While the New York Liberty obtains a final update before the WNBA qualifiers, there are still many intrigues surrounding the conclusion of a disappointing season for the Heaven of Chicago – and the Star Angel Reese.
Finally in good health, the Liberty visiting the regular season in search of a third consecutive victory Thursday evening against the sky.
New York (26-17) is locked in the seeded n ° 5 and will take the road to the future qualifiers. However, with Breanna Stewart and more recently Sabrina Ionescu and Nyara Sabally Healthy again, freedom is fully intact for the first time in the first weeks of the season. They closed the home part of their campaign with the 75-66 victory on Tuesday on the mystics of Washington and won four of the six.
Former Center-Ciel Emma Meesseman had 19 points on the bench, while the stars Stewart scored 14 and Jonquel Jones added 12 plates for New York. Liberty could rest certain key players on Thursday, but certainly accumulated the momentum and confidence to start their title defense.
“It was a difficult season for us, the injuries and all that,” said Jones, who posted his first double-double in four games on Tuesday. “Everyone is able to play together now, to build this chemistry.
The Sky (10-33) won only three times in the last 23 games, but one arrived in New York, 91-85 on August 21. Kamilla Cardoso recorded teams with the team with 22 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. Reese added 21 points with 10 boards in this competition.
While Cardoso (13.4 ppg, 8.6 RPG) was one of the most coherent artists in Chicago in 2025, the back problems of Reese and the drama outside the field, which recently understood the franchise to obtain better players, certainly did not help things. This has also aroused speculation that the future of Reese with the team is disturbed in the future.
Cardoso collected 13 points with 13 rebounds while Reese missed a third consecutive match during the defeat of 92-61 on Tuesday at Las Vegas Aces.
Reese status remains uncertain for Thursday’s final. The Sky suspended it for the first half of the Sunday road match, also in Las Vegas, due to “declarations detrimental to the team”, and it has not played at all.
Jones collected 25 points and Ionescu scored 16 during last month’s defeat against Chicago. Stewart missed this competition due to a right knee injury.
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