Coming off an exhilarating win over the Washington Mystics, the schedule did not get any easier for the New York Liberty. They would travel to Connecticut to face the Sun just 48 hours later, before boarding a cross-country flight to Las Vegas to participate in the most anticipated game of the WNBA season to date. But the Liberty’s matchup with the Sun could not be glossed over.
Not only did the Sun enter Tuesday’s action ahead of the Liberty in the conference standings, but so too in the Commissioner’s Cup standings. To keep their dreams of that $500,000 prize alive, the Libs had to leave Connecticut with a victory.