Liberty To The WNBA Final, Will Face The #5 Sun At Lynx Winner
The New York Liberty, now a (-280) “fave” to win their first WNBA crown (once either the Lynx or Sun are established as their final round opponent (beginning Thursday, just 2 days after the decisive 5th between home standing Minne (-4 plus) and Connecticut (Sun), they will be less of a “fave,” but still a pretty big one), advanced to their second straight final round and 6th in franchise history, (they are (0-5) in such, having lost in 4 of them in the WNBA’s first 6 seasons (’97-2002) and then last season, ending the two year reign of the Las Vegas Aces despite, I believe partially due to their “3 -Peat” hype, which included affiliated Tom Brady, yes that one, “egging it on.
Ionescu, (how did they get her and it was before last season they became “the loaded Liberty,” and in that 2023 season, “L.V.” (3-1’d) them in the final), had 20 as the Liberty reversed that this season, finalizing it (76-62) (+3) yesterday, making the Liberty (6-1) vs the Aces, this season, (3-0) in the “reg.”

Sabrina Ionescu, when an Oregon University player, is pictured above.