Liberty looking for solutions as they journey to hot-shooting Storm

The New York Liberty would possibly need to pay attention to their prowess exterior the arc Sunday when the groups meet for the primary time this 12 months to begin New York’s four-game highway journey.

In a 90-83 win Friday evening at Las Vegas, Seattle canned 11 of 23 3-pointers, with 4 starters combining for all of them. On the season, the Storm’s 38.5 % success charge from deep leads the league.

“I think it starts with the quality of 3s that we’re getting,” level guard Skylar Diggins mentioned. “They’re great shots, they’re great looks most of the time, and so it’s no surprise that we’re shooting with confidence.”

Four Seattle gamers are hitting at the least 43.5 % from 3-point vary, led by Alysha Clark at 46.4. Diggins, who’s sinking 43.8 %, leads the group in scoring and assists . Nneka Obwumike chips in 17.2 ppg and a team-high 8.5 rebounds.

While the Storm are 5-1 over their final six video games, the Liberty enter the sport off an 89-81 dwelling loss Thursday to Phoenix. New York was outscored 25-16 within the fourth quarter and outrebounded for the sport 42-32.

And the Liberty may need to play with out middle Jonquel Jones , who left the Phoenix recreation within the second quarter. The absence of Jones possible led to Phoenix racking up 26 second-chance factors.

“We gotta find a way to rebound,” New York coach Sandy Brondello mentioned. “We just can’t put it all on , so it’s about all of us. Ball-watching, jumping over the back of us … they’re things we can fix. It’s just a mindset we’ve got to flip.”

Breanna Stewart pumped in 35 factors Thursday evening and is averaging 21.1, whereas Sabrina Ionescu is hitting for 20.4 regardless of a tough recreation towards Phoenix. Ionescu made solely 3 of 16 makes an attempt from the sphere, going 1 of 10 from 3-point vary.

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