“I feel like a lot of the things that we did, we beat ourselves with a lot of the things that happened, and when you’re playing against a great team, when you do that, that’s the result that will happen.”
That was Betnijah Laney discussing the 0-2 hole that her New York Liberty entered Sunday’s Game 3 in. Laney and the Liberty consistently threw praise the way of the Las Vegas Aces all week long, but merely as a formality. Their real message was clear: We beat ourselves. Just take it from Sandy Brondello, who said her team had no “toughness,” “resistance,” or “grit” after their 104-76 shellacking in Game 2: “Everything was too easy.