You never want to fall behind. When you fall behind, you put extra pressure on yourself, you try to force it, and you become desperate. With that desperation, the margin of error you have reduces to zero. With no margin, you have to land everything or else. And once you miss, the clock strikes midnight.
On Tuesday night, the New York Liberty were a little bit shorthanded. Sabrina Ionescu was ruled out with hamstring tightness prior to the game. It was the first game in two seasons that Ionescu has missed due to injury and in pregame, Sandy Brondello mentioned that it was a precautionary measure.