Liberty look to surpass last year’s win total vs. Lynx

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty ImagesI'd say that this year has already been a rousing success, right? The New York Liberty played their first road game of the season on Sunday with a nice win against the Indiana Fever. The win was also notable as Walt Hopkins' club matched their entire win total from last year.

Now, back home in Brooklyn, the city’s own WNBA team will try to do something special on a lot of levels. In a number of ways, this is a defining if early moment.

The opponent will be the Minnesota Lynx. 'Sota has been one of the elite WNBA franchises and are hoping to make it to their eleventh straight playoffs. They got off to a bumpy start by losing a close one to the…