The New York Liberty start with a franchise franchise with 6-0 start on Sunday afternoon in the first game of the Commissioner Cup for both squad organized the 1: 5 Connecticut Sun.
The Liberty reached the final of the in-season tournament last season and lost against the Minnesota Lynx, but then defeated the Lynx 3-2 in 2024.
New York is one of two unbeaten teams (the Lynx are the others) and leads the league in the rating (90.5 points per game) and points (74.5).
Breanna Stewart leads the Liberty with 19.0 points per game, which occupies eighth place in the league. Jonquel Jones is second in the WNBA with 11.4 rebounds per game.
New York dropped 85-63 on Friday and turned the mystics to 28 percent in the second half. Jones achieved the 26th double double of her Liberty career, with New York improved to 26: 0 in these competitions.
“You see the effects she has. JJ, with the 18 boards tonight. She is another stretch player … and her ability to come into play and end games, put great screens and make her teammates open … she is such a key part,” said Liberty coach Sandy Brondello. “I told the players, let’s take the opportunity we have. We play on a back back. We have some of the best players in the world and they have an commitment to excellent performances.”
Suntrainer Rachid Meziane achieved his first career WNBA victory on Friday when the sun held the fever without Indiana from Caitlin Clark with 85-83. Meziane received the game ball and a water bottlk in the changing room.
This season it was difficult to tempt the sun, the talk was sold or postponed through the franchise franchise and a large part of the playoff team of the past year was thrown away or traded.
The experienced veteran Tina Charles leads the sun with 17.2 points per game with Marina Mabrey.
“I think we have a team that doesn’t have much experience, we have just met with a new coach, and there will be some growing pain that will be difficult to work,” said Mabrey after having achieved a season high of 26 against the fever. “I think at the moment we have to develop and find out what things work for us and do them every night.”
With the victory on Friday, the sun was only the second WNBA franchise with 500 victories (Los Angeles Sparks). The franchise has 440 victories in Connecticut and 60 as Orlando Miracle.
New York won three out of four meetings at The Sun. last season
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