Liberty trying to find solutions as they journey to hot-shooting Storm

The New York Liberty would possibly need to concentrate on their prowess exterior the arc Sunday when the groups meet for the primary time this yr to begin New York’s four-game street 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 feel it begins with the standard of 3s that we’re getting,” level guard Skylar Diggins mentioned. “They’re nice pictures, they’re nice appears more often than not, and so it is no shock that we’re taking pictures with confidence.”

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

Whereas 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 might need to play with out heart Jonquel Jones , who left the Phoenix sport within the second quarter. The absence of Jones doubtless led to Phoenix racking up 26 second-chance factors.

“We gotta discover a strategy to rebound,” New York coach Sandy Brondello mentioned. “We simply cannot put all of it on , so it is about all of us. Ball-watching, leaping over the again of us … they’re issues we will repair. It is only a mindset we have 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 sport in opposition to Phoenix. Ionescu made solely 3 of 16 makes an attempt from the sector, going 1 of 10 from 3-point vary.

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