Liberty fight back, but fall short against the Phoenix Mercury

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesFatigue can be a monster. When you’re running out of gas, you make uncharacteristic mistakes and have momentary slips that cause you to lose focus. Once you’re fatigued, you fall behind. It takes time to regain your equilibrium, but when you’re on the clock, you don’t have as much time as you’d like to get back to normal. And soon enough, time runs out.

The New York Liberty got into Phoenix at 4 a.m. Thursday morning to take on the Mercury later that evening. In pregame, Sandy Brondello mentioned that the team traveled by bus from Vegas after their win last night to make it town for this contest. They had to do that because, as the Liberty know all too…