On Friday night, the New York Liberty played a real game for the first time in seven months, and their first home preseason game since 2019. (I think they knew the Brooklyn Nets weren’t making the playoffs this season, erasing a potential Barclays Center conflict.)
Missing Breanna Stewart (rest) and Leonie Fiebich (still in Spain), they faced the Connecticut Sun, who most pundits have predicted to be the W’s second-worst team this season, scraping above the expansion Golden State Valkyries.
Though true insights during the preseason are scarce, there were some notable factors areas to watch for the Libs on Friday, primarily their stated offensive goal of playing faster, with more 5-out spacing.