The core of Washington’s 2019 WNBA title team still remains intact, and that group downed the Liberty on Sunday.
The Mystics were better than their sub-.500 record.The core of Washington’s 2019 WNBA title team remains intact, and that group helped build a 12-point lead Sunday and then ultimately won when Brittney Sykes hit a game-winning floater with 0.5 seconds left off an inbounds underneath the basket to secure a 90-88 victory to end the regular season.
Brittney Sykes of the Washington Mystics attempts to move past the New York Liberty players on Sept. 10, 2023.But Washington demonstrated its potential again Sunday, when it held Breanna Stewart to three points through three quarters, Sykes scored 20 points and Natasha Cloud added 17 to snap the Liberty’s eight-game winning streak.It was an outside shot, one that required the Aces to lose their 3 p.m.
Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty makes a 3-pointer against the Washington Mystics on Sept. 10, 2023.During one second-quarter sequence, Jonquel Jones fought for a rebound in the corner near the Liberty bench, managing to fling a skip pass to Marine Johannes.
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