Overview
- The rematch will tip off at 1 p.m. EDT on Sunday at Barclays Center with New York installed as 5.5-point favorites; over/under set at 166.5.
- Jonquel Jones will miss roughly a month after reinjuring her right ankle; Katie Lou Samuelson’s torn ACL has ended her season.
- Sabrina Ionescu’s return has sparked the Liberty’s offense; Leonie Fiebich has strengthened their interior rotation.
- Nneka Ogwumike averaged 24 points in Seattle’s 80-79 win over Atlanta; she leads the league’s third-ranked paint offense at 37.1 points per game.
- After a 9-0 start, New York has dropped five of seven; the Liberty rank fifth in the WNBA in points allowed (79.8 per game); they are 7-1 at Barclays Center.