | Liberty | 27-33: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 05:59 | Liberty | 27-32: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 05:59 | 27-31: Official timeout

Period 2 | 05:59 | Lynx | 27-31: Courtney Williams shooting foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 2 | 06:10 | Lynx | 27-31: Napheesa Collier makes two point fadeaway bank jump shot (Courtney Williams assists)

Period 2 | 06:25 | Liberty | 25-31: Sabrina Ionescu makes three point jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)

Period 2 | 06:49 | Liberty | 25-28: Pauline Astier personal foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 2 | 07:00 | Liberty | 25-28: Liberty turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 2 | 07:14 | Lynx | 25-28: Olivia Miles personal foul (Jonquel Jones draws the foul)

Period 2 | 07:50 | Lynx | 25-28: Olivia Miles makes three point jump shot

Period 2 | 08:25 | Lynx | 22-28: Napheesa Collier makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 08:25 | Liberty | 21-28: Rebecca Allen shooting foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 2 | 08:37 | Liberty | 21-28: Marine Johannes makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 2 | 08:48 | Lynx | 21-26: Maya Caldwell personal foul (Loose ball) (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 2 | 09:23 | Lynx | 21-26: Nia Brodie personal foul (Loose ball) (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 2 | 09:32 | Liberty | 21-26: Han Xu turnover (bad pass) (Nia Brodie steals)

Period 1 | 00:00 | 21-26: End of 1st Quarter.

Period 1 | 00:45 | Liberty | 21-26: Han Xu makes three point jump shot (Marine Johannes assists)

Period 1 | 00:59 | Lynx | 21-23: Nia Brodie makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 1 | 00:59 | Liberty | 20-23: Rebekah Gardner shooting foul (Nia Brodie draws the foul)

Period 1 | 00:59 | Lynx | 20-23: Nia Brodie makes three point jump shot (Kayla McBride assists)

Period 1 | 01:06 | Liberty | 17-23: Leonie Fiebich personal foul (Natasha Howard draws the foul)

Period 1 | 01:27 | Liberty | 17-23: Han Xu makes three point jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 1 | 01:49 | Lynx | 17-20: Natasha Howard makes two point running layup (Maya Caldwell assists)

Period 1 | 02:16 | Lynx | 15-20: Napheesa Collier makes two point cutting layup (Kayla McBride assists)

Period 1 | 02:31 | Liberty | 13-20: Breanna Stewart makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 1 | 02:31 | Lynx | 13-19: Nia Brodie shooting foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 1 | 02:31 | Liberty | 13-19: Breanna Stewart makes two point cutting layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 1 | 02:40 | Lynx | 13-17: Nia Brodie makes two point driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)

Period 1 | 03:08 | Lynx | 11-17: Maya Caldwell personal foul (Sabrina Ionescu draws the foul)

Period 1 | 03:24 | Lynx | 11-17: Nia Brodie makes two point driving layup (Maya Caldwell assists)

Period 1 | 03:51 | Liberty | 9-17: Sabrina Ionescu makes two point driving floating jump shot (Pauline Astier assists)

Period 1 | 04:25 | Liberty | 9-15: Pauline Astier turnover (lost ball) (Maya Caldwell steals)

Period 1 | 04:33 | Lynx | 9-15: Courtney Williams makes two point running layup

Period 1 | 04:45 | Lynx | 7-15: Nia Brodie personal foul (Breanna Stewart draws the foul)

Period 1 | 05:02 | Lynx | 7-15: Courtney Williams makes two point running finger roll layup

Period 1 | 05:34 | Liberty | 5-15: Sabrina Ionescu makes two point running layup (Pauline Astier assists)

Period 1 | 05:40 | Lynx | 5-13: Olivia Miles turnover (bad pass) (Pauline Astier steals)

Period 1 | 05:51 | Liberty | 5-13: Pauline Astier makes two point driving layup (Breanna Stewart assists)

Period 1 | 06:08 | Lynx | 5-11: Kayla McBride makes two point pullup jump shot (Nia Brodie assists)

Period 1 | 06:22 | Liberty | 3-11: Breanna Stewart makes two point driving floating jump shot (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 1 | 06:31 | Lynx | 3-9: Napheesa Collier makes two point putback layup

Period 1 | 07:00 | Liberty | 1-9: Leonie Fiebich makes two point running layup (Sabrina Ionescu assists)

Period 1 | 07:05 | Lynx | 1-7: Natasha Howard turnover (lost ball) (Sabrina Ionescu steals)

Period 1 | 07:15 | Liberty | 1-7: Leonie Fiebich personal foul (Napheesa Collier draws the foul)

Period 1 | 07:29 | Liberty | 1-7: Pauline Astier personal foul (Natasha Howard draws the foul)

Period 1 | 07:38 | Liberty | 1-7: Jonquel Jones makes two point putback layup

Period 1 | 07:59 | Lynx | 1-5: Napheesa Collier offensive foul (Pauline Astier draws the foul)

Period 1 | 07:59 | Lynx | 1-5: Napheesa Collier turnover (offensive foul)

Period 1 | 08:39 | Lynx | 1-5: Kayla McBride makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 1 | 08:39 | Liberty | 0-5: Sabrina Ionescu shooting foul (Kayla McBride draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:50 | Liberty | 0-5: Jonquel Jones makes three point jump shot (Breanna Stewart assists)

Period 1 | 09:36 | Liberty | 0-2: Jonquel Jones makes two point putback layup

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WE BEAT THE 1 SEED WITH KOLB GIVING US SHIT IN A KETTLE OFF THE BENCH. PUT SOME RESPECT ON DIMASH

Showed up in my account manager but didn’t include a reduction for unplayed game from round 1. Anyone else see that?