NEW YORK — For all the little moments when the New York Liberty thought they were going to come back and win, they could have easily faltered. It has happened before and Breanna Stewart can tick them off, loss by early loss.
There was the season opener against the more seasoned Washington Mystics, who were in town on Sunday for a matinee rematch of top-four teams. At home against Chicago when the Liberty blew a 19-point lead to a team that similarly is rebuilding a roster, but without the star-studded talent. And two weeks ago when the Atlanta Dream, a 2023 lottery team, visited Barclays Center and rattled off an upset.
There was plenty of adversity to be had Sunday just days after what players and head coach Sandy Brondello had called their most complete game, a 110-80 redemption win against Atlanta. “We stayed together, weathering the storm in that first quarter,” Ionescu said. “A lot of the time in the past this team has just crumbled. But I think we understand what we’re playing for, we’re playing for one another, and we were able to dig ourselves out of that hole and that entire second half we really felt in control. I think it says a lot about the chemistry that we’re building.”
The Liberty trailed by eight with 2:28 on the clock, but outscored Washington, 11-3, down the stretch in perfect answer to the Mystics’ own 11-3 one. It was punctuated by a driving layup off Vandersloot’s touch that tied the game with 1.9 seconds. “The game kind of was going back and forth, but we really stuck together and I think it shows a lot about the growth of this team, especially early on in the season to be able to have that,” Ionescu said. “It’s going to be able to take us a long way.”
They were also without Stefanie Dolson, who sustained an ankle injury that will keep her out “weeks, not days,” Brondello said. Han Xu is still at the Asia Cup. All of the pieces still haven’t come together as one for a solid 40 minutes.
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